Pay-TV subscriber losses topped two million in the first quarter as sports bars and hotels that saw few customers paused their services
Americans’ urge to disconnect the living-room cable is spreading to Main Street.
The largest cable and satellite TV companies lost more than two million customers in the first three months of the year, the industry’s sharpest quarterly decline on record, as restaurants, bars and hotels hit by the coronavirus pandemic joined consumers canceling or pausing service.
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