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Verizon which offers pay TV video services is one of the many providers which will be affected. Seidenberg took aim at the bundling of services like TV, broadband and phone service saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYoung people are pretty smart. They\u2019re not going to pay for something they don\u2019t need to.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Seidenberg is only the first cable executive to open up about cord cutting, even as it is becomes more difficult to deny what is happening. After a year where an unprecedented amount of people have already canceled their pay TV services, many cable companies are already softening the blow for a devastating third quarter, like Time Warner.<\/p>\n<p>The excuse many cable companies are using for consumers canceling their services is the down economy. While that may play a role in the acceleration of cord cutting, the technology available with over-the-air HDTV and web TV is the real reason people are leaving. They are finding a better home viewing experience which is much more inexpensive.<\/p>\n<p>As technology improves with innovations like <a href=\"\/faqs.html#faq14\">multicasting<\/a>, cable companies are faced with the reality of turning into an urban legend. And just like an urban legend they may be spotted occasionally like Sasquatch, but not really exist. (Which is sometimes because he stinks.) As the year continues, expect to hear more about cord cutting and possibly even some additional CEO\u2019s admitting to problems because of cord cutting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which is more believable, an eight foot, 500 pound ape running free in Washington State or thousands of people canceling their cable service? The answer may seem obvious, but that may not be what you hear from cable CEO\u2019s. 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