Tag: Cable TV
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Five Cable TV Networks That Are Most Likely to Shut Down in the Second Half of 2024, Including FXX & Boomerang – Updated July 2024
A lot has happened in 2024 impacting the future of many cable TV networks. These changes have forced some cable TV networks to make dramatic changes including Adult Swim, which starts at 5 PM on Cartoon Network. Warner Bros. Discovery has rebranded TruTV as a sports network. Boomerang has suddenly found its parent company launching…
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Cord Cutting Today: Cable TV As We Know It Will Likely Die in The Next 5 Years
Today in Cord Cutting Today for June 21, 2024 we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting including: Cable TV Will Likely Die in The Next 5 Years. You can find links to each story we talk about below this video. YouTube TV Reportedly Lost 150,000 Subscribers…
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As Cable TV Bills Go Up, the Number of Channels Go Down
Have you noticed cable TV bills continue to increase? Did you also notice the number of channels in some of these packages have decreased? Most noticeably, Comcast has been moving some sports channels to more expensive packages with some of its RSNs. This has resulted in Bally Sports dropping Comcast as it fights with them…
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Cable TV Networks Will Lose $4 Billion in Advertising Revenue This Year as Cord Cutting Grows
Cable TV networks are facing a doubly hard situation not only with subscribers leaving in the millions but also advertisers cutting back in both the cable and streaming arenas. Many cable TV networks thought streaming would keep advertisers and Americans happy, but streaming services like MAX, Peacock, Paramount+, and Disney+ have failed to replace revenue…
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7 Reasons to Never to Go Back to Cable TV
Digitaltrends recently released a story of 7 reasons you should consider cable TV instead of streaming. After reading that story, we thought it would be good to give a different point of view: 7 reasons you should never go back to cable TV. #1 Hidden Fees Unlike cable TV that is full of fees, most…
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Increasingly Cable TV Networks Are Turning to Sports to Stop Cord Cutting
Have you noticed there are more sports than ever on TV? Suddenly sports you would have never seen on TV in the past, like Pickleball, are now on major networks like CBS. Also, TruTV was rebranded into a sports network as Warner Bros. Discovery looks for ways to offer more sports programming. So why are…
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Here Are The 5 Cable TV Networks That Are Most Likely to Shut Down in the Second Half of 2024, Including FXX, Boomerang, & More
A lot has happened in 2024 impacting the future of many cable TV networks. These changes have forced some cable TV networks to make dramatic changes including Adult Swim to start airing at 5 PM on Cartoon Network. Warner Bros. Discovery has rebranded TruTV as a sports network and more. What other networks are most…
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Optimum Cable TV Is Sued Over Hidden “Internet Junk Fees”
Are you sick of hidden Internet junk fees? There are several efforts right now to ban these fees that can drive up TV as much as $40 a month. Connecticut’s attorney general is suing Altice, which owns Optimum Cable TV, over its Internet junk fees. This week at a press conference William Tong, Attorney General…
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Advertisers May Kill Cable TV Before Cord Cutting Does
For years now the death of cable TV has been predicted because of the growing number of Americans ditching cable TV for streaming services. Yet, what may kill cable TV and, more importantly, the cable networks they offer, are advertisers moving away from traditional TV. Many cable TV networks thought streaming would keep advertisers and…
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Cable TV’s Largest Lobby Group Vows to Fight Net Neutrality With Years of Litigation
The Federal Communications Commission announced today that it will be voted to begin the process of bringing back the net neutrality rules that were removed in 2017. Now there will be an official vote to impose net neutrality ruleson April 25th, 2024. “After the prior administration abdicated authority over broadband services, the FCC has been…