The pay-TV industry lost more than a million subscribers last year, four times the number that skedaddled a year earlier, according to market researcher SNL Kagan.
Cord cutting is having a clear impact on the industry — and that can only be good for consumers who have grown sick of paying for dozens, even hundreds, of channels they never watch.
Readers have asked for updates about my experience since I cut the pay-TV cord in January, slashing my monthly Time Warner Cable bill in half (I still receive broadband Internet and home-phone service from the company).
I can say without reservation that the experience has been a good one. Although I've said adios to two channels that used to be part of my regular viewing diet — CNN and AMC — I've found life goes on:
I still get plenty of news without CNN and, surprisingly, I didn't mourn the loss of "The Walking Dead."
Roku is an excellent way to access streaming video on my TV. I have more than enough viewing options with a stand-alone, $15-a-month subscription to HBO and with Amazon Prime, which I already had for the free two-day shipping.
With TV now an on-demand experience, I watch what I want when I want. The few times I've surfed the networks and local channels using my HD antenna, I grew so tired of commercials that I turned off the set.
As a result, I'm reading more.
