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TMC · 08-10-2024, 03:06 AM

https://www.indiewire.com/news/analy...20worth%20much.

This Was the Week That Cable TV Died. A 30-pack of basic-cable channels across three companies lost more than $15 billion in value in 39 hours. As Bruce Springsteen might sing today about cable TV: 57 channels, and nothin' is worth much.

Cable is a zombie waiting to be put out of its misery

TMC · 08-15-2024, 09:21 PM

Cable TV is being hit by a “double whammy”

The decline has been driven by cord-cutting, of course, but in recent quarters the cable business has faced a double whammy: Not only are subscribers declining faster than carriage fees are rising, but advertising dollars are fleeing TV, as the proliferation of ad-supported streaming options provide new places for ...2

Merry24 · 08-15-2024, 10:44 PM

Cable did this to themselves with high fees & over loading advertisements & changing there original Programming Formats, Not living up to what that Network was when it launched on Cable.

I remember cable network channels saying ratings are higher than ever because of the format change. Now we know that was propaganda.

08-10-2024, 03:06 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,216	This is the week that killed cable TV https://www.indiewire.com/news/analy...20worth%20much. This Was the Week That Cable TV Died. A 30-pack of basic-cable channels across three companies lost more than $15 billion in value in 39 hours. As Bruce Springsteen might sing today about cable TV: 57 channels, and nothin' is worth much. Cable is a zombie waiting to be put out of its misery

08-15-2024, 09:21 PM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,216	Cable TV is being hit by a “double whammy” The decline has been driven by cord-cutting, of course, but in recent quarters the cable business has faced a double whammy: Not only are subscribers declining faster than carriage fees are rising, but advertising dollars are fleeing TV, as the proliferation of ad-supported streaming options provide new places for ...2

08-15-2024, 10:44 PM	#3
Merry24 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 10, 2017 Location: beach Posts: 2,042	Cable did this to themselves with high fees & over loading advertisements & changing there original Programming Formats, Not living up to what that Network was when it launched on Cable. I remember cable network channels saying ratings are higher than ever because of the format change. Now we know that was propaganda.