Tag: Cable TV
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Comcast, Spectrum, & Other Cable TV Companies Lost Over 1.7 Million Subscribers In Just 3 Months
Cable TV is continuing to struggle as companies like Comcast, Charter, DIRECTV, and Spectrum deal with the growth of cord cutting. Now, a new report from the Leichtman Research Group reports that the major cable and satellite companies lost 1,792,671 during the 3rd quarter of 2023. That works out to over 19,000 Americans canceling cable…
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Cable TV’s Plan to Stop Cord Cutting May Back Fire & Speed Up The Death of Comcast, Spectrum, DIRECTV, & More
Recently, Spectrum and other cable TV companies have started to bundle cable TV plans with streaming services. First was a massive deal with Disney that would give Spectrum customers free Disney+ and ESPN+. Now Paramount has announced it reached similar deals to bring its streaming services to cable TV budnles. Warner Bros. Discovery also talked…
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How to Watch Cable TV Networks on Roku & Roku TVs Without Paying For Comcast, Spectrum, & More
One of the most common questions we get from new cord cutters is how they can watch their favorite channels without cable TV on Roku and Roku TVs. The good news is there are a number of paid services that will let you do just that. They may not be free, but many cord cutters…
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One More Cable TV Company Plans to Shut Down Its TV Service As Cord Cutting Grows
Yesterday Cable One, which is now known to the public as Sparklight cable TV, reported its 3rd quarter earnings, where it reported that its residential video subscribers dropped to just 140,500 residential customers and 8,400 business customers. This comes as the company earlier this year said it planned to shut down its traditional cable TV…
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The 4th Largest Cable TV Company’s CEO Says Cable TV is Broken
Yesterday Altice USA, the 4th largest cable TV company in the United States, reported their earnings that included 77,600 fewer cable TV subscribers. Now, the CEO, Dennis Mathew, opened up about cable TV and how the model is broken. During the earnings call when asked about the Spectrum deal with Disney, Dennis Mathew said, “The…
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Cord Cutting Saves Americans On Average Over $64 a Month
One of the biggest arguments around cord cutting is the question of whether can you still save money by streaming vs cable TV. Now, thanks to a few studies we can get a good idea of how much money cord cutters can save on average. Earlier this month, a new report from the Leichtman Research Group, we…
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The Death of Cable TV? A Key Player is Looking to Get Out of Cable TV
When it comes to cable TV there are many companies that you may not know about but are very important to how cable TV works. One of these companies is Harmonic Inc a company that builds many of the important pieces of equipment that make cable TV work. Today, Harmonic Inc announced its earnings and…
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The FTC Wants to Ban Hidden Fees That Comcast & Spectrum Use To Hide The True Cost of TV – Here is Everything You Need to Know
This, the FTC proposed a new rule that would ban hidden fees and bogus fees that are used to drive up the cost of a service higher than advertised. This practice has been very common in cable TV for years. Cable companies will advertise one price for TV but include a long list of fees,…
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2023 The Year Cable TV Died? It Is Starting To Look That Way
2023 has been a rough year for cable TV, but could it be remembered as the year cable TV died? Recently Nexstar the largest owner of ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC stations, said they expect cable TV losses to slow and even come to a stop. The truth though is that it is starting to…
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5 Cable TV Companies Have Shut Down TV Service Or Moved To Streaming TV In 2023 Including Spectrum
This week, we learned that Spectrum will be switching its focus from traditional cable TV to streaming only. Current Spectrum customers can keep their TV service, but new customers will be pushed to the company’s new streaming platform using the Xumo streaming boxes. Spectrum is not alone in this move, as several other cable TV…