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Cord-cutting Lower In Western Europe Than The US

Connected Consumer in Europe, a new report from Parks Associattes, reveals Spanish consumers are more likely than consumers in other Western European markets either to have never had pay TV or to have cancelled pay TV in favour of online video sources.

“First-time adoption of pay TV is up among Spanish broadband households as is the penetration of pay TV overall,” said Brett Sappington, director, research, Parks Associates.

From the article "Cord-cutting Lower In Western Europe Than The US" by www.broadbandtvnews.com

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