{"id":169487,"date":"2025-12-10T20:07:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/cable-channel-subscribers-grew-for-the-first-time-in-8-years-last-quarter\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T20:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:07:47","slug":"cable-channel-subscribers-grew-for-the-first-time-in-8-years-last-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/cable-channel-subscribers-grew-for-the-first-time-in-8-years-last-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Cable channel subscribers grew for the first time in 8 years last quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In a surprising, and likely temporary, turn of events, the number of people paying to watch cable channels has grown.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, research analyst MoffettNathanson released its \u201cCord-Cutting Monitor Q3 2025: Signs of Life?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moffettnathanson.com\/media-research\">report<\/a>. It found that the pay TV operators, including cable companies, satellite companies, and virtual multichannel video programming distributors (vMVPDs) like YouTube TV and <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/12\/fubo-lowers-its-prices-by-up-to-15-after-losing-nbcuniversal-channels\/\">Fubo<\/a>, added 303,000 net subscribers in Q3 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, \u201cThere are more linear video subscribers now than there were three months ago. That\u2019s the first time we\u2019ve been able to say that since 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/12\/cable-channel-subscribers-grew-for-the-first-time-in-years-last-quarter\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/12\/cable-channel-subscribers-grew-for-the-first-time-in-years-last-quarter\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprising, and likely temporary, turn of events, the number of people paying to watch cable channels has grown. On Monday, research analyst MoffettNathanson released its \u201cCord-Cutting Monitor Q3 2025: Signs of Life?\u201d report. It found that the pay TV operators, including cable companies, satellite companies, and virtual multichannel video programming distributors (vMVPDs) like YouTube TV and Fubo, added 303,000 net subscribers in Q3 2025. 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