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Major US pay-TV providers lost 1,495,000 subs

March 12, 2018 22.14 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

The largest pay-TV providers in the US, representing about 95% of the market, lost about 1,495,000 net video subscribers in 2017, according to Leichtman Research Group (LRG).

This compares to a pro forma loss of about 760,000 subscribers in 2016. In related news, Digital TV Research has reported that US pay TV revenues peaked in 2015, at $101.71 billion, according to the eighth edition of the North America Pay TV Forecasts report.

The top pay-TV providers account for 92.2 million subscribers, with the top six cable companies having about 48.1 million video subscribers, satellite TV services 31.5 million subscribers, the top telephone companies 9.2 million subscribers, and the top Internet-delivered pay-TV services with nearly 3.4 million subscribers.

Key findings include: The top six cable companies lost about 660,000 video subscribers in 2017 – compared to a loss of about 275,000 subscribers in 2016.

In 2017, the top cable providers cumulatively lost 1.4% of video subscribers – compared to a loss of 0.6% in 2016.

Satellite TV services lost about 1,550,000 subscribers in 2017 – compared to a loss of about 40,000 subscribers in 2016.

DIRECTV lost 554,000 subscribers in 2017 – compared to a gain of 1,228,000 subscribers in 2016.

In 2017, DBS services cumulatively lost 4.7% of video subscribers – compared to a loss 0.1% in 2016.

The top telephone providers lost about 885,000 video subscribers in 2017 – compared to a loss of about 1,590,000 subscribers in 2016.

AT&T U-verse lost 624,000 subscribers in 2017 – compared to a loss of 1,359,000 subscribers in 2016.

In 2017, the top Telcos cumulatively lost 8.7% of video subscribers – compared to a loss of 13.6% in 2016.

The top (publicly reporting) internet-delivered services added about 1,600,000 subscribers in 2017 – compared to 1,145,000 net adds in 2016.

Subscribers to the top Internet-delivered services increased by 90% in 2017.

Traditional pay-TV services (not including internet-delivered) lost about 3,095,000 subscribers in 2017 — compared to a loss of about 1,905,000 in 2016.

“The pay-TV market saw net losses increase in 2017, and the continuation of a share shift from traditional services to newer Internet-delivered services,” said Bruce Leichtman, president and principal analyst for Leichtman Research Group.

“Satellite TV services, DIRECTV and DISH TV, had more combined net losses in 2017 than in any previous year, yet these losses were offset by gains from their Internet-delivered flanker brands, DIRECTV NOW and Sling TV. Overall, the top pay-TV services lost 1.6% of subscribers in 2017 compared to a loss of 0.8% in 2016.”

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Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: Bruce Leichtman, Leichtman Research Group, LRG, US Edited: 13 March 2018 17:16

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