Analysts See Pay TV Industry on Track for Q4 Return to Subscriber Growth

4:13 PM PST 2/23/2011 by Georg Szalai

Strong DirecTV customer gains are the latest sign of improved momentum after two consecutive quarters of subscriber declines and a resulting cord-cutting debate.

NEW YORK -- With a slew of satellite and cable TV giants, as well as telecom firms having reported their latest quarterly results, some analysts on Wednesday said they are even more confident that the pay TV industry indeed returned to subscriber growth in the fourth quarter, as many have predicted.