On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > That percentage will increase exponentially over the next few years > The Atlantic has several relevant articles. The first is from Rebecca Greenfield, posted August 3rd. It's a short enough article and well worth reading. Her point is that numbers of people quitting cable/satellite don't show the most important group, young people starting households that she calls "cord-nevers." The number of households with cable/satellite stays relatively steady while the number of US households rises.
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/08/forget-cord-cutters-cable-companies-should-worry-about-cord-nevers/55380/ Derek Thompson has written two recent articles about the cable TV business. In one from July 12 he sees us reaching a tipping point that will lead to a la carte cable: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/07/the-end-of-tv-and-the-death-of-the-cable-bundle/259753/ And on July 30 he discusses NBC's Olympic strategy and asks if negative feedback will make them change: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/07/why-nbc-doesnt-care-that-you-want-to-watch-the-olympics-live-on-tv/260480/ -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
