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Cord nevers, cutters, shavers, for real in Canada, says report

TORONTO – Approximately 1.1 million Internet households in Canada have no paid TV subscription and cord shaving by those who are subscribers is on the increase says new research from Toronto’s Solutions Research Group. The 1.1 million Canadian households which relied solely on Internet for video entertainment in Q2 2013, is up from 750,000 four years ago, according to SRG’s latest Digital Life Canada research. Analysis of the characteristics of these households also revealed: • About half of existing “no paid TV” households with Internet report having cancelled their TV service within the past five years and 10% in the...