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Top Cable and Satellite Companies Lose Nearly 7 Million Customers in 2023; Live TV Streamers Add 1.9 Million


New data from Leichtman Research Group indicates that cord cutting is intensifying in the United States.

He's a Broncos fan, streams on his Toshiba Fire TV, and his favorites include "Andor," "Rings of Power," and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." Charter’s losses weren’t quite as dramatic, but it still dropped more than one million subscribers over the course of the year, even though the company was able to secure free Disney+ and ESPN+ accounts for its cable customers through a new carriage deal with Disney. Cable and satellite distributors are facing rising carriage and retransmission fee demands from network owners, meaning that they have to pay to carry more to offer popular channels like ESPN and local affiliates of ABC, CBS, and other broadcast TV options.

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