Cable Loses Subscribers in Q1

LR Cable News Analysis
Light Reading

6/27/2011

Here's a quick look at today's cable news.

Cable operators saw their subscriber counts drop 3.8 percent to 23.2 million in the top 15 markets during the first quarter, according to SNL Kagan . (See Cord Cutting & Consumer Clouds.)

Hulu LLC owners Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), NBCUniversal LLC and News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) may sell the Web video site, after an overture from Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO).

Home Box Office Inc. (HBO) expects to record its 3 millionth download of its HBO Go app on Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL)'s iPhone, iPad and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android mobile devices over the weekend. (See HBO to Premiere New Series on Web.)

Charter Communications Inc. will pick up 16,000 subscribers in Missouri with an agreement to buy systems from Texas-based US Cable.

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) and Turner Broadcasting are competing for an early season eight-game rights package that the NFL is shopping to TV networks.

Teens aged 12 to 17 watch 23 hours and 41 minutes of TV per week, compared to the 34 hours and 39 minutes of TV watched by the average American, according to The Nielsen Co.

— Steve Donohue, Special to Light Reading Cable

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Cable Loses Subscribers in Q1 LR Cable News Analysis Light Reading 6/27/2011 Comment (0) Tweet Here's a quick look at today's cable news. Cable operators saw their subscriber counts drop 3.8 percent to 23.2 million in the top 15 markets during the first quarter, according to SNL Kagan . (See Cord Cutting & Consumer Clouds.) Hulu LLC owners Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), NBCUniversal LLC and News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) may sell the Web video site, after an overture from Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO). Home Box Office Inc. (HBO) expects to record its 3 millionth download of its HBO Go app on Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL)'s iPhone, iPad and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android mobile devices over the weekend. (See HBO to Premiere New Series on Web.) Charter Communications Inc. will pick up 16,000 subscribers in Missouri with an agreement to buy systems from Texas-based US Cable. Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) and Turner Broadcasting are competing for an early season eight-game rights package that the NFL is shopping to TV networks. Teens aged 12 to 17 watch 23 hours and 41 minutes of TV per week, compared to the 34 hours and 39 minutes of TV watched by the average American, according to The Nielsen Co. — Steve Donohue, Special to Light Reading Cable Like what we have to say? Click here to sign up to our daily newsletter (0) \| Comment \| Print \| RSS Comments Newest First \| Oldest First \| Threaded View ADD A COMMENT [close this box] Be the first to post a comment regarding this story.		Educational Resources sponsor supplied content Video Platform Infographic Direct-to-Consumer Solution Brief Educational Resources Archive Featured Video Upcoming Live Events 5G Network & Service Strategies @ MWC19 Los Angeles October 22, 2019, Los Angeles, CA Software-Driven Operations November 5, 2019, London, England Global Telecoms Awards November 7, 2019, London, UK Cable Next-Gen Europe November 14, 2019, Maritim Hotel, Berlin 2020 Vision Executive Summit December 3-5, 2019, Vienna, Austria Cable Next-Gen Business Strategies December 3, 2019, New York, New York Cable Next Gen-Technologies & Strategies March 16-18, 2020, Embassy Suites, Denver, Colorado Big 5G Event May 18-20, 2020, Irving Convention Center, Dallas, TX All Upcoming Live Events Upcoming Webinars October 16, 2019 Break open the treasure chest with Network Design in 5G era October 16, 2019 How Next-Gen Telco Impacts Edge Data Center Architecture October 17, 2019 Automating the Cable Network October 22, 2019 How to Cut Your BSS Costs by up to 80% With Public Cloud October 22, 2019 Programmable FTTx: Readiness for a Virtualized Access Network October 23, 2019 Microsoft Azure ONAP-based NFV and SD-WAN solution October 23, 2019 What’s happening at the Edge October 29, 2019 IoT, 5G, Security, and RoI October 30, 2019 The Road to a Secure 5G: How Secure Are We Today? October 31, 2019 FTTx Mantra – Building Next-Generation Scalable Access Networks November 5, 2019 Be 5G Ready With Next-Gen Programmable Radio November 14, 2019 Securing the Cable Network December 12, 2019 Virtualizing the Cable Architecture Webinar Archive Partner Perspectives - content from our sponsors Why Fixed Broadband Is More Important Than Ever By Fang Hui, ZTE Huawei Empowers 5G Carriers By Huawei Which Fortune 500 HQ Will Be First to Utilize 5G? By Peter Linder Multiband Microwave Provides High Capacity & High Reliability for 5G Transport By Don Frey, Principal Analyst, Transport & Routing, Ovum 5G Transforms Vertical Industries By Huawei All Partner Perspectives Slideshows France's Bike Fest Demands Tour de Force From Orange Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Scenes From Sprint's Big 5G Launch (3) The Big 5G Event: Photos (0) More Slideshows