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INTX 2016: “There is not a massive defection from traditional television”

BOSTON – Bad news on the traditional TV front is not hard to find. Ad dollars have gone elsewhere as traditional pay TV subscriptions fall while media companies face new competition for eyeballs from a whole host of new viewing platforms and business models – which just continue to grow.Of late, though, there are signs in the States that all is not lost, that companies with great content and strong connections to consumers can grow in the space. Comcast added both video and broadband customers at the strongest clip in eight years, for example, thanks largely to its Xfinity platform.Scripps...