Per SNL Kagan, retransmission consent fees are expected to increase to $1.2 billion by 2011. That would be more than double the $500 million for 2008, and up from 2009's $739 million in retrans
revenue, reports
B&C. Cable companies may also begin paying more than satellite operators for such fees next year. The majority of 2009 retrans fees (62%) came from the top 25 markets. Sinclair
claimed the highest precent of revenue from retrans at 14%, according to Kagan.
