Tag: Cable TV
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Top Pay TV Providers Lost Nearly 1.9 Million Customers in Q1 2021
As more households trim their monthly entertainment budgets by cutting the cord and choosing on-demand streaming services, pay TV providers continue to see a decline in customers. Leichtman Research Group found that the largest pay TV providers in the US lost 1,895,646 video subscribers in Q1 2021. The report shows that the top cable providers…
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Dish Could See Largest TV Station Blackout in History
Nexstar Media Group is threatening to pull its channels from Dish, taking away customer access to 164 local channels in 120 markets across 42 states. Dish claims that Nexstar is “trying to use its market power to demand unreasonable rate increases while intentionally using millions of Americans as pawns in their negotiations.” Nexstar is currently…
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Comcast Will Raise Cable & Internet Prices in January 2021
Following news of AT&T raising prices on DirecTV and U-Verse packages, Comcast customers are receiving notices that their TV and internet prices are going up as well. With this price hike, customers will see their Broadcast TV Fee increase by around $5 per month, from $11.70 to $16.20. TV Box fees for those who are…
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Streaming Gaining Ground but Traditional TV Still Reigns in Popularity
There’s no denying that streaming usage is on the rise and traditional TV is on the decline, but standard, linear television is still the most popular form of television viewing in America. According to new data from Omdia, a technology research and consulting firm, live linear TV (which is content broadcast at a specific time…
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Dish Lost 40,000 Cable Customers in Q2 2020, Sling Down 56,000
Today, Dish Network reported second quarter 2020 financial results, sharing that the company lost a total of 96,000 pay TV customers for the quarter. Of those, 40,000 were cable customers and 56,000 were Sling TV streaming subscribers. Dish ended the quarter with 9.02 million Dish TV subscribers and 2.25 million Sling TV subscribers. Like other…
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Weekend Wrap Up: Top 9 Cord Cutting Stories from This Week
This week, we’ve seen some major video customer losses across cable companies in quarter 2 earnings reports (and a gain for one provider), a win for HBO subscribers using Amazon devices, and a new development in the theaters vs. film distribution debate. Here are some of our top stories from this week. Cable Losses in…
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One Third of Cable Subscribers are on Soon-to-Expire Promo Rates
A recent study by equity research company Cowen reports that 33% of cable TV subscribers are paying promotional deal prices for their current subscriptions, rates that will soon expire, and bump them up into higher prices. The survey was conducted June 26-27 with 1,021 U.S. consumers for Cowen’s Q2 cable TV and satellite video report.…
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Only 13 of the Top 130 Shows on Traditional TV Gained Viewers for 2019-2020 Season
2019-2020 was a good year for television sports, but almost every other program suffered. Taking a look at the latest Nielsen numbers, out of the top 133 primetime shows in the prior year, all but 13 lost viewership this time around – and three of the winners were sports. And in the all-important 18-49 demographic,…
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Comcast Forecasted to Lose 1.67M Pay TV Subscribers in 2020
With many spending more time at home during the coronavirus pandemic, both streaming services and pay TV services have reported an increase in viewing times. For pay TV operators, the increase could just be a temporary slow down of subscriber losses. With unemployment rates rising and a potential recession on the way, families will be…
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The Average American Spends Over $2,600 a Year on Cable TV & Internet
Do you still pay for cable from a big cable TV company? Has your bill gone up to more than $200 a month? You are not alone since according to a report from DecisionData.org, the average cable bill from companies like Spectrum, Comcast, and more Is now over $200 a month. According to the report,…