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With every passing quarter, however, that behavior becomes less of a bogeyman and more of a painful reality — and the latest survey of cable subscriber numbers has a little something for both sides of that debate.

A loss of cable subscribers, and the revenue that comes with them, doesn't mean a completely equal loss in total revenue for the industry, however.

The job cuts follow a loss of cable subscribers and a miss in its quarterly earnings last summer.

Analyst Rich Greenfield, a frequent skeptic about ESPN's future in a cord - cutting world, commissioned a study that found that 56 % of cable subscribers would drop the sports network and ESPN2 to save $ 8 a month.

According to the latest full year report compiled by BI Intelligence, cable companies reported the lowest amount of cable subscribers in years, but growing broadband internet subscribers:

If you don't have one of the cable subscribers listed above (or even if you do), you can also control your TV using Alexa and a Logitech Harmony Remote.

Not exact matches

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 cable giant may be doing better than the rest of its competitors when it comes to hanging on to TV subscribers, and its Internet access business also provides plenty of cash flow from cord - cutters and streaming fans.

Given the amount of money that ESPN gets per subscriber — the highest in cable land at an estimated $ 6.41 each per month — that means the network has given up half a billion dollars in revenue.

That is among the findings of a new report from Englewood, Colo. - based research firm IHS which shows Canadian cable providers lost over 10,000 subscribers in Q2, making for three straight quarters of losses (satellite has recorded losses for five straight quarters).

Now, YouTube TV, which is owned by Google, can offer subscribers a fuller lineup of cable channels.

Increasingly, their network and cable channel partners are refusing to license their shows to the independent streaming services — historically the active licensers of that content and now their chief competition for subscribers.

Comparable services were previously only available to cable subscribers, but Rogers is looking to get ahead of the unbundling wave

An increasing number of subscribers are re-evaluating their expensive cable packages as a result.

It's probably good that Disney isn't relying on that idea too much because, according to one recent survey, only 6 % of subscribers in a recent survey of cable users said that they would be willing to pay $ 20 a month for ESPN.

The cable provider's second - quarter revenue is expected to fall short of Wall Street's forecasts as the company's subscriber base continues to shrink.

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 cable giant added 53,000 subscribers in the last quarter — its best performance in almost a decade — and some analysts saying reports of the death of cable «have been greatly exaggerated.»

But that point of view neglects the reality that many cable subscribers pay for those streaming services already.

As growing numbers of TV watchers either cut the cord entirely or opt for what cable providers like to call «skinny bundles,» ESPN's iron grip on viewers and subscribers is being questioned in a way it never has in the past.

As one of Google's most successful YouTube Original stations, the Nerdist Channel has nearly half a million subscribers; the company has also adapted several of its online shows, like All Star Celebrity Bowling, for cable.

Having Viacom content helps Charter add video subscribers at a time of increasing competition from virtual streaming services like Hulu and DirecTV Now, while Viacom is still heavily dependent on cable and satellite companies for distribution, according to Evercore ISI.

«We think that basic cable is kind of the weakest point of the media ecosystem because that's where you're really getting hurt by subscriber losses.

As Karl Bode at DSL Reports put it in his brief analysis of the latest MoffettNathanson numbers: «The bad news for cable is the majority of them continue the slow trickling loss of subscribers that, unless you work somewhere in the cable ecosystem with your head buried in the sand, nobody believes is going to stop any time soon.»

The move would combine Time Warner's vast collection of content, from movies to cable TV networks, with AT&T's sprawling network of cable, satellite and phone subscribers.

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.

A monthly fee of $ 34.99 per month will let subscribers stream about 70 cable channels.

In Canada, TSN's 9.1 million viewers and Sportsnet's 8.8 million subscribers have no choice but to pay one of the Big Three cable providers for their live - sports fix.

His $ 37 - billion deal in 2009 to combine General Electric Co's NBCUniversal business and Comcast's cable networks put him in charge of more than 20 million subscribers of video, internet and voice services, the broadcast network known for «Friends» and «Seinfeld,» plus theme parks and the film studio.

