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Losses continue for US pay-TV providers

May 19, 2017 10.40 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

The largest pay-TV providers in the US, representing about 95% of the market, lost about 410,000 net video subscribers in 1Q 2017, compared to a gain of about 10,000 subscribers in 1Q 2016.

According to the Leichtman Research Group, the top pay-TV providers account for 93.3 million subscribers, with the top six cable companies having over 48.6 million video subscribers, satellite TV services about 33.2 million subscribers, the top telephone companies 9.8 million subscribers, and the top Internet-delivered pay-TV services having about 1.7 million subscribers.

“The pay-TV market lost about 410,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2017. This marked the first time that the industry has ever had net subscriber losses in the first quarter of a year,” said Bruce Leichtman, president and principal analyst for Leichtman Research Group.

“The decline in subscribers should not be interpreted as solely driven by a sudden increase in consumers disconnecting services. The net losses are also a function of a decrease in new connects, partially due to some providers less aggressively pursuing lower value customers than in the past.”

Key findings for the quarter include: the top six cable companies lost about 115,000 video subscribers in 1Q 2017 — compared to a gain of about 50,000 subscribers in 1Q 2016.

Satellite TV services lost about 320,000 subscribers in 1Q 2017 — compared to a gain of about 175,000 subscribers in 1Q 2016; DIRECTV had no net adds in 1Q 2017 — compared to a gain of 328,000 in 1Q 2016.

The top telephone providers lost about 325,000 video subscribers in 1Q 2017 — compared to a loss of 350,000 subscribers in 1Q 2016.

Internet-delivered services (Sling TV and DIRECTV NOW) added about 350,000 subscribers in 1Q 2017 — compared to about 130,000 net adds in 1Q 2016.

Traditional pay-TV services (not including Internet-delivered services) lost about 760,000 subscribers in 1Q 2017 — compared to a loss of about 120,000 in 1Q 2016

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Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Research Tagged With: Leichtman Research Group, LRG, pay TV, US Edited: 22 May 2017 10:52

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