​Cable giant Time Warner is still bleeding customers, but not as many as previous years, the company reported Thursday.

152,000 Time Warner Cable subscribers jumped ship in the second quarter, down from the 192,000 who left during the same period last year.

Still, the number was higher than the 128,000 analysts had predicted.

Comcast, which is attempting to merge with Time Warner Cable, reported last week that 144,000 customers left, which is also better than previous years.

Net income rose to $499 million, which is a 3.7 percent increase from the year before. And revenue rose 3.2 percent to $5.73 billion.

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Brief Take: With the number of Americans paying for television in decline for the first time ever, providers need to come up with solutions to stem the tide fast if they’re going to continue being able to afford all of the programming they currently offer.

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