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20% of US pay-TV subscribers dissatisfied

20% of US pay-TV subscribers say they are dissatisfied with their pay-TV service, representing a 100% increase since early 2013.

Parks Associates’s new report TV Services: Changing the Channel Package shows only one-third of pay-TV subscribers are very satisfied with their pay-TV service, a drop from 57% who indicated very high satisfaction levels in 2013.

“High satisfaction with pay TV has dropped across all providers,” said Brett Sappington, senior director of research, Parks Associates.

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