well, jay yarow, who writes a regular "death of tv" column for "business insider," says this: >> there'still millions of people tuning in to tv shows. with any conversation around the death of anything, you have to keep in mind what the "death" really means. it doesn't mean it goes to zero, and goes away, and disappears entirely. what it means is it probably goes into decline, or it goes flat, it goes sideways. >> reporter: if you're betting that tv as we know it won't be around ten or even twenty years from now, you'd likely lose that bet. and the giants like espn or hbo will likely survive no matter how their signals come into our homes. but if millions more turn away from the "cable bundle", it's a very good bet that many of the smaller, specialized networks that depend on that bundle will be endangered species. >> sreenivasan: are you a cable tv subscriber, or have you cut the cord to stream media online? share your media diet on facebook or on our website at pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: the federal consumer financial protection bureau this week took new steps to protect the wor