MoffettNathanson estimates that US pay-TV lost a total of about 900,000 subs in Q3 2023 – a worst-ever third quarter for the industry. That poor result left US pay-TV shrinking at a record pace of 7.3%.
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At this point, we might be getting to the place where paid TV plus DVR would cost people less than the streaming services that tried to replace it.
Its currently cheaper for me to collect used laserdiscs, dvds, and blurays.
People are dumping physical media, and its a firesale. For most discs its $1-5 if you know where to look.
It’s even cheaper to own a DVD burner. Less money spent on rent storing things.
But not as much as the high seas me heartie…