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Total subscriber losses for cable companies in the U.S. 2014-2018
Number of net subscriber losses among pay TV providers in the United States from 2014 to 2018 (in thousands)
by Amy Watson,
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Mar 15, 2019
The statistic presents data on the number of net subscriber losses among pay TV providers in the United States from 2014 to 2018. According to the source, pay TV companies lost approximately 2.87 million subscribers in the United States in 2018, almost twice the amount lost in the previous year.
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by Amy Watson,
last edited
Mar 15, 2019
The statistic presents data on the number of net subscriber losses among pay TV providers in the United States from 2014 to 2018. According to the source, pay TV companies lost approximately 2.87 million subscribers in the United States in 2018, almost twice the amount lost in the previous year.
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- March 2019
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- United States
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- 2014 to 2018
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- figures represent 95% of the market
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* includes internet-delivered services such as Sling TV
Figures have been rounded.
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* includes internet-delivered services such as Sling TV
Figures have been rounded.
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- Change in the number of pay TV households in the United States from 2015 to 2020Growth of the number of pay TV households in the U.S. 2015-2020
- Average number of TV services used by viewers in North America in 2017 and 2018Number of TV services used by adults in North America 2018
- Share of cord cutters/nevers who co-view video content with others in the United States as of November 2017, by platformCo-viewing video content among cord cutters in the U.S. 2017, by platform
- Weekly time spent with selected video content among cord cutters/nevers in the United States in 2018 (in hours)Time spent with video content among cord cutters in the U.S. 2018, by medium
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- Share of cord cutters in the United States in 2018, by age of head of householdShare of cord cutters in the U.S. 2018, by age
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- Number of Altice video subscribers in the United States from 2nd quarter 2016 to 2nd quarter 2019 (in millions)Altice: no of video subscribers in the U.S. 2014-2019
- Churn rate of pay TV providers in the United States from 2014 to 2018Churn rate of cable companies in the U.S. 2014-2018
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- Share of subscribers to selected streaming services that are cordless in the United States in 2018Cordless subscribers to streaming services in the U.S. 2018
- Most popular reasons for streaming more video on TV than a year ago among consumers in the United States in 2017 Reasons for streaming more video on TV in the U.S. 2017
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- Share of pay TV subscribers in the United States from 2015 to 2018, by type
- Number of non-pay TV viewers in the United States from 2016 to 2021, by type (in millions)
- Change in the number of pay TV households in the United States from 2015 to 2020
- Average number of TV services used by viewers in North America in 2017 and 2018
- Share of cord cutters/nevers who co-view video content with others in the United States as of November 2017, by platform
- Weekly time spent with selected video content among cord cutters/nevers in the United States in 2018 (in hours)
- Most popular TV services used as a substitute by cord-cutters in the United States in 2017, by viewer type
- Pay TV net subscriber losses in selected countries worldwide in 2016-2017 (in thousands)
- Plans to change cable/satellite providers in North America as of 4th quarter 2017
- Share of pay TV consumers who canceled their service in the last 12 months in the United States as of the 4th quarter of 2017
- Share of pay TV consumers who canceled their service in the last 12 months in the United States as of November 2017, by age group
- What factors influenced your decision to cut off your cable/satellite service?
- Most common reasons for canceling online streaming service subscriptions according to online users the United States as of August 2018
- Number and share of TV households without a traditional TV subscription in the United States from 2014 to 2018
- Number of non-pay TV households in the United States from 1st quarter 2012 to 3rd quarter 2018 (in millions)
- Number of households not paying for traditional TV services in the United States from 2017 to 2022 (in millions)
- Average household income of cord cutters in the United States in 2017
- Average household income of cord nevers in the United States in 2017
- Share of cord cutters in the United States in 2018, by age of head of household
- Share of cord nevers in the United States in 2018, by age of head of household
- Number of net subscriber losses among pay TV providers in the United States from 2014 to 2018 (in thousands)
- Number of net subscriber losses among selected pay TV providers in the United States in 2018 (in thousands)
- Number of Comcast video subscribers in the United States from 1st quarter 2014 to 2nd quarter 2019 (in millions)
- Number of DirecTV video subscribers in the United States from 1st quarter 2014 to 2nd quarter 2019 (in millions)
- Number of Dish Network video subscribers in the United States from 1st quarter 2014 to 2nd quarter 2019 (in millions)
- Number of Mediacom video subscribers in the United States from 1st quarter 2014 to 2nd quarter 2019 (in millions)
- Number of Altice video subscribers in the United States from 2nd quarter 2016 to 2nd quarter 2019 (in millions)
- Churn rate of pay TV providers in the United States from 2014 to 2018
- Average monthly time spent watching OTT services in cord-cutter homes vs. average OTT homes in the United States in March 2017 (in hours)
- Average consumer spending on online streaming services in the United States as of December 2017, by consumer type
- Share of cord-cutters who pay for online streaming services in the United States as of December 2017
- Share of cord-cutters who use online streaming subscriptions that are not theirs/that they do not pay for in the United States as of December 2017
- Share of subscribers to selected streaming services that are cordless in the United States in 2018
- Most popular reasons for streaming more video on TV than a year ago among consumers in the United States in 2017
- Number of DirecTV Now subscribers in the United States from 4th quarter 2016 to 2nd quarter 2019 (in thousands)
- Number of Charter video subscribers in the United States from 1st quarter 2014 to 2nd quarter 2019 (in millions)
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