U.S. Digital TV Subscribers at 68 Million

With the last of the major public operators having reported fourth-quarter earnings, we've got a better sense of how 2007 shaped up in terms of subscriber growth. From 38 million digital subscribers at year-end 2002, digital subscriptions now top 60% of U.S. households.

The four major public cable operators (Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable) averaged 14% of digital cable subscriber growth in 2007. Satellite services (DirecTV and DISH Network) subscribers now top 30 million. AT&T and Verizon combine for more than one million subscribers.