[mythtv-users] US Pay-TV loses subscribers for the first time ever

[Phil Bridges]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Ross Campbell <ross.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> One can only hope that a few more quarters like this
> http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-cable-subscribers-2010-8
> will make companies like Comcast focus more on making customers happy
> and less on locking customers into their own set top boxes.
>
> For those of us who decided to vote with our wallets after Comcast
> encrypted all but local channels... we're not alone, we do count, and
> someone noticed!
>
> -Ross
>
> http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-cable-subscribers-2010-8
>
> "SNL Kagan, which tracks trends in the U.S. multichannel market --
> cable, telcos, satellite, etc. -- says the market had its "worst
> performance on record" in the second quarter of this year. Pay TV
> subscribers hit 100.1 million in Q2, down from 100.4 million in Q1."

Couldn't this have something to do with the number of unemployed
people that have realized that pay TV is not a necessity?