Pay TV service providers lost 566,000 subscribers in the second quarter, a 76 percent increase from the 321,000 shed in the same period last year, driven by sharp declines in satellite and telco TV customers.
The losses come on the heels of a sharp drop in cable stocks over the past few days, driven by fears of increased cord-cutting and the threat of over-the-top video services. Cable stocks, mainly programmers, lost about $60 billion in market value between Aug. 5 and Aug. 6. While those declines started to level off Aug. 7, after satellite giant DirecTV quietly released its second quarter results Friday night, those fears apparently were warranted.
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