Broadcasters including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and PBS sued Aereo for copyright infringement, saying Aereo should pay for redistributing the programming in the same way cable and satellite systems must or risk high - profile blackouts of channels that anger their subscribers.

The service, which provides access to more than 100 cable channels, had 328,000 subscriber in its first two months after debuting at the end of November, Bloomberg reported.

And the company offers a $ 25 credit for unlimited data mobile subscribers who also buy any of its TV services, whether delivered by satellite, cable, or Internet app.

The company, majority owned by Walt Disney Co., has lost 3.2 million subscribers in a little over a year, according to Nielsen data, as people have «cut the cord» by dropping their cable - TV subscriptions or downgraded to cheaper, slimmed - down TV packages devoid of expensive sports channels like ESPN.

In other words, if ESPN is losing subscribers, it's more likely due to American households dropping cable TV services altogether than opting out of ESPN specifically.

Cable sports giant ESPN's struggles in recent years have been well - documented, with the Walt Disney - owned network shedding more than 12 million subscribers in the past six years as the number of cord - cutters has ticked upwards and cable providers have started offering slimmer bundles that don't always include ESPN.

When correcting the model to include current profit margins, the effects of cord cutting, the impact of Turner's current contracts with pay - TV companies and other factors, Petrocelli said, Shapiro's model shows that cable bills would actually decrease by 54 cents per month per subscriber.

More than 81 million subscribers pay Netflix $ 8 to $ 12 a month, and slowly but unmistakably these consumers are giving up cable for internet television: Over the last five years, cable has lost 6.7 million subscribers; more than a quarter of millennials (70 percent of whom use streaming services) report having never subscribed to cable in their lives.

Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that ESPN has lost a relatively small but nonetheless significant number of subscribers, resulting in smaller - than - expected profits from Disney's cable channels business.

Additionally, the strength of Comcast and its 25 - plus million TV and internet subscribers inked a partnership with Cox and Charter Communications, the number - two and three names in cable and internet provisions, to fortify a pipeline for advanced TV measurement.

Internet providers generally won't lay cables in places where there aren't enough potential subscribers to make it profitable, keeping a lot of the world offline.

A Rogers TV subscriber who has the company's new $ 25 Starter package — the «skinny basic» bundle mandated by new federal rules — could add the Sportsnet channels for $ 18 a month, or Sportsnet and rival TSN together for $ 25, plus the cost of a set - top cable box.

And using some complex mathematical formulas, MoffettNathanson analyst Michael Nathanson arrived at some interesting per - subscriber price projections for major cable networks operating in a world where channels get paid based more purely on the amount of people who actually watch them.

Faced with a loss of viewers to Internet services such as Netflix, cable programmers like Viacom are seeking to increase the per - subscriber fees they get from pay - TV distributors including Dish.

While Aereo was a small service with only tens of thousands of subscribers, broadcasters worried that cable and satellite companies could create similar technologies and avoid paying retransmission fees, which total almost $ 5 billion annually, according to SNL Kagan.

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Comcast Corp. posted strong first - quarter earnings growth, despite continuing cable TV subscriber losses, and formally submitted its $ 31 billion proposal to buy Sky PLC, one of several deals it has contemplated that could transform its business and roil its rivals.

In addition, under the Cable Communications Policy Act, cable operators are now required to make available by lease or sale a lock - box device which allows the subscriber to use a key to lock out the viewing of a particular cable service.

Because it has more subscribers to Animal Planet (250,000) than to ESPN2 (50,000), one Utah cable company simulcast Utah's 17 - 16 Las Vegas Bowl victory over Fresno State last Saturday on both the network of Bears and Lions and the network of bears and lions.

Apparently finally learning of this wild new thing called the Internet, NBC is showing every sport and event online, live, for free (assuming you are a cable subscriber, of course)-- if you like the Olympics, go ahead and get friendly with NBC's Live Extra.

That spring, nobody outside of New York or Denver (except subscribers to a fledgling cable - TV service called Home Box Office) saw, during one ABA championship series, the greatest individual performance by a basketball player at any level anywhere — ABA, NBA, BAA or UCLA.