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		deelowe on July 28, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Profits Surge on Strong Ad Demand Is TV not a shrinking market? I thought subscriptions to cable and satellite were down.

mschuster91 on July 28, 2016 [–]

For a small part of the population, yes, but it's still mass media.

rocqua on July 28, 2016 | [–]

Comcast was really pleased that subscriber numbers only decreased by 4,000 this quarter IIRC Normally they see 40,000

deelowe on July 28, 2016 | | [–]

That's what I thought. So the OPs premise stands that some of this is coming from revenue leaving traditional ads.

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