American anime industry

The chair of AX says the attendees of Anime Expo is averaging about 20 percent annual growth,
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/07/07/apop.DTL

but Ask John mentioned "The contemporary American anime industry is in dire straights. Evidence suggests that many of America's anime distributors are struggling financially."
http://www.animenation.net/news/askjohn.php?id=1123

What's this all about?

ADV And the like need to either 1) Open up a broadcasting channel dedicated to 24/7 anime distribution or 2)Just work on dubbing there shows and releasing them on other broadcast channels.

Anime is just too expensive to buy when you can get it for free on the internet. I mean cmon, who would pay 10-25 dollars for 4 episodes per dvd? thats CRAZY. Fansubbing was around way before ADV and the rest of mass-market dubbers, you just cant compete.