Tag: Streaming
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Sonos Is Reportedly Releasing a New Android TV Streaming Box This Year
Sonos is rumored to be cooking up a swath of new hardware and expanding into a brand-new market: TV and video. The company is planning to release a TV set-top box that would run streaming services by the end of the year or early 2025, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The device, code-named…
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Most Americans Don’t Think Password Sharing is Stealing
U.S. consumers care about sharing, at least with passwords. A recent survey found that most U.S. residents don’t consider password sharing a form of stealing, and bans that restrict usage might cost streaming services subscribers. The survey, conducted by Secure Data Recovery, a digital forensics service, asked 2,000 U.S. consumers about their password-sharing habits and…
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Streaming Services Might Become Profitable in 2024
The streaming industry could turn a financial corner in 2024. Research firm Ampere Analysis predicts the streaming industry will start generating a consistent profit in the next 18 months. The firm’s new data, reported earlier by The Wrap, forecasts studios will make between $1 billion and $2 billion per year — before interest and taxes…
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What Internet Speeds Do Cord Cutters Actually Need?
The demand for fast, reliable internet is high and as the world continues to digitize, the need isn’t like to wane. Companies are racing to offer the top product. The flashy service packages offer a lot, but they can also come with a hefty price tag. For the average internet user, you might not need…
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The Death of Cable TV is Going Global As Cord Cutting Expands
The rise of streaming services has resulted in more households cutting the cord on traditional cable services. Next year, experts predict we’ll see the first yearly decline in pay TV penetration worldwide. By 2025, all regions will see a drop in pay TV penetration, or the number of pay TV subscriptions relative to the number…
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Here Are IMDB’s Top Rated TV Episodes of September and Where to Watch Them
IMDB is a go-to site for all things entertainment. Visitors can check out upcoming movie trailers, read reviews on new releases, and search for the most popular titles. But it also has a user-based ratings system that ranks shows, giving you a sense of what people gravitated towards. September saw heavy competition with a number…
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Sports Fans Would Pay a Premium For A Simpler Steaming Experience, Study Says
Sports fans would pay extra for a “less fragmented” streaming service that offers the content they want. The lack of that one simple option means a majority of folks are still choosing cable over streaming when it comes to catching that live game. That’s one of the big conclusions from the 2023 Sports Fan Insights:…
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Cord Cutting Will Become Cheaper and Easier in the U.K. With Upcoming Free Live TV Streaming Service
British TV companies are launching a new free live TV streaming service in 2024, a massive boon for cord cutters. The British broadcasters on Monday unveiled Freely, a service that will enable viewers to browse and watch live TV channels as well as stream on-demand content to their smart TVs via the internet. Freely will…
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Hulu + Live TV Sees Huge Bump in Signups After Spectrum-Disney Fight
Hulu + Live TV saw a 60% spike in subscribers after Charter Spectrum dropped Disney-owned networks on August 31. The day before, Spectrum warned customers that they could lose channels like ESPN, FX, Freeform, Natgeo, Disney Channel and Baby TV as well as multiple local ABC channels. With college football season ramping up, cutting off cable…
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Netflix Turns 26 Years Old. Here’s How Far the Streaming Service Has Come
Netflix turned 26 on Tuesday and the streaming service is a far cry from where it started in the late 90s. Netflix went from offering DVDs in the mail with a pay-per-rental model, to hosting thousands of movies and TV shows that subscribers can access from almost anywhere on multiple devices. Netflix launched its streaming…