Telco TV gains on cable in top U.S. markets: SNL Kagan

THE TOP 15 MARKETS in the U.S. saw cable subscribers drop by as much as 8% on an annual basis, balanced by “strong” growth in telco TV and “mixed” results for satellite TV , according to new data from SNL Kagan.The data examined cable, satellite (referred to as Direct Broadcast Satellite or DBS), and telco video subscribers for the first quarter of 2011 by operator and by market. Altogether, the top 15 markets serve more than 38 million subscribers, with New York and Los Angeles far and away the largest multichannel markets. Chicago and Philadelphia are similarly sized in terms of...