US Cable and Other Pay TV Services Companies (16) With Market Caps Above $1 Bil 2Q 2017 Total Earnings Were $7.288 Bil, Down a Huge 39% From the $11.873 Bil Total Earnings in the 2Q 2016 ................................................................................. Exclusive of Charter Communications, Which Had a Massive One-Time Income Tax Benefit in the 2Q 2016, the Remaining 15 Cable and Other Pay TV Services Companies 2Q 2017 Total Earnings Were $7.093 Bil, Down Sharply By 19% From the $8.759 Bil Total Earnings in the 2Q 2016

From a review of the Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC website, I found the 16 Cable and Other Pay TV Services Stations Companies (SEC Standard Identification Code 4841) headquartered in the US with Stock Market Capitalizations of more than $1 Bil very recently and which have filed their Calendar Second Quarter 2017 Financial Statements with the SEC.

Below here are the Total Reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for the Second Calendar Quarters of both 2017 and 2016 for each of these 16 largest US Cable and Other Pay TV Services Stations Companies.

						Calendar	Calendar
						2Q 17	2Q 16
					Calendar	US GAAP	US GAAP	Net	Net
			Most		2Q 17	Net	Net	Income	Income
US Cable and Other Pay TV Services (SIC 4841)	City	State	Recent		Month	Income	Income	Better	Better
Stock Market Caps Above $1 Bil	HQs	HQs	FYE		End	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Worse)	(Worse)
						$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	%
Charter Communications	St Louis	MO	Dec16		June	195	3,114	(2,919)	-94%
All But Charter Communications
Comcast	Philadelphia	PA	Dec16		June	2,535	2,080	455	22%
Walt Disney Co	Burbank	CA	Sep16		June	2,474	2,712	(238)	-9%
Time Warner	New York	NY	Dec16		June	1,062	951	111	12%
Viacom	New York	NY	Dec16		June	688	440	248	56%
Twenty-First Century Fox	New York	NY	Jun17		June	557	606	(49)	-8%
Discovery Communications	Silver Spring	MD	Dec16		June	380	415	(35)	-8%
Scripps Networks Interactive	Knoxville	TN	Dec16		June	286	233	53	23%
AMC Networks Inc	New York	NY	Dec16		June	108	83	25	30%
DISH Network	Englewood	CO	Dec16		June	59	438	(379)	-87%
MSG Networks Inc	New York	NY	Jun17		June	40	43	(3)	-7%
Cable One	Phoenix	AZ	Dec16		June	29	27	2	7%
WideOpenWest	Englewood	CO	Dec16		June	5	14	(9)	-64%
Liberty Broadband	Englewood	CO	Dec16		June	(3)	890	(893)	NM
Altice USA	Bethpage	NY	Dec16		June	(475)	(282)	(193)	NM
Liberty Global plc	Englewood	CO	Dec16		June	(652)	109	(761)	NM
Total all 15 but Charter Communications						7,093	8,759	(1,666)	-19%
Total all 16						7,288	11,873	(4,585)	-39%