TBD blog

« Back to blog

Nearly 800,000 U.S. TV households 'cut the cord,' report says

Full scoop here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100413/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc1598

Now, as TechCrunch points out, the estimated 800,000 cord cutters represent less than 1 percent of the 100 million U.S. households (give or take) currently subscribing to a cable/satellite/telco TV carrier, so it's not like we're talking a mass exodus here. But by the end of 2011, the report guesstimates, the number of cord-cutting households in the U.S. will double to about 1.6 million, and if the trend continues, well...

Have you cut the cord? How much of your viewing entertainment is from the internet or via NetFlix?

While window shopping for an HD tv (yes I still have an SD tv) I have noticed that many of them come with CAT5 inputs and have these widget things and stuff - are cable and satellite providers doomed?