Cable, telcos square off in battle for subscribers

The migration of consumers from video to broadband viewing and the subsequent change in subscriber numbers in different segments of providers' quarterly reports, is telling: cable operators are losing video subscribers, slowly but steadily. But the raw numbers may not tell the whole story. Editors Jim O'Neill, Sean Buckley, and Steve Donohue take a closer look at the subscriber numbers issue, what those numbers mean for telcos offering broadband and IPTV services and where cable MSOs really stand financially as their video subscriptions drop. Special Report