Cable Pricing Report Shows Increase in Average Cable Prices
The average monthly price of expanded basic cable service increased 3.1 percent in 2013, while the average price per channel increased by 0.9 percent, said the FCC Media Bureau in a cable pricing report released Monday. The Consumer Price Index…
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increased 1.6 percent in the same period, the report said. “The price of expanded basic service has increased at a compound average annual growth rate of 5.9 percent during the period 1995-2014,” the bureau said. “Over the 19 years from 1995-2014, the price per channel is virtually unchanged on an average annual compound basis.” As of Jan. 1, the average expanded basic cable price of $66.61 was higher than DirecTV’s $64.92 and Dish Network’s $59.99, the report said. DirecTV offered the greatest number of channels and had a significantly lower price per channel than the cable average, while Dish offered significantly fewer channels and had a lower price per channel, the report said.