{"id":697,"date":"2013-04-28T08:56:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T12:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/?p=697"},"modified":"2013-08-30T15:37:50","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T19:37:50","slug":"consumers-in-canada-tune-out-of-tv-dont-drop-out-of-online-video-viewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/consumers-in-canada-tune-out-of-tv-dont-drop-out-of-online-video-viewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumers in Canada Tune Out of TV, Don&#8217;t Drop Out of Online Video Viewing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Apr 26, 2013 (eMarketer)Cord-cutters on the rise, still a small share of population<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\">Cord-cutting is coming to Canada\u2014if slowly.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtm-otm.ca\/home.asp\" target=\"blank\">Media Technology Monitor<\/a>\u00a0reported that the share of the total population in Canada without a TV subscription service\u00a0<i>or<\/i>\u00a0off-air TV rose 1 percentage point in 2012 to 8%, after doubling in 2011 to 7%. That\u2019s still a small share of the overall population, but it represents a growing number of residents who have decided they can still get all the TV programming they want without the subscription they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emarketer.com\/images\/chart_gifs\/155001-156000\/155754.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Media Technology Monitor noted that while these cord-cutters may be cancelling subscriptions (or, in the case of many younger residents, simply never setting cable service up when they set up house), they aren\u2019t giving up TV content. They\u2019re turning to the internet to stream shows to PCs, mobile devices and traditional television sets instead.<\/p>\n<p>Cord-cutters are on the rise and TV providers clearly must address how they are going about their business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/worldlinecanada\">worldlinecanada<\/a> I&#8217;d pay for cable if I could only pay for the stations I watch.50 bucks a month for 4 channels is insane.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ursinos (@Ursinos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ursinos\/status\/328496695312785408\">April 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the mean time, having unlimited high speed Internet is more important than ever, and the best deal in the country can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr 26, 2013 (eMarketer)Cord-cutters on the rise, still a small share of population Cord-cutting is coming to Canada\u2014if slowly. 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