A recent survey found that access to live news was the main reason for Americans to keep live pay TV, with 80 percent of those aged over 35 highlighting live news as the reason why they do not cut the cord and instead rely solely on online video services. Whilst live news was also important to the majority of younger viewers, those aged 18 to 35 years old were more open to canceling their pay TV subscriptions, or only kept them due to a poor internet connection. However all ages agreed that watching new TV episodes as soon as they are broadcast was important, with 57 percent of all respondents citing this as their reason to subscribe to pay TV.
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Various sources (Altvil). (January 13, 2019). Reasons for subscribing to live pay TV instead of relying on online video services in the United States as of August 2019, by age [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1133031/reasons-pay-tv-subscription-usa-by-age/
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