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Looks like cable peaked in 2001, with increasing losses since then. http://www.ncta.com/Stats/BasicCableSubscribers.aspx http://www.ncta.com/Stats/BasicCableSu
by bradleyland 14y ago
Looks like cable peaked in 2001, with increasing losses since then.
http://www.ncta.com/Stats/BasicCableSubscribers.aspx http://www.ncta.com/Stats/BasicCableSubscribers.aspx
It's also interesting to see that HSI over cable exploded around 2001.
http://www.ncta.com/Stats/High-Speed-Internet-Customers.aspx http://www.ncta.com/Stats/High-Speed-Internet-Customers.aspx
EDIT: Posted a graph on my blog: http://www.bradlanders.com/2012/08/02/cable-television-subscription-rates-falling-but-where-are-they-going/ http://www.bradlanders.com/2012/08/02/cable-television-subsc...
- chaz 14y agoYou're not counting satellite, which has been taking market share away from cable. As of 2011, 60.4% of households have cable, and 31.1% of households have "alternative distribution systems," almost all of which is satellite, like DirecTV and DISH. Safe to assume that very few households have both cable and satellite, so about 90% of households have pay TV. Page 10: http://www.tvb.org/media/file/TV_Basics.pdf http://www.tvb.org/media/file/TV_Basics.pdf
- benmccann 14y agoAccording to the data in this article DirectTV and Dish Network both lost subscribers as well this quarter (52,000 and 10,000 respectively). While the losses historically were at the hands of the satellite operators, more recently it has been lost to the internet.