The entire paid TV industry, which includes cable, satellite, and phone companies, lost 216,000 customers in the second quarter.Paid TV subscriptions dip for the first time
I never watch Geraldo unless he has something interesting on....like a guest host............
If it was up to me, I would cut cable entirely.
I have COX Cable in the New Orleans area and I can say it
S U C K S! It gets worse every year yet my bill climbs. At present I have one channel that used to run re-runs of old comedies i.e. Andy Griffith, and while I did watch them until I could recite them by heart, now they run the same old miserable program all week-end and they are not even good. The cooking shows no longer include the great cooking shows like Emerald Live, etc. now it runs nerve wracking contests with ingredients a sow would refuse, the great home and garden programs no longer exist. Let’s just say quality for normal cable is zelch and COX has no intention of changing that. Most of the apartments in the area I work are occupied by Spanish and Asians and they all have satalite dishes. So, I can understand the reason for the loss of customers and it is going to get worse. I am even thinking to dump COX. They do PR stuff in the community on the money they get from us and then give us cr@p!
we believe economic factors such as low housing formation and a high unemployment rate contributed to subscriber declines in the second quarter," SNL Kagan analyst Mariam Rondeli, said in a statement. "We are also seeing churn resulting from the broadcast digital transition, which boosted video uptake early last year, as many have abandoned their paid subscriptions once initial promotional contracts expired."