Sentences with phrase «cable companies for»

Rare indeed is the ability to choose between two cable companies for the same household.

People get made at cable companies for their hidden fees, but at least they are honest on the bill about how they reached the total.

It competes with cable companies for Internet access, phone, and television customers, and it will not be a driver of future growth.

In the U.S., DIRECTV offers its 19.9 million customers access to more than 170 HD channels and Dolby - Digital ® 5.1 theater - quality sound, access to exclusive sports programming such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET ™, Emmy - award winning technology and higher customer satisfaction than the leading cable companies for 11 years running.

Rare indeed is the ability to choose between two cable companies for the same household.

It competes with cable companies for Internet access, phone, and television customers, and it will not be a driver of future growth.

You get a ton of content PLUS DVR recording for a little more than you were paying your cable company for just the DVR service!

By the time I discovered Roku, I was pretty fed up with negotiating with my cable company for promotions to keep the cable bill down.

Not exact matches

New technology like Dish's $ 20 / month Sling service and Microsoft's Xbox TV tuner make it easier than ever for consumers to ditch the cable company while still getting a decent fix of television.

Although it is known primarily for its set - top video recorder, Tivo Inc. also has a research arm that partners with cable companies and satellite providers to track viewer behavior.

The cable series follows a young computer programmer who works for a cybersecurity company but leads a secret life as a hacker who works with an insurrectionist group that launches cyber attacks against large corporations.

Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves estimated that the top 8 cable companies lost 463,000 subscribers in the second quarter of 2015 compared to a decline of 141,000 for the second quarter last year.

The grand plan is that the company will eventually have content available on the full range of media platforms anywhere in the world, from traditional print publications and cable channels to snappy websites with streaming video suitable for hand - held devices, as well as downloadable digital magazines.

These days, the voracious demands of social media and cable news, make it impossible for media companies to do that anymore.

Face it: none of these numbers are reassuring to cable companies that are seeing users desert them in droves for less costly and more flexible options like Netflix (NFLX), Hulu and Apple (AAPL) TV.

He envisions a world in which people have avatar systems sitting around in their closets, waiting for a doctor or cable company to come in and perform a house call or fix your WiFi.

The government insists the combined company could insist that cable providers pay more for its networks — a particularly worrisome charge when you consider AT&T already owns DirecTV.

Financial commitment from Asian investors has prompted an east coast - based technology company to reveal plans for a subsea telecommunications cable link from Perth to Singapore.

Nielsen, the company whose name is synonymous with network and cable TV ratings, has been trying for a few years to expand its measurement capabilities to cover the rapidly - growing streaming entertainment market.

Politico reports that sources say the Justice Department has not explicitly demanded that AT&T sell CNN along with the rest of Turner, but that the company is interpreting regulators» request for «structural remedies» as pressure to shed the cable news network.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings sat down with Business Insider Poland's Adam Turek in Rome this week to discuss a few recent developments for the company, including its new partnership with the European cable network Sky and its decision to pull out of the Cannes Film Festival.

Now that major cable and Internet companies (usually one in the same) have pressured the FCC to create fast lanes and slow lanes on the Information Superhighway — Google and Verizon requested net neutrality exemption for wireless Internet just last month — small businesses» online presence is in serious jeopardy.

The free 5 Mbps service must also have cable and phone companies worried, since many of their own customers are paying dearly for these relatively archaic and outdated speeds.

Disney and other media companies have been hit by the trend of «cord - cutting» as younger viewers increasingly opt for streaming services over cable and satellite TV channels.

Not long after the Supreme Court deemed Aereo's service «for all practical purposes a traditional cable system,» the company, in a desperate last bid for survival, pulled an about - face and argued that it should be allowed to operate like one.

Since HBO first went on the air in 1972, it has been tied down by cable companies who require viewers to pay for expensive packages even if they just wanted the HBO channel.

It's true that the cable and satellite companies have been trying to adapt — including launching apps for various platforms — but it's probably fair to say the industry has been pushed rather than leapt on its own accord.

In a recent public statement about the move, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler — who happens to be a former head of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association — said that for too long, the set - top box has been a boon for cable and satellite companies but a bane for users.

Charter Communications (CHTR), one of the largest U.S. cable companies, will file for bankruptcy protection by April 1, as part of a resturcuting to cut its debt by $ 8 billion, the WSJ reports.

For Rogers, a partnership with Vice may be seen as the solution to a particularly vexing problem for cable companies: more young people than ever before are consuming video, but fewer and fewer have cable subscriptioFor Rogers, a partnership with Vice may be seen as the solution to a particularly vexing problem for cable companies: more young people than ever before are consuming video, but fewer and fewer have cable subscriptiofor cable companies: more young people than ever before are consuming video, but fewer and fewer have cable subscriptions.

The move to streaming services has led to a significant decline in subscribers for the country's cable companies, including market leader Rogers with its 5.2 million subscribers.

It's giving cable, phone and satellite companies a run for their money.

That creates a scenario where you could pay a monthly fee for Verizon's mobile internet; pay another fee for its FiOS