9. Waht's the revenue and operating income of cable and satellite television?

Take USA for example

                                           Revenue                         Operating income
                                  1999    2000    2001    2002      1999    2000    2001    2002
Cable and satellite television  40,343  54,091  62,734  69,068       981   4,638  -7,418 -12,296 
Cable and satellite providers   27,882  39,640  46,942  52,166      -825   4,436  -7,944 -12,308
Cable and satellite networks    12,461  14,451  15,792  16,901     1,806     202     526      13

In millions of dollars
Covers 299 publicly reporting media and communications companies with revenues of over $1 million in 12 media and communication industry segments.

Compared to total USA communication industry revenue and operating income

                                           Revenue                         Operating income
                                  1999    2000    2001    2002      1999    2000    2001    2002
Total                           242,512 280,506 288,670 308,597    27,831  30,707  12,393 -14,243
Percentage of Cable 
and satellite television         16.6%   19.3%    21.7%  22.4%      3.5%    15.1%     -    86.33%

From these figures, we found that the revenue of cable and satellite television developed fast from 1999 to 2002. But the operating income became a big problem. In 2001 and 2002. the operating income is negative. Especially in 2002, it was the main reason why total operating income of the whole communication industries was negative. So we analyse that the reason of this situation is the high cost or expenses of cable and satellite.