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So more cable subscribers are making the decision to cut the cord and paying to stream video through services like netflix and hulu. well, now some local governments are trying to make up some lost revenue by adding utility tax to video streaming sites. claudia explains how it all works. >> the power to tax they squeeze out one place, they pop up somewhere else. >> cities argue they're losing money and need to get creative. cable providers lost more than three-quarters of a million subscribers in the first three months of this year. five times more than during the same period last year. a tren...

So more cable subscribers are making the decision to cut the cord and paying to stream video through services like netflix and hulu. well, now some local governments are trying to make up some lost revenue by adding utility tax to video streaming sites. claudia explains how it all works. >> the power to tax they squeeze out one place, they pop up somewhere else. >> cities argue they're losing money and need to get creative. cable providers lost more than three-quarters of a million subscribers in the first three months of this year. five times more than during the same period last year. a tren...

More people switching to internet services like netflix because of the high cost of cable, but those savings could soon be cut. local governments try to take a piece of the action. the details from san francisco. >> hello there, julie pretty cities and even states are anxious about this cord cutting trend, because for many it means a financial hit, some are calling for a so-called netflix tax. >> the government and the power to tax is like in any vote, they pop out somewhere else. >> taxpayer watchdog groups are wary as cities argue that they are losing money i need to get creative. cable prov...

Polls. will that happen again for the less inspiring hillary clinton candida candidacy? if there's news that makes democrats less enthusiastic, republican constituencies tend to vote. they're the people who pay their cable bills on the day it arrives. democrats, maybe yes, maybe no. >> how does this play to them in terms of is this something that makes them say, oh, i guess she has real trouble, or does it make them play the, wow, look, they're really out to get her. this guy hasn't even looked at the e-mails yet and he's coming out this close to an election when i've heard people like jeffrey...

But for consumers, they want to know what's going to change for them. their -- their bills. their phone bills, their -- their cable bills. what is the biggest thing they'll notice differently, do you think? >> more choices of different channel packages. if they want a big package of a lot of channels on their big screen tvs and they can watch the show and walk out of the house with a tablet and have seamless connection or maybe they don't want that. maybe they've got a young couple that wants to use mobile devices to watch. maybe they don't want the full package of channels. more choice, bette...