Cable and satellite TV subscription growth slowed down more than had been previously reported, and cord-cutting was a primary factor. But don't worry about it -- a revolution that will re-create the current multi-channel access paradigm is still a long way away. Those are the conclusions of research released Monday by Canadian research firm the Convergence Consulting Group.





According to the Convergence Consulting report, 'The Battle for the North American Couch Potato: Bundling, TV, Internet,Telephone, Wireless,' 2.65 million Americans cut their cords between 2008-2011 and switched to over-the-top (OTT) services like Netflix to get their video programming. The report says that only 112,000 cable, satellite and telco TV service subscriptions were added in the U.S. last year -- less than a third of the 380,000 added subscriptions that Leichtman Research Group reported...