(01-09-2018 11:47 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  https://nypost.com/2018/01/05/cable-tv-p...-the-cord/

States that Comcast is raising cable prices 2.2% and AT&T is raising Direct TV prices up to $8 in mid-January.

Also, states that smaller providers are increasing their rates also.


I have no doubt that more will be 'cord-cutting' or 'cord-shaving' and it will accelerate more this year than last year.

Some interesting facts to know as we analyze these numbers throughout the year.
Neilson TV Households for 2017-2018 TV season: 119.6 million.

From the article: Pay TV households 97.5 million.
Breakdown: 94 million is from cable/satellite, 3.5 million OTT services (Sling, PS Vue, Direct TV...etc)

This leaves OTA only households at: 22.1 million (#TV households - Pay TV households)

Fun Fact: Estimated Total households is 125.6 million (in 2016). Households with no TV: 6 million.


I'll see if I or we (with your collaboration) can do some estimation updates throughout the year as we get info throughout 2018 of the number cable/satellite subscriber losses and OTT and OTA gains. Quarterly reports are coming out next week so we should hear some details soon about the cable/satellite companies.


This will start to play a big role for several conferences as TV contracts will start to be negotiating later this year.

Are those "house" numbers or "household" numbers? How are timeshares counted? Are hotels counted?

If I own two homes, do I count twice?

You don't have to be a multimillionaire to own two homes - I know plenty of Midwesterners with small lakehouses whose total mortgage payment (main home + lake house + insurance + property taxes) is still half the cost of an average mortgage payment in California.

Just wondering because there's a lot of "getway" houses where having cable would defeat the purpose of being surrounded by nature. Depending on how things are counted, that could easily be 6 million homes.