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Mobile lifestyles have more Canadians cutting TV, phone cords: Convergence reports


TORONTO – An increasing number of Canadian households are opting to cut the cords from their television services providers and landline telephones, according to two new reports from Convergence Consulting.The Battle for the North American (US/Canada) Couch Potato: Online & Traditional TV and Movie Distribution  predicts that Canadian TV cord cutter households will reach 665,000 (5.7%) by year-end 2014, a significant jump from the 380,000 estimated at the end of 2013.  Based on its ‘TV Cord Cutting Model’, which takes into account annual subscriber additions, economic conditions, and the digital transition, the report estimated that 458,000 (3.9%) Canadian TV subscribers...