Tag: Cable
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This Cable TV Company Shut Down Its TV and Internet Services Without Warning After Suddenly Going Out of Business
Bailey Cable TV, a company that serves over a dozen towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, suddenly shut down last week, according to WAFB. Bailey Cable TV customers said they received a recorded message that the company had shuttered after losing services on November 30. Customers won’t be billed for December, according to the message sent…
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Miss the Music Channels From Cable TV? You Can Now Stream Them For Just 99 Cents. Here’s How
Music Choice is offering a discounted subscription to its TV-based ad-free music service even if you don’t use cable – as long as you own the right television. You may not know the name Music Choice, but it’s the company that powers the music channels on most cable networks. In the past, you could only get…
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5G Home Internet Is Becoming a “Competitive Threat” to Traditional Cable Broadband As Availability Grows
Despite the uncertainty around what 5G home internet is capable of or where it’s going, the wireless technology has shaken up the broadband industry in the last two years. According to a report from consumer insights firm Horowitz Research, 67% of surveyed consumers who are subscribed to a 5G plan through providers like T-Mobile or…
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Super Bowl Ads on YouTube Reached 20% More Viewers Than Traditional TV
The Kansas City Chiefs weren’t the only winners at this year’s Super Bowl. Advertisers got a big boost in viewership by putting their commercials on YouTube Connected TV, or YouTube CTV, as well as linear TV. According to media measurement company Comscore, YouTube reached 88% of adults aged 18 to 49 with a Super Bowl…
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Beware of Antennas Claiming To Give You ‘Free’ Cable TV Networks Like CNN, ESPN, and Nickelodeon
If you’re shopping for TV antennas this holiday season, make sure the seller isn’t promising access to cable TV networks. Multiple Amazon listings for antennas falsely claim to offer customers channels that are only available with a subscription from a cable TV provider. Cord Cutters News spotted several product pages for antennas claiming customers can…
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Two Big Reasons Cable TV Companies Are Struggling To Gain Broadband Subscribers As 5G Explodes
When it comes to gaining broadband subscribers, cable companies are lagging behind 5G home internet and fiber providers. New data from New School Research indicates that cable as a product is not the problem. Instead, pricing strategy and customer support are core hindrances for cable’s growth. Cord cutting 2.0, or users looking for different home…
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Cable TV and Satellite ‘Risk Fading Into the Background Faster Than Anyone Expected’
A “chasm” is growing between live streaming services and cable and satellite providers when it comes to customer loyalty, according to J.D. Power’s Technology, Media, and Telecom Intelligence Report. Live TV streaming customers are only 12% likely to swap services in the next year. The odds of cable and satellite customers changing providers, however, is…
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Cable TV May Get Even More Expensive As Local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC Owners Sign More Lucrative Deals
You might soon be paying more for cable TV. Broadcasting company Scripps said on Wednesday that it locked down cable and satellite carriage agreements that account for 75% of the company’ subscriber households, and touted a bump in how much it’ll be able to get from cable TV providers. As a result of the deals,…
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The Average Pay TV Bill From Comcast, Spectrum, & More is Now $112.70 a Month Just For TV in 2023
The cost of live TV streaming services has slowly been going up, but so has cable TV. Now, according to a new report from the Leichtman Research Group, we get a good idea of exactly how much live TV has gone up by over the last five years. According to the report, the mean pay…
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Here’s How Much Data Verizon and T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Customers Are Gobbling Up
T-Mobile and Verizon are the darlings of the broadband industry, both showing growth that’s outstripping everyone else – combined. Last week, both offered some insight into just how much data their respective 5G home internet customers are consuming each month. Verizon said in a press release that its customers use an average of 300GB of…