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Major U.S. multichannel video programming distributors lost about...

Major U.S. multichannel video programming distributors lost about 25,000 net video subscribers in Q3, Leichtman Research Group said in a note (http://bit.ly/18JVJ5B). That number is down from about 50,000 of subscribers lost in the same period last year for companies…

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including Comcast, Charter Communications and Cablevision, it said. The top nine cable companies lost about 600,000 video subscribers in Q3 2013, with the highest quarterly losses experienced by Time Warner Cable, it said. That company’s Q3 loss of more than 300,000 subscribes was due in part to the retransmission consent dispute with CBS, said the market research firm. For Q3, satellite-TV providers added about 174,000 subscribers, “compared to a gain of 48,000” in Q3 2012. Major wireline providers added 400,000 video subscribers this quarter, an increase from 317,000 net additions last year, Leichtman said.