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400,000 American Homes Have Dumped Pay TV This Year

Posted by samzenpus on from the to-the-internet dept.

redkemper writes "More than 400,000 American homes have cut the cord and ditched their cable and satellite pay-TV services since the start of 2012. The figure includes 169,000 subscribers shed by Time Warner Cable last quarter, marking the service provider's tenth consecutive quarter of customer losses. It also includes the 52,000 net subscribers DirecTV lost this past quarter, and 176,000 customers who left Comcast."

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  1. I did... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...and I haven't regretted 1 minute of it.

    1. Re:I did... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      same here, cut my consumption of crap tv at the same time great bonus.

    2. Re:I did... by cpu6502 · · Score: 3, Informative

      I saved about $10,000 over the last decade by not having cable TV. You probably have similar savings amounts.

      Of course even with "just" an antenna I sill end-up watching more TV then I probably should: Perry Mason, Alfred Hitchcock, Dragnet...... plus hulu's free shows (like Syfy). My schedule is booked even w/o the comcast cable in my home.

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  2. Meanwhile in Latin America by Kohath · · Score: 3, Informative

    DirecTV alone added a record 645,000 subscribers in the latest quarter. And they added 593,000 subscribers in Latin America during the first quarter.

  3. Re:Oblig. by ilsaloving · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those who found the above too long/hard to read, you can watch it here.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Gf0VKXk5Q&feature=related

    I'll just be over here soaking up the irony.

  4. Re:Getting there... by LateArthurDent · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nice, but not worth paying for... I would look at it if I had it, but wouldn't buy it. But that's why I got it for free. Initially, I started getting "your subscriiption is going to expire!" notices. Then I got "last issue!" notices. Then I got more magazines after that. But why? Well, the magazines are full of ads. And those ads are worthless if they can't show the advertisers they have subscribers.

    I'd double-check the credit / debit card you used to buy that bike. Years ago I bought something at Best Buy and the cashier said they were offering a free subscription of some magazine, and to just fill out the card with the address to send it to. I was just a stupid college student back then and filled out the card. After those "your subscription is about to expire" notices, I also kept getting the magazines. But they charged the same credit card I used to make the best buy purchase for the renewal, without any action on my part.

    I called and got them to refund my money, but it's easy to overlook a $20 purchase that happens once a year, so I'd check just to be sure.