Other key findings include:
Bruce Leichtman, president and principal analyst for Leichtman Research Group, says “… industry-wide losse… similar to recent second quarters… multi-channel video industry has leveled-off… major providers losing about 0.1% of all subscribers over the past year… ”
Multi-Channel Video Industry Subscribers | |||
Multi-channel Video Provider | Subscribers at the end of 2ndQ 2013 | Net Adds in 2ndQ 2013 | Net Adds in 2ndQ 2012 |
Cable Companies | |||
Comcast | 21,776,000 | (159,000) | (176,000) |
Time Warner | 11,911,000 | (189,000) | (169,000) |
Charter | 4,073,000 | (51,000) | (72,000) |
Cablevision* | 3,171,000 | (20,000) | 0 |
Suddenlink | 1,189,000 | (22,900) | (19,900) |
Mediacom | 983,000 | (16,000) | (22,000) |
Cable ONE | 575,762 | (12,418) | (9,610) |
Other major private companies** | 6,810,000 | (85,000) | (70,000) |
Total Top Cable | 50,488,762 | (555,318) | (538,510) |
Satellite TV Companies (DBS) | |||
DirecTV | 20,021,000 | (84,000) | (52,000) |
DISH | 14,014,000 | (78,000) | (10,000) |
Total Top DBS | 34,035,000 | (162,000) | (62,000) |
Telephone Companies | |||
Verizon FiOS | 5,035,000 | 140,000 | 120,000 |
AT&T U-verse | 5,001,000 | 233,000 | 155,000 |
Total Top Phone | 10,036,000 | 373,000 | 275,000 |
Total Multi-channel Video | 94,559,762 | (344,318) | (325,510) |
Sources: The Companies and Leichtman Research Group, August, 2013; * Cablevision includes estimate for former Bresnan properties sold to Charter on 7/1/2013; ** Includes LRG estimates for Cox, and Bright House Networks |
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New Media consumption habits and contected devices are going to continue to wreck these traditional models
That's a 0.36% loss if you're keeping score at home. At that rate, it will take 100 years to reach zero. What a "wreck"...