CES was surprisingly subdued for cord-cutting

Last year's CES was a surprisingly fruitful event for cord-cutting. At the tech industry's biggest trade show, companies like Tablo and Mohu announced radical new uses for over-the-air antennas, while bigger companies including Amazon and Roku made their own splashy announcements. The story was different at CES 2018. Several of those companies didn't show up at the trade show at all, while others only brought vague promises of future products with nothing to demo. Although this year's CES wasn't totally bereft of news and product launches, it wasn't the showcase for novel cord-cutting solutions that last year's show appeared to be.