The City of Mirada wants to offer cable television to its residents in 2009. The city has approached a company called CableVision to run its cable operations. After negotiating with key parties, CableVision has made the following agreements:
Mirada will offer its residents a basic set of 25 cable television stations at a rate of $30.49 per month (all of the revenue will go to CableVision).
The City of Mirada will maintain the physical facilities, and CableVision will pay the city $90,000 per month plus $3.25 per cable subscriber per month.
CableVision will actually pay another company to broadcast the 25 channels and will pay this company an annual fixed fee of $730,000 plus a monthly amount of $8.50 per cable subscriber per month.
CableVision will incur additional operating costs for billing, program news mailings, etc. These costs will include a fixed component of $120,000 per month, and a variable component of 7.5% of monthly revenue.
QUESTION: What is CableVision's estimated monthly operating income if 20,000 residents subscribe?
QUESTION: How many monthly subscribers would be required for CableVision to break even in 2009?