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Cord-cutting has been a thing for a long time. But some new consumer research suggests an escalating aversion to traditional pay-TV service. As the exodus from TV delivered by cable and satellite ...

Cord cutting is on the rise, and many people say they're doing it to save money. But that's not their only motivation, a new study finds.

The cord-cutting trend has weighed down the share prices of some media companies, thanks to the loss of customers who typically pay upwards of $100 per month for pay-TV service.

Cord cutting has been around for as long as there's been a cable TV cord to cut. The practice gathered force in the mid-'90s when cable TV subscription prices first began to soar, then reached a ...

That's confirmed by a recent eMarketer analysis of recent cord-cutting research that deemed it "more myth than reality," with perhaps 1 million U.S. cord cutters expected in 2014.

Cord cutting is easier and better than ever, but it’s not the right choice for every TV fan. Cable and satellite TV can be expensive, but don’t feel guilty if you want to keep it.

The point of cord-cutting was to save money. Pick the programming that means something to you, and jettison the rest. Then the broadcasters, streamers, and studios all sectioned off their little ...

Cord cutting has been accelerating. In third quarter 2017 over a record high 1.2 million households had 'cut the cord.' By November 2017, cable penetration fell below 80% for the first time in 15 ...

Cord-cutting has been a massive thorn in the side of pay-TV distributors and television media companies for nearly a decade. After U.S. pay-TV subscribers peaked in 2010 at 105 million households ...

Cord cutting was so bad last year that pay-TV penetration is down to 1994 levels. It's not a new problem for cable operators, but the coronavirus pandemic seems to have exacerbated it.

With the average monthly price of cable or satellite TV hovering around $100 in the U.S., cutting the cord can save consumers hundreds of dollars each year. That is, until they start subscribing ...