Cable and satellite TV providers bled a record number of subscribers in the...
The ongoing subscriber exodus from traditional paid-TV packages is picking up steam, with a record number of Americans now cutting the cord and going all-in on TV delivered over broadband. That's not...
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Surprising no one, survey shows almost 60% of Americans have ditched cable TV
Stop us if you've heard this one before, but cable TV is continuing to bleed subscribers in record numbers as they flock to cheaper Internet-based options -- cutting the cord, in other words, in favor...
View ArticleMore than 1 million people cut the cord during the most recent quarter
Dish Network announced today that it shed 334,000 subscribers during the fourth quarter, with a substantial portion of the departures being attributed to the ongoing dispute with HBO that's caused HBO...
View ArticleCable could lose over 39 million subscribers this year to streaming services
The bad news keeps getting worse for Big Cable, and there's no end in sight. The latest? UBS this week released the results of its media consumption survey that offers a look at how media like TV is...
View ArticleCord-cutting just hit a new record and put one more nail in traditional...
Cord-cutting just a hit a new record in the first quarter of this year, as more than 1 million people said goodbye to traditional cable and satellite TV packages and continued adding momentum to a...
View ArticleDire new figures show the cable industry is now losing 14,000 subscribers...
At this point, it's pretty hard to argue that the traditional pay TV industry is not living on borrowed time, as it continues to bleed subscribers who are increasingly flocking to cheaper, streaming...
View ArticleCable companies might have a secret weapon to deal with cord-cutting
Cable companies like Altice USA Inc. are starting to gravitate toward a business move that might -- might -- help them staunch the mounting losses on the cable side of their business. The solution?...
View ArticleIf you haven’t cut the cord yet, this survey might change your mind
As if anyone needed a reminder that the TV landscape continues to evolve, NBC announced this week that its forthcoming streaming service -- named Peacock, after the network's iconic logo -- will be the...
View ArticleFees like these are why people utterly despise the cable industry
In case you need another reason to hate your cable TV provider and more of a push to seriously consider cutting the cord and going all-in on streaming, Consumer Reports is out with the results of a new...
View ArticleAT&T is bleeding TV subscribers like crazy, losing over 1.3 million last quarter
You should know by now that cord-cutting is a huge headache for cable companies. But with AT&T's diversified lineup of television services across U-verse TV, DirecTV, DirecTV Now, and AT&T TV...
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Big Cable just screwed itself out of almost 2M fed-up subscribers
Here are a few numbers which, at this point, shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone. Cord-cutting hit a record high in the third quarter, with almost 2 million people abandoning Pay TV and all those bills...
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Plex just launched free movie and TV streaming service that’s actually pretty...
Plex, the media server app that has become a favorite of cord-cutters, is boosting its own digital content offerings today by adding a ton of TV shows and movies that can be streamed to any...
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Cable TV’s subscriber losses in 2019 dwarfed the population of Los Angeles
“The media industry is finally facing that long-feared moment of accelerating cord-cutting.” That’s one of the it-should-go-without-saying highlights of a new research note published this week from...
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You won’t believe how many people cut the cord during the coronavirus pandemic
Cable and satellite TV companies had their worst quarter on record in Q1 2020. In addition to all of the US households that are cutting the cord, many businesses, such as restaurants, bars, and hotels,...
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