A little more than 10 years ago, I wrote my first weekly cord-cutting column here at TechHive. It started with a declaration: We were on the cusp of a golden age for streaming and over-the-air TV ...

The remaining customers are paying higher prices for ever-more costly bundles of premium TV channels and high-speed internet access. The cord-cutters are the ones who can no longer afford it all.

Another quarter, another dismal set of numbers for the TV business. About 1.8 million ... was the analyst who famously coined the phrase, "Cord cutting used to be an urban myth.