{"id":10542,"date":"2021-11-24T09:49:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T14:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lrg-u-s-pay-tv-providers-shed-650000-subs-q3\/"},"modified":"2021-11-29T09:38:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T14:38:04","slug":"lrg-u-s-pay-tv-providers-shed-650000-subs-in-q3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lrg-u-s-pay-tv-providers-shed-650000-subs-in-q3\/","title":{"rendered":"LRG: U.S. Pay-TV Providers Shed 650,000 Subs in Q3"},"content":{"rendered":"
Leichtman Research Group (LRG) is reporting that the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. lost about 650,000 net video subscribers in Q3 2021, compared to a pro forma net loss of around 90,000 in the year-ago period.<\/p>\n
The top pay-TV providers\u2014representing about 93 percent of the market\u2014now account for about 77 million subscribers, with the top seven cable companies having 41.9 million video subscribers, other traditional pay-TV services having over 27.5 million subscribers and the top publicly reporting internet-delivered (vMVPD) pay-TV services having 7.5 million subscribers.<\/p>\n
Top cable providers had a net loss of about 700,000 video subscribers in the third quarter, compared to a loss of about 380,000 subscribers in Q3 2020. Other traditional pay-TV services had a net loss of about 635,000 subs in Q3, compared to a loss of about 780,000 subscribers in the same period a year ago. Top publicly reporting vMVPDs added about 680,000 subscribers in the period, compared to a gain of about 1,070,000 subscribers in Q3 last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile Pay-TV net losses in the quarter increased from last year\u2019s third quarter, annual net losses were relatively similar to a year ago,\u201d said Bruce Leichtman, president and principal analyst for Leichtman Research Group. \u201cOver the past year, top pay-TV providers had a net loss of about 5,100,000 subscribers, compared to a loss of about 4,820,000 over the prior year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Leichtman Research Group (LRG) is reporting that the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. lost about 650,000 net video subscribers in Q3 2021, compared to a pro forma net loss of around 90,000 in the year-ago period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":10543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,69],"tags":[285],"class_list":["post-10542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-analysis","category-top-stories","tag-leichtman-research-group"],"yoast_head":"\n