Cable TV price war? Don't count on it- -analysts

[SatelliteGuys Reporter]

... operators posted a sharp decline in video subscribers but fears of igniting a price war may be premature. Investors fretted that cable operators which long reigned over their regional fiefdoms unchallenged were finally conceding defeat to satellite television services the DirecTV Group Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. While the second quarter has become a seasonally slow quarter as college students typically cut their cable service at the of the school semester and retirees who dump service at the of the winter season the losses outpaced traditional patterns.

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