Cord-cutting was uggggly in the first quarter of the year. Expect it to get even uglier
The subscriber decline of 1.7 million from the previous quarter,
In terms of losses by individual providers, AT&T continues to lead the pack, shedding 710,000 subscribers in the first three months of 2020. Comcast and Dish are close together, with the pair losing 770,000 subs. Given the size of their subscriber footprint, Charter did very well in Q1 to lose only 70,000 video customers, one-tenth that of AT&T.
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