"Consumers are going to blame somebody but, really, it took both of these companies to get into this position," Emarketer senior analyst Ross Benes said recently.
"Pay-TV providers, including DirecTV, have absorbed stiff increases in the costs of licensing programming as their customer base has eroded due to cord-cutting."
"The cost of carrying broadcast channels (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) and sports channels, including ESPN, has been skyrocketing as the programmers look to pass along the increases they have agreed to pay sports leagues and conferences."
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