cable cutting
Ditching traditional television
Cable cutting is the practice of canceling traditional cable or satellite television service, typically in favor of streaming alternatives.
The term emerged as services like Netflix and Hulu offered cheaper, on-demand viewing: We cut the cable two years ago and don't miss it.
Someone who does this is a cord cutter, and the trend itself is often called cord cutting.
- cordFlexible twisted strand
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- streaming serviceInternet media delivery platform
- scissorsPivoted twin-blade cutter
- NetflixSubscription streaming service
snip · wire · disconnect · broadcast · antenna · over the air · Hulu · subscription · monthly fee · television · pliers · satellite · cancellation · broadband · fiber · sever · monthly · bill
- streamingNetflix, Hulu, streaming, stream, YouTube
- TV habitsbinge watching, channel surfing, season premieres, season finales, reruns
- TV lingoon air, off air, showrunner, cliffhanger, cue
- military communicationsradio, walkie-talkie, radio operators, signal flags, morse code
- minimalismminimalism, declutter, decluttering, simplicity, less is more
- Frogmenfrogmen, combat divers, dive teams, Navy SEALs, divers
ADOPTION OF TRADITIONAL vs. STREAMING MEDIA
cable cuttingchannel surfing
Rapidly changing television stations