In fact, looking ahead, subscriptions are not predicted to decline And So It Is No Surprise That, Contrary To Popular Belief, HH Subscriptions For Niche Cable Networks Are Holding Steady Much has been made of the consumer’s desire for “Skinny Bundles” (reducing the number of networks in efforts to streamline costs and complexity), however household subscriptions for niche cable networks has remained largely unchanged +3% In fact, looking ahead, subscriptions are not predicted to decline flat -1% 2014 vs. 2012 2017 vs. 2014 2020 vs. 2017 Source: 2017 SNL Kagan, Total HH Subscriber count US Cable Networks (data dated July 2017); Niche network set as defined on slide 5.