Sentences with phrase «as cable subscribers»

Admittedly, over the past 12 months the same folks have worked themselves into a frenzy as cable subscribers have finally started to decline, but I for one am a little stingy with credit for any prediction made annually for years.

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An increasing number of subscribers are re-evaluating their expensive cable packages as a result.

The cable provider's second - quarter revenue is expected to fall short of Wall Street's forecasts as the company's subscriber base continues to shrink.

The cable business being what it is — with disruption all around, thanks to Netflix and Hulu and many other things — it's noteworthy when a company manages to not lose as many subscribers as everyone expects.

As growing numbers of TV watchers either cut the cord entirely or opt for what cable providers like to call «skinny bundles,» ESPN's iron grip on viewers and subscribers is being questioned in a way it never has in the past.

As one of Google's most successful YouTube Original stations, the Nerdist Channel has nearly half a million subscribers; the company has also adapted several of its online shows, like All Star Celebrity Bowling, for cable.

As Karl Bode at DSL Reports put it in his brief analysis of the latest MoffettNathanson numbers: «The bad news for cable is the majority of them continue the slow trickling loss of subscribers that, unless you work somewhere in the cable ecosystem with your head buried in the sand, nobody believes is going to stop any time soon.»

But the decline of cable could be tough for smaller players, such as niche channels which currently get a share of cable fees but might not be able to attract subscribers on their own.

Meanwhile, cable revenue was $ 872 million, up from $ 870 million a year ago, as continued Internet revenue growth and the pricing changes across all product types was mostly offset by television subscriber losses.

This move could potentially lower cable bills, as subscribers currently pay rental fees for set - top boxes that advocates say are too expensive.

The company, majority owned by Walt Disney Co., has lost 3.2 million subscribers in a little over a year, according to Nielsen data, as people have «cut the cord» by dropping their cable - TV subscriptions or downgraded to cheaper, slimmed - down TV packages devoid of expensive sports channels like ESPN.

Cable sports giant ESPN's struggles in recent years have been well - documented, with the Walt Disney - owned network shedding more than 12 million subscribers in the past six years as the number of cord - cutters has ticked upwards and cable providers have started offering slimmer bundles that don't always include ESPN.

As proposed, the deal would have married AT&T's 100 million cable and wireless subscribers and Time Warner's valuable content brands, like HBO and CNN, hoping to further solidify its place in consumers» living rooms and smartphones.

Faced with a loss of viewers to Internet services such as Netflix, cable programmers like Viacom are seeking to increase the per - subscriber fees they get from pay - TV distributors including Dish.

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Major products include cell phones, chipsets, wireless and landline infrastructure equipment, digital subscriber - line (DSL) and cable modems, and networking devices, such as routers and switches.

April 25 Comcast Corp posted quarterly earnings that topped Wall Street estimates on Wednesday as the communications company cut expenses and a rise in high - speed internet customers exceeded a drop in cable television subscribers.

And just as the Sox seem more competitive on the field, SportsVision is about to tap the cable market, which includes a potential 2.7 million subscribers in Illinois.

Due largely in part to NFL Sunday Ticket, DIRECTV is the satellite market leader and is gaining on the cable subscriber base as well.

The softwaremaker has also suggested that cable companies could use the Xbox as a device to authenticate existing cable subscribers to watch shows and interact with their Xbox LIVE friends.

Cable subscribers are dropping like flies as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu offer loads of content at people's convenience and for much cheaper than cable subscriptions.

As the name suggests, you'll get virtually all the benefits of being a subscriber of Showtime's cable version for $ 11 per month, and the service has also made deals to bundle with both Hulu and Amazon Prime at a reduced cost of $ 9 per month.

Actually, paying subscribers don't equal viewers, even though the likelihood that someone subscribing to GBTV is tuning in is higher than someone subscribing to Current.tv as part of a cable bundle.

In the first three months of the year, cable and satellite services lost about 762,000 subscribers, about five times as many the same period last year, according to research firm MoffettNathanson.

For cable subscribers, the $ 120 HDHomeRun Prime supports CableCARD input, but some channels — such as HBO — have extra encryption to prevent recording.

Unless you also subscribe to a live TV service like Sling TV or DirecTV Now, it's more difficult to tune into news programming as you once did as a cable TV subscriber.

Like the existing TiVo Bolt, the Vox serves as either a DVR for cable subscribers or a way to record free over-the-air channels from an antenna.

AT&T launched DirecTV Now in November 2016 as an alternative to cable TV, pulling in 200,000 subscribers within its first month.

This approach still has plenty of appeal for cable subscribers — as of last summer, more than three quarters of Hulu users also subscribed to a big pay - TV package — but it's also turning Hulu into a sort of «cable lite» for cord cutters.

Committed subscribers to the new cable replacement service will get either a free Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV Stick as part of the promotion.

As a subscriber of basic cable or satellite, you pay a monthly subscription fee for major network broadcasts including ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and other cable - only provided channels.

There is the WatchESPN option, which allows viewers to stream broadcasts of live sports events through certain platforms such as Apple TV as long as they are subscribers to a cable package that includes ESPN.

The Best of 2017 report crowned the Amazon Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, the Amazon Echo Dot, and AmazonBasics Cables as the most purchased items by Amazon Prime subscribers.

It's important to note that no Mac DVR apps, including EyeTV, Plex, or any of the following rivals, can currently display or record encrypted premium cable channels such as HBO, Showtime, or Starz, even if you're a subscriber.