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By December 2013, how many U.S. households still subscribed to traditional cable TV?

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about $3 a month

What did a monthly cable TV subscription cost when the service launched in 1948?

There was also a one-time setup fee of about $125 to get connected in cable's earliest days.

Source: Wikipedia (2025) en.wikipedia.org

about 76%

In 2015, about what share of American adults still had a cable or satellite TV subscription?

Cable and satellite were still the norm for most American households a decade ago.

Source: Pew Research Center (via Wikipedia) (2015) en.wikipedia.org

about 40 percentage points

Roughly how many percentage points did the cable/satellite TV subscription rate drop between 2015 and 2025?

That's a huge shift in viewing habits within just one decade, driven largely by streaming services.

Source: Pew Research Center (via Wikipedia) (2025) en.wikipedia.org

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