The line graph illustrates differences of technology that city dwellers in an US city used for watching television from 2004 to 2014.
In general, while cable and broadcast became less prevailing, a reverse trend can be seen for satellite and the Internet. Notably, Internet gained popularity and became the most favorable option, whereas the category for broadcast became the lowest.
To begin with, the figure for broadcast was the highest in 2004 with nearly 100,000 households, followed was cable with about 90,000 residents. Afterward, the usage of broadcast started to decline rapidly with fluctuation and ended the period with less than 20,000 households. By comparison, despite rising in the next three years, the number of households using cable peaked at 110,000 in 2008 then witnessed a downward trend and reached the lowest of more than 60,000 in 2014.
For the remaining methods, both satellite and the Internet received upward trends. Specifically, starting at about 70,000 households, the figure for satellite rose dramatically to 110,000 residents in 2014 despite having troughs from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2012. Similarly, an identical but more drastical shift appeard for the Internet. Although having the lowest number in 2004 with about 10,000 households, this number soon rocketed to over 190,000 households and became the most prefered technology.