It’s not too surprising that broadcast TV ratings are down. The major networks have faced increasing competition for years from niche-interest cable channels and the better-quality programming on places like AMC and HBO.  Time Warner Cable lost 306,000 TV subscribers in Q3, and 24,000 broadband web subscribers, too.  And Tom Rutledge, CEO of Charter Communications, told Wall Street analysts he was “surprised” that 1.3 million of his 5.5 million customers don’t want TV — just broadband internet. But why is this happening ?  Here are some of the reasons that consumers are drifting away from TV.