&gt; What really surprised me, though, was that DirecTV was actually growing. I thought there was a trend towards watching TV shows via the internet and away from traditional cable&#x2F;satellite.<p>DirecTV is probably largely cannibalizing other traditional cable&#x2F;satellite (AT&amp;T has been <i>very</i> heavily promoting it and offering big incentives since they purchased it); there&#x27;s nothing inconsistent between DirecTV growing while the overall cable&#x2F;satellite market is shrinking.