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Traditional affiliate fees -- long the revenue backbone for U.S. cable TV networks -- witnessed their first overall revenue declines ever in the second quarter.
Cable network affiliates' revenues sank 3% in the period to $9 billion after three previous sequential quarters of slight 1% increases, according to MoffettNathanson Research estimates from analysis and company reports.
The data used in this analysis does not include new digital subscription video-on-demand services.