Europe's Cable ISP Industry Grew 4% in 2016, Say IHS, Cable Europe

Europe's cable ISP industry grew 4 percent to roughly $27.8 billion last year, IHS Markit and Cable Europe said Monday. They said the number of unique cable homes in the EU grew to 65.1 million, or 31 percent of total TV households, by the end of 2016. Internet revenue is 34 percent of Western European cable operator revenue, they said. Germany is the largest single market, with 18.6 million unique cable homes, with the three next-biggest -- the U.K., Poland and Romania -- each having just over 5 million unique subscribers, they said.