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Live programming will continue to keep pay-TV relevant, researcher says

Overall, largest operators lost fewer subscribers in 2021 than the previous year, according to Leichtman

Losses at major MVPDs similar to the declines seen in Q1 2020

Drop will occur despite a growth of 15 million pay-TV subscribers globally

Global pay-TV additions of the same period will be a net of 15 million

Up one from last year and nearly twice as high as 2019

The top five publicly traded pay-TV companies still lost nearly 1.6 million customers in the first three months of 2021

Subscriber loss slowed compared to Q1 2020

Will mark the first time consumers are spending more on pay-TV

The trend of cord-cutting could have a negative impact on the TV sector’s credit quality