Report: US Pay-TV Subscriber Losses Near 1 Million Mark

World Screen: In the second quarter of 2017, the U.S. multichannel universe lost a record number of customers, 976,000 pay-TV subs, according to new data from Kagan. Cable operators lost 246,000 total video customers. Traditional satellite services took a hit in the second quarter, reporting an estimated net loss of 443,000 subscriptions.