U.S. cable operators added fewer digital video subscribers last q...
U.S. cable operators added fewer digital video subscribers last quarter than they have in two years, Pike & Fischer said. During the third quarter digital subscriber rolls grew 14 percent from a year ago to 35.5 million at all…
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cable operators except systems with 20,000 or fewer customers each, said analyst Scott Sleek. That’s 29 percent less than the gain in the third quarter of 2006, the research firm said. Digital subscriptions comprise 61 percent of basic cable customers, which Pike & Fischer pegs at 57.8 million. That’s lower than other sources’ subscriber estimates, with Sanford Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett tallying 63.5 million basic customers in a Nov. 21 letter to FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein. Pike & Fischer gets data directly from the largest cable operators and estimates of growth at most small and privately held companies but not some very small systems, said Sleek.