But Janco Partners analyst April Horace said the testament to Cablevision's strength is its rising subscriber numbers.
TV customers rose by 14,800 to 3.7 million, with revenues boosted by the rise in subscribers using its video-on-demand channels.
Verizon Wireless, a venture with Vodafone of Britain, reported a sharp rise in subscribers, adding 872,000 contract customers in the quarter.
Charter Communications, the cable TV provider, said Monday it narrowed its first-quarter loss on a 13percentt increase in average revenue per user and a rise in subscribers.
However, Immediate said the title had outperformed the rest of the premium market, and pointed to a 5.1% rise in subscribers, accounting for more than 40% of its circulation and making it the UK's largest subscription title.
New series of The Grand Tour and Transparent, as well as hefty cross-promotion of Prime Video to regular Amazon shoppers, helped fuel a 41% year-on-year rise in subscribers to 4.3m households, according to figures from Barb, the UK TV ratings body.
The company said the increase was driven by a $56.9 million rise in subscriber revenue, representing the increased user base.
AT&T Wireless shares moved down just 0.2% last week, despite the fact that Cingular Wireless announced that it expects to see a rise in subscriber losses after it acquires AT&T Wireless.
Playhouse will forgo its usual share of profits from this production, but no matter: Falco expects the show to produce a 10% rise in subscriber rolls and generate $500,000 in incremental revenue from the added traffic and interest in other productions.
(AP) Profit Rises but Subscriber Growth Slips at BSkyB The Satellite TV operator British Sky Broadcasting Group posted higher quarterly net profit and revenue yesterday, but said subscriber growth had fallen as more customers canceled their contracts.
