The practice of cancelling or forgoing a pay television subscription or landline phone connection in favour of an alternative Internet-based or wireless service.
whenever there is talk of a pay TV decline, thoughts inevitably turn to cord cutting
Example sentencesExamples
The concept of cord cutting implies, of course, breaking a consumer's dependence upon cable TV as a provider of entertainment and information.
There's still a lot of momentum behind cord cutting and a la carte television consumption.
We believe this growth will be short lived as cord cutting continues and alternate video platforms continue to add more subscribers.
Cable's more reliable performance has served as a deterrent for cord cutting.
During the last 14 months, my fiancee and I have found cord cutting to be surprisingly easy overall, though occasionally frustrating.
It seems that a new statistic emerges every couple of weeks that attempts to quantify the severity of cord cutting.
A service that offers live television could make cord cutting even more palatable.
But the forecast fed recent investor concerns about cord cutting.
The cable industry has seen a consistent decline in television subscribers in recent years as customers engage in cord cutting.
Definition of cord cutting in US English:
cord cutting
noun
informal
The practice of canceling or forgoing a cable television subscription or landline telephone connection in favor of an alternative Internet-based or wireless service.
the cable industry has seen a decline in television subscribers as customers engage in cord cutting
Example sentencesExamples
There's still a lot of momentum behind cord cutting and a la carte television consumption.
The concept of cord cutting implies, of course, breaking a consumer's dependence upon cable TV as a provider of entertainment and information.
The cable industry has seen a consistent decline in television subscribers in recent years as customers engage in cord cutting.
During the last 14 months, my fiancee and I have found cord cutting to be surprisingly easy overall, though occasionally frustrating.
We believe this growth will be short lived as cord cutting continues and alternate video platforms continue to add more subscribers.
But the forecast fed recent investor concerns about cord cutting.
Cable's more reliable performance has served as a deterrent for cord cutting.
A service that offers live television could make cord cutting even more palatable.
It seems that a new statistic emerges every couple of weeks that attempts to quantify the severity of cord cutting.