Results from the U.S Energy Information Administration’s most recent Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) show that an average of 2.3 televisions were used in American homes in 2015, down from an average of 2.6 televisions per household in 2009.

In Japan, there are seven national television networks – two owned by the national public broadcaster NHK, and five national commercial key stations.

As of 1st of August 2019, RTÜK states that there a total of 536 television channels in Turkey.

An estimated 1.6 billion television sets were in use globally in about 1.42 billion households as of 2011. The TV viewing audience was estimated to be about 4.2 billion people in 2011. Approximately 89 percent of all homes in the world have TVs, and about 61 percent of the world’s population watches TV.

Data gathered on the global television market showed that there were 1.7 billion pay TV households worldwide in 2019, up from 1.67 billion in the previous year. To compare, there were 120.6 million TV households in the United States in the 2019 to 2020 season.

Nielsen Estimates 121 Million TV Homes in the U.S. for the 2020-2021 TV Season. According to Nielsen National Television Household Universe Estimates, there are 121 million TV homes in the U.S. for the 2020-21 TV season.

All told, the nation’s biggest cable television brands lost 1.54 million customers during the first quarter. These companies collectively account for about 95% of the United States’ cable industry.

In 1950, just under 20 percent of American homes contained a TV set. Ten years later, nearly 90 percent of homes contained a TV—and some even had color TVs. The number of TV stations, channels, and programs all grew to meet this surging demand. The 1950s truly were the decade of the TV.

That figure includes the five largest pay TV companies. According to an analysis by Protocol, the five largest pay-TV providers—defined as Comcast, AT, Dish, Charter and Verizon—lost a combined 5.5 million subscribers in 2020, after those companies lost 5.8 million in 2019.

Subscription streaming video services like Amazon Prime and Netflix give you on-demand access to individual TV series and movies. The video streaming services we’re talking about here, such as Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV, are designed to replace a typical cable-TV package by giving you access to familiar channels.

From February 1996 to December 2020, he said, the prices charged by cable companies have increased by 250%, which comes to 3.9% per year. Prices should be coming down, not going up.

Cable TV companies typically blame price hikes on the money they have to pay to air programs. That’s not an issue with internet service — but higher costs there come from expanding infrastructure and modernizing equipment, increasing consumer costs.

Can I cut cable but still keep my internet service from the same provider? Yes, you are not required to subscribe to a cable TV package or other services from your cable provider in order to get internet access.

Try both streaming video services using free trials to determine their potential as cable replacements. You can try out Netflix for one month and Hulu Plus for a week to a month, depending on the available promotion, without paying for a subscription although you are asked to provide your credit card information.

Content Availability. With the streaming services, you surely get access to dozens of shows and movies but with the cable TV service, you get access to not just the movies and the shows, you get access to the sports and news content as well. With Netflix, you won’t be getting sports, live events, and news content.

Alternatives to the Cable Box

1. Instead of having boxes for all your TVs, you can opt to keep the cable on your main TV and consider using an antenna to receive programming on one more of your additional TVs.
2. If any of your TVs is a Smart TV, you can access movies and TV shows via internet streaming.

Cord Cutting 101: How to Cancel Cable and Start Saving Money in 2020

1. Cord Cutting Step 1 – Find Your TV Content.
2. Free Over-the-Air Antenna TV.
3. Paid Live TV Streaming Services.
4. Free & Alternative TV Content Sources.
5. Cord Cutting Step 2 – Choose Your Hardware.
6. Streaming Set-Top-Boxes and Sticks.
7. Smart TVs.
8. DVRs for Cord Cutters.

Most live TV streaming services start at $60 to $65 per month, so cord-cutting might not save you much if your TV provider is giving you a great deal. It’s possible to spend less with cheaper services such as Netflix, but not without giving up a lot of what’s on cable.

How to Watch Cable TV for Free

1. Get an HDTV antenna. TV Antennas are making a comeback in a big way.
2. Sign up for a free video streaming service. If you’re looking for free cable TV, the internet offers a wealth of video streaming services.
3. Stream cable TV online yourself for free.