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By 2017, the number of U.S. households relying entirely on internet for TV had grown to about how many?

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below 95 million

By 2017, U.S. pay-TV subscriptions had fallen below what level, down from the 2011 peak?

The decline from the 2011 peak accelerated noticeably through the mid-2010s.

Source: Wikipedia: Cord-cutting (2017) en.wikipedia.org

about 1.1 million

In just the third and fourth quarters of 2018, traditional satellite and cable providers lost about how many subscribers?

Subscriber losses were already accelerating well before the 2020s streaming boom.

Source: Wikipedia: Cord-cutting (2018) en.wikipedia.org

about 900,000

In 2008, only about how many U.S. households relied entirely on internet (no pay TV) for television?

Internet-only TV viewing was still a tiny niche in the U.S. as recently as 2008.

Source: Wikipedia: Cord-cutting (2008) en.wikipedia.org

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