U.S. television viewers subscribe on average to about 189 channels even though they watch merely about 17 channels, according to Nielsen. Consumers have long clamored for cheaper, slimmed-down options yet only recently have the economics behind online distribution made sense. […] A lot is at stake with the arrival of the skinny bundle, an effort by media companies to reach consumers in the roughly 10 million U.S. households with high-speed Internet but who have so far chosen to not subscribe to a pay-TV service. Missing out on the skinny-bundle trend would cost Discovery substantial revenue opportunities. – Rebecca McClay, TheStreet

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