In its annual pay TV report – The Battle for the North American Couch Potato – Convergence estimated the number of cord cutters will remain about 1.1 million in 2016 and beyond. Fueling the debate, Convergence president Brahm Eiley said in an interview last week, is the proliferation of over-the-top service providers and the entrance of distributors like Verizon and AT&T into the OTT arena, which had until a few years ago been primarily a content play.
Source: Pay TV’s ‘New Normal’: 1 Million Cord-Cutters a Year | Multichannel