Tag: Cable TV
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Cable TV Could Lose 6.2 Million Subscribers in 2020 As Cord Cutting Continues to Grow, New Study Shows
As we’ve gotten the numbers from Quarter 3 reports, we’ve been seeing pay TV subscriber numbers drop across the board. Comcast, Spectrum, Verizon, and AT&T lost a combined 1.7 million subscribers just in the last quarter. Now, analysts at UBS say that those losses will likely continue in 2020. The firm estimates another 6.2 million…
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Cable TV is Losing 4% of Its Subscribers Year-Over-Year According to FOX’s CEO
Today FOX’s CEO Lachlan Murdochdisclosed 4% of their subscribers year-over-year even with the growth of live TV streaming services. This comes as FOX reports their 3rd quarter 2019 earnings that dropped to $499 million. Fox's Lachlan Murdoch just stated that industry multichannel video subscribers now declining over 4% year-over-year, despite growth of vMVPDs $FOXA https://t.co/BefNnBJam5…
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New Jersey Could Be The First State to Ban Hidden Cable TV Fees
One of the most annoying things about cable TV is all of the hidden fees. Now in New Jersey a lawmaker Assemblyman Paul Moriarty wants to ban the practice of advertising a lower TV rate when there will be hidden fees according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. “Like many people that have cable or satellite TV…
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The FCC Says Streaming Services Like YouTube TV Are Effective Competition to Cable TV
Today the FCC ruled that live TV streaming services like YouTube TV and AT&T TV NOW do give effective competition to cable TV. Because of this ruling local governments in parts of Hawaii and Massachusetts can no longer enforce rate regulations. “The Federal Communications Commission today adopted an Order granting Charter Communication’s Petition for Determination…
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United States Senate Will Hold Hearings About the High Cost of Hidden Cable TV Fees Tomorrow (Here’s How to Let Your Voice Be Heard)
Tomorrow the United States Senate will hold hearings about the high cost of cable TV fees. One of the groups that will be testifying is Consumer Reports. This is all part of a bill in the Senate that would force cable companies to include the fees as part of the advertised price for cable TV.…
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No, Your Roku & Fire TV Are Not Spying on You (That Is Just a New Attack on Cord Cutting)
Last week, you may have noticed your local TV station ran a segment attacking devices like the Roku and the Fire TV. A good example of one of these stories is from WPSD Local 6 HERE. The complaint is that Roku and the Fire TV, along with other streaming players, track what you watch and…
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Do We Have Too Many Cable TV Channels? Wasn’t Cable Meant to Be Easy?
Recently we have seen a growing number of stories online about how streaming is just too complicated because there are so many services. One recent example of this was the Los Angeles Times story “Oversubscribed! Wasn’t cord-cutting supposed to streamline our lives?” This question about too many streaming services raises one more question. Do we…
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Hidden Cable TV Fees Add $450 to Your Cable TV Bill Every Year According to Consumer Reports
For years now we have warned about the high costs of cable TV fees that are hidden from the advertised price. Now according to Consumer Reports, the average cable TV customer pays $450 every year in fees on their cable TV bill. “Cable companies are notorious for advertising a low price but charging much more…
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Cable Provider Quits Pay-TV, Says They’ll Coach You Through Cutting the Cord
Even Cable TV providers are cutting the cord. Beld Internet is shutting down it’s cable TV service due to the high costs of operation.”It’s true, replacing cable can cut your bills by 100 bucks or more each month. Stream your favorite shows and content while saving money,” their website now says. Formerly Beld Broadband, the…
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Cable TV is Trying to Scare Cord Cutters With Data Caps – We Explain Why You Shouldn’t Worry
One of the biggest questions we get from new cord cutters is, ‘can you live with a data cap and still cut the cord? Or are cable TV companies trying to make it impossible to cut the cord by imposing data caps?’ This question has become more popular as many cable companies have been trying…