“Skinny Bundles” Are Supposed to Be Big for TV. But Comcast Says Sales Have Slowed.

Many people think that “skinny bundles” -- pay-TV packages that include Internet access and a relatively small number of TV channels -- are going to be a big part of TV’s future. But that prediction got a little cloudier when Comcast told Wall Street that sales of its skinny bundles have declined in the last year. It’s hard to tell if that’s significant or not, but it’s one of the few times pay-TV operators have offered any kind of performance updates on these packages, period.