And all of this without "live channels," no less.
The graphic shows the steady rise in Netflix subscribers and the steady decline
in *total* subscribers, for cable systems covering 95% of US cable subscribers.
So, quite a significant figure, right?
The question then is, why would anyone expect legacy cable MVPDs to continue to
restrict themselves politely to just their existing neighborhoods? Let the
"other guy" be so polite. I'll create an OTT site available nationwide, to
compete with these unrestricted OTT services. That would be the natural
response.
Bert
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http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0002/netflix-passing-us-cable-visualized/281199
Netflix Passing U.S. Cable Visualized
Netflix, nearly 51 million; top cablers covering 95 percent of market, 48.6
million
June 13, 2017
Posted by Deborah D. McAdams
LONDON-From the folks at Statista: Having doubled its U.S. subscriber base in
the past five years, Netflix surpassed the subscriber bases of largest cable
pay-TV providers in the country during the first quarter of 2017.
According to Leichtman Research Group, the country's largest cable TV
providers, representing around 95 percent of the cable market, had 48.6 million
subscribers at the end of March, while Netflix had 50.9 million customers on
its home turf.
While cable-only represents around 50 percent of the U.S. pay-TV market as a
whole, it is by far the most popular way of getting pay-TV in the country. For
Netflix to surpass cable is a big step in becoming the top source of home
entertainment. Netflix reached that goal mainly by growing its own subscriber
base rather than by cord-cutting. Major cable providers only lost 4 million
subscribers since Q1 2012 - Netflix added 27 million.
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