Comcast Is Getting Smashed by Cord-Cutting (And Raising Prices) In the most recent third quarter, Comcast shed 253,000 residential video subscribers and another 20,000 business video customers. For several years now, cord-cutting has taken a big bite out of profits of major cable and satellite TV providers. Like DirecTV and Dish Network, Comcast’s cable business is mired in a losing business model that has witnessed millions of subscriber losses over much of the past decade. In the most recent third quarter, Comcast shed 253,000 residential video subscribers and another 20,000 business vide...