Sentences with phrase «declining cable subscribers»

Not exact matches

Comcast may have added subscribers overall, but its NBCUniversal unit reported some weakness in subscriber numbers, saying growth in revenue was «partially offset by a decline in subscribers at our cable networks.»

Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves estimated that the top 8 cable companies lost 463,000 subscribers in the second quarter of 2015 compared to a decline of 141,000 for the second quarter last year.

The move to streaming services has led to a significant decline in subscribers for the country's cable companies, including market leader Rogers with its 5.2 million subscribers.

After companies from cable giant Comcast to satellite TV titan AT&T, which owns DirecTV, reported their fourth quarter results, the total number of pay TV subscribers dropped 3.4 % from a year earlier, the highest rate of decline since the trend of cord cutting emerged in 2010, analysts at MoffettNathanson Research reported on Thursday.

The subscriber decline, in particular, should concern cable and satellite TV companies.

But the decline of cable could be tough for smaller players, such as niche channels which currently get a share of cable fees but might not be able to attract subscribers on their own.

Competitive pressure from cable and the increasing number of over-the-top video alternatives resulted in a decline in video subscribers, CFO John Stephens noted during AT&T's first - quarter investor call.

Admittedly, over the past 12 months the same folks have worked themselves into a frenzy as cable subscribers have finally started to decline, but I for one am a little stingy with credit for any prediction made annually for years.