Every quarter when the subscriber numbers are released, it becomes more and more clear that cord cutting is a real trend and not just a fluke, as people thought a few years ago. Overall, about 3 percent of pay TV subscribers left last year. The “why” behind the cord cutting is a combination of many factors that reflect signs of the times. Satellite companies have been hit hardest by cord cutting. The Leichtman report found Dish Network and DirecTV combined for a loss of 2.36 million subscribers, almost a million more than the previous year’s decline (1.55 million).

Source: Forbes March 07, 2019 03:33 UTC