Ed Bott

Lost Remote passes along details from a study reporting that satellite TV now reaches 27 percent of households. That’s up from 19 percent just a year ago, according to J. D. Power & Associates. Some of the growth came from people like me, who switched from cable. But most, according to Steve Kirkeby, senior director of telecommunication research at J. D. Power, represents new subscribers: “It is satellite that is picking up new subscribers, folks who’ve never had pay TV before. Their growth isn’t necessarily coming from cable.”