Out of curiosity captured transport streams of my cable TV provider (who also does internet over DOCSIS), and it's so sad. You can see the effect of TV channels going away, and the space they previously occupied remaining unused.
So much stuffing that could've otherwise been used for either better video bitrate or (after consolidating muxes) more DOCSIS channels.
Here's a screenshot of the worst offender. How would you like 36 megabits of *nothing*?

