BGR: Cable can’t fight back against Netflix

Cord-cutting continues to rule the day. Article by Jacob Siegal for BGR Throughout 2014, Netflix continued to steal customers from cable providers nationwide. The latest Nielsen report shows that over 40% of homes now have access to a subscription-based video on-demand service, such as Netflix, Hulu Plus or Amazon Prime Instant Video. That’s up from 36% in 2013. As Huffington Post notes, this isn’t the only sign that cable is slipping — in the third quarter of 2014, SNL Kagan reported that 10.5 million American homes had access to broadband but didn’t subscribe to a cable provider. On the other hand, cable subscriptions are steadily drying up and TV ratings are falling with them.

Cord-cutting continues to rule the day.

Article by Jacob Siegal for BGR

Throughout 2014, Netflix continued to steal customers from cable providers nationwide. The latest Nielsen report shows that over 40% of homes now have access to a subscription-based video on-demand service, such as Netflix, Hulu Plus or Amazon Prime Instant Video. That’s up from 36% in 2013.

As Huffington Post notes, this isn’t the only sign that cable is slipping — in the third quarter of 2014, SNL Kagan reported that 10.5 million American homes had access to broadband but didn’t subscribe to a cable provider. On the other hand, cable subscriptions are steadily drying up and TV ratings are falling with them.

More families are learning to live without cable, and as premium channels begin to spinoff their own a la carte services, there will be even fewer reasons to sign a contract.