Cable, satellite, and live streaming television service price inflation, 2025→2026

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Prices for Cable, Satellite, And Live Streaming Television Service, 2025-2026 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for cable, satellite, and live streaming television service are 0.12% lower in 2026 versus 2025 (a $0.02 difference in value).

Between 2025 and 2026: Cable, satellite, and live streaming television service experienced an average inflation rate of -0.12% per year. In other words, cable, satellite, and live streaming television service costing $20 in the year 2025 would cost $19.98 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 0.66% during this same period, inflation for cable, satellite, and live streaming television service was lower.

In the year 2025: Pricing changed by 2.18%, which is above the average yearly change for cable, satellite, and live streaming television service during the 2025-2026 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2025 (2.65%), inflation for cable, satellite, and live streaming television service was lower.

Price Inflation for Cable, satellite, and live streaming television service since 1983

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1991 (10.97%), 1990 (9.95%), and 1989 (8.36%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2025

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Cable, satellite, and live streaming television service, over time, for $20 beginning in 2025. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Year	USD Value	Inflation Rate
2025	$20.00	2.18%
2026	$19.98	-0.12%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.

Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Cable, satellite, and live streaming television service:

Year	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
CPI	100.000	103.850	110.592	115.458	123.133	132.908	144.025	158.358	175.733	186.158	198.942	197.425	200.667	212.633	228.700	245.200	254.600	266.800	278.383	294.983	309.508	322.392	331.883	344.875	351.475	359.930	367.574	372.379	378.970	395.639	406.531	416.138	422.791	438.283	462.161	470.453	479.409	500.129	520.577	541.343	569.603	583.029	595.712	595.019

Adjust cable, satellite, and live streaming television service prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2026 / CPI in 2025 * 2025 USD value = 2026 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Cable, satellite, and live streaming television service was 595.712 in the year 2025 and 595.019 in 2026:

595.019 / 595.712 * $20 = $19.98

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2025 has the same "purchasing power" as $19.98 in 2026 (in the CPI category of Cable, satellite, and live streaming television service).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Cable, satellite, and live streaming television service in 1983. In addition to cable, satellite, and live streaming television service, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.