[RayChuang88]

While all the cable companies are experiencing customer losses, most users just prune back to Basic service, for one reason: nobody wants to miss live events like sports and news. And cutting the cord means losing access to live events.

That's why ESPN is thriving: they very well know that even at the Basic level of service most cable systems carry ESPN and ESPN2 because ESPN and ESPN2 carry a huge number of live sporting events, and that means a steady level of income.

[sr4402]

While all the cable companies are experiencing customer losses...

Perhaps some of this because most of the programming Sucks? When I find a show I like, it gets canceled and the programming is getting more mediocre every month.

The commercials are repeated over and over again until they become nauseous.

No wonder folks are going elsewhere.