In total, then, I’m paying $236 a month for Internet, movies and TV. Ouch.

The obvious way to cut the bill is to get rid of cable. A stand-alone Internet service would cost about $40 a month (prices may vary, of course, depending on speed and promotions), removing $155 or so from my monthly total, or about $1,860 a year. After all, I’m already managing multiple video subscriptions, and my TiVo and my Internet-connected TV both deliver online video to my television set. And almost $2,000 a year is significant savings.

But I’m not quite ready to cut the cord. The primary reason is sports. An HD antenna connected to my TiVo would provide network channels, which would show some sporting events. There are many other events that wouldn’t be available, though, like all those World Cup games that were only on ESPN.

Still, consider my cable TV subscription to be on life support.

Luckily, there are other ways to pick away at the movie and TV bill. By making better use of video on demand through my cable service, I probably do not need a Netflix subscription. Many of the old movies available on Netflix can be found on Amazon and iTunes, too, and going that route may be cheaper than paying for Netflix every month. Or I could have either Amazon or Netflix instead of both.

For now, I’m going to spend a month or two trying to live without it and see whether on-demand and Amazon Prime can fill the void.

Music is much less expensive than video, I’m happy to say. I pay $10 a month for commercial-free and offline access to Spotify, and also around $4 a month for satellite radio because I like using it to discover new music while in the car.

If you already have a big digital music collection, though, you might not need offline access to songs and could get by with the free versions of Spotify or Pandora. Or, if you have Amazon Prime, you can get music through its new music service. Amazon’s library of streaming music is tiny compared with Spotify or Pandora, but it might be fine if you have a phone full of MP3s.

There are other music deals out there. If you are an AT&T subscriber, you can get a family plan on Beats Music for $15 a month that includes five accounts across 10 devices. Considering that an individual subscription is $10 a month, that’s an excellent value.