Report: WPIX Sees a Huge Dropoff During Cablevision Shutdown
It’s hardly a surprise to think the stalemate with Cablevision, now more than six weeks old, would cause a loss of viewers for WPIX. How could it not? The station has been blacked out to approximately 3 million Cablevision homes since the retransmission fight started August 17.
One Web site says that translates into a major drop in ratings. MediaPost writes that in a five-week period from August 20 to September 23, Tribune’s flagship saw a 42 percent decline in the 10 p.m.
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