Be as bad as it gets. That shouldnt change the overall picture that the rate of decline has dramatically accelerated for Traditional Television and it doesnt seem to be any question that were in a new normal with the rate of decline for the traditional system is probably 5 or so per year which is an extraordinarily rapid decline for something thats been around as long as traditional paytv distribution trend what youre talking about cable and satellite primarily, correct . Guest thats right. Traditional distribution the cable and satellite. Whats really interesting and maybe the most interesting part of the story is, if you went back a year ago you wouldve said that the virtual mvpd, so the you tube tv and hulu live and that sort of thing were really what was driving this migration away from traditional linear tv. Today it looks like that thesis was probably wrong and the uptake of those Virtual Services is not terribly strong actually and that what youre seeing is people just defecting
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The nikkei was off by. 10. Hang seng managed to edge higher by 1 3 of a percent. Shanghai comp down. 4 of a percent. Over in europe, take a check there. We have red arrows aside from italy which is managing a. 6 percent of a gain. The dax is down by half a percent. As for treasury yields, it seems to be in focus it has been in focus as we are waiting. Fed chair jay powell might say about a potential rate cut in july the twoyear now 1. 925 . Quite a steep rise considering that the recent low is 1. 696 . 195 on a close. Amazing yields. Obviously stretched lower in trade news, top u. S. Officials, talks back on the hill the first high level talks with the chinese counterparts yesterday. They continue to try to work out a trade deal people close to the conversation say both sides are going to continue talking but that existing tariffs could be, in their words, the new normal. Netflix is losing another high profile tv property next year friends is moving to warner streaming service hbo max.