Tag: Cord Cutting
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The Average Cable TV Bill Cost is Skyrocketing
Cord cutting is causing quite a stir as cable providers scramble to make up rapidly decreasing revenue as customers switch to streaming services. Part of this decline was spurred on by the 2020 pandemic, but consumers have steadily been replacing cable with streaming ever since. One reason for this mass exodus from cable is monthly…
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Almost 90% of U.S. Households Use Internet Connected TVs to Stream
Broadcast television is losing its grip on the entertainment market as more cord cutters emerge in the past decade. Recent reports from the Leichtman Research Group show that nearly nine out of ten U.S. households have one, if not more, internet-connected televisions. The report goes on to break down some important distinctions between which viewing…
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Cable TV Numbers Are Falling Faster Than Expected
The numbers are in from the Convergence Report showing streaming is here to stay.
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Cord Cutting Forces AMC Networks Stock to be Downgraded
AMC Networks is struggling to keep stock prices up during a wave of cord cutting. Morgan Stanley downgraded AMC’s stock from “Equal-Weight” to “Underweight”, according to recent reports as stock prices drop from $19 per share to a mere $12 per share. Sources report AMC Networks’ stock was downgraded due to “exposure to legacy headwinds”…
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Cable TV Subscribers Have Fallen to 1980s Levels
Linear cable television audience numbers are falling fast as more people cut the cord. Estimates show that by 2025, 72 percent of Americans will have severed ties with cable TV, either to rid themselves of live television entirely or to switch to streaming platforms. Back in the 1970s, only eight percent of U.S. homes had…
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Cord Cutters Are Cutting Back on Streaming Services – Are You?
Cord cutting is picking up more steam as people ditch cable over OTT services. With such a large variety of options, it is possible to sign up for dozens of streaming services to replace broadcast television contracts as just about everything is available on some platform. But what about the number of streaming services a…
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Cable TV & Cord Cutting Price Will Likely Keep Going Up as Investors Stop Pouring Money Into Cord Cutting & Cable TV
Recently during Dish’s earnings call, they talked about how the investment markets have become closed recently. Now we are getting a report from S&P Global Market Intelligence that shows how investors are starting to stop the flood of free cash into cord cutting services and traditional TV services. According to the S&P Global Market Intelligence…
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Cord Cutting Hits Record Highs As Cable Companies See TV Numbers Drop to 1992 Levels
People are cutting the cord to cable at impressively high rates, setting a new record for those severing ties with cable providers.
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Cord Cutting Has Caused a Massive Writers Strike in Hollywood As Negotiations With Amazon, Disney+, Paramount+ & More Breakdown
After weeks of talks, last night, the Writers Guild of America’s deadline for a new deal to avoid a strike came and went. Now the WGA has voted to strike leading to the first major strike since of the WGA since 2007. At issue here is how writers are paid for content on streaming services…
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Cord Cutting May Cause a Massive Writers Strike in Hollywood As Soon as Tonight
There are only hours left now until a Writers Guild of America deadline for a new deal to avoid a strike. At issue here is how writers are paid for content on streaming services and how AI is used to write scripts. This would be the first major writers’ strike since the 2007 strike that…