The service had less than 54,000 pay TV subscribers at the end of 2015—and growth is slowing.
Research firm MoffettNathanson has issued a scathing report saying Alphabet is having serious subscriber and growth issues with the pay TV service part of its Google Fiber offerings, reports Re/code. The report says Fiber had just 53,390 pay TV subscribers at the end of 2015. That’s up from 30,000 at the end of 2014, but growth is slowing. In the last six months of 2014, Fiber’s pay TV service grew 136%, but in the last six months of 2015 it only grew 78.8%.