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Re: The Cord-Cutting Fantasy

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My family, my wife's 4 sisters' families, her mom, my mom = zero ESPN viewing. Moving on to friends...

Are all these families cable subscribers? And the number essentially means 19 of 20 "cable families" have zero ESPN viewing. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see that being a realistic number the methodology that created the 95% statistic wasn't exactly solid.

Yes, all cable subscribers.

I suspect people tune into ESPN occasionally (a "luxury" made possible by bundling) but would not choose to subscribe to it separately.

Re: The Cord-Cutting Fantasy

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Hm. Apple TV/Amazon Instant Video/GoogleTV seems to put paid to that idea. At the very least, there is a group of people who are willing to pay for unbundling.

Apple TV mainly used for Netflix/Hulu. Amazon mainly for Prime bundling. So even the online players are going with bundling.

Do you have numbers to back that up? (Not doubting it, just curious - there's not much reporting on that issue)
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