Tag: Cable TV
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Taking on More Anti-Cord Cutting Propaganda
Well you know cable is scared when you start to see more “you can’t save money with cord cutting” stories pop up. Now once again we are finding more of these stories. This week a site called Decider.com posted a story on cord cutting called “Never Mind the Analysts, Cord-Cutting’s Still Not A Thing”… So…
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Cable Companies Sue to Block WV Law That Would Have Allowed New Competition
Well, this really should not be a surprise, but West Virginia’s largest cable companies have filed a lawsuit against Governor Jim Justice and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, alleging that a new state law could ultimately cause Internet service outages at customers’ homes and businesses. This new law would have made it easier for start-up Internet firms to…
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Not Since 1991 Has Cable TV Subscriber Numbers Been So Low
If you are a cable TV executive subscriber numbers are probably not your favorite subject to talk about right now. With the exception of a few bumps here and there since cable TV subscribers hit their peak back in 2000 at 68,500,000, it has mostly been downhill from there. According to the FCC in December…
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How Roku Is Saving You Money on Your Electric Bill Versus Cable TV
Cord cutting for many is about saving money by using less expensive streaming options rather than cable TV service; however, did you know it can also help lower your utilities bill? Awhile back the LA Times did a report about the power a cable TV DVR uses when idle. According to the report, for every…
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48.9% of Americans Plan to Leave Their Pay TV Provider This Year
2017 has already been a bad year for cable executives, but it’s about to get a lot worse. According to a new study by Tivo (formally Digitalsmiths) 48.9% of pay-TV customers are thinking about leaving their current provider. About 17.3% are definitely planning to leave their current provider with over 31.6% saying they may be…
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New Study Shows The Growing Decline of Cable TV
In what is a growing list of bad news for traditional pay-TV services, it turns out fewer Americans rely on just traditional pay-TV services. Over half of all pay-TV subscribers also subscribe to a streaming video service. This data comes from Parks Associates and gives us a look into the steady growth of cord cutting.…
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Cable TV Is “Failing” According to Industry Insider
Cord cutting has for some time now been slowly taking a bite out of traditional pay TV. For years cable companies have tried to down play the impact of cord cutting, but now it seems they can no longer deny what is happening. “As a business, it is failing,” said Matthew Polka, CEO of the…
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Almost Every Major Cable Company Raised Its Rates or Fees This Year
Every new year seems to mean a new rate hike or new fees for pay-TV providers. This year so many of them came so quickly we missed several of them. Here is a breakdown of new fees and rate hikes from many of the big cable TV services. AT&T If you have AT&T U-verse video…
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Once Again Cable TV Rates & Fees Are Going Up
Update: A early version of this story suggested that this is the second time RCN raised rates this year. RCN only raised rates once this year and it happened in January. RCN, the tenth largest cable provider in the United States, recently announced it will be increasing cable rates once again. (So its 3.8 million subscribers…
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More Cable TV Subscribers Are Downgrading Their Subscriptions
Cord cutting comes in many different forms including cord shaving. Increasingly many who struggle with over-the-air TV are downgrading to local channels only packages to supplement their cord cutting lineup. Although this allows traditional pay-TV providers to show them as TV subscribers, the truth is more and more American households are downgrading their service. According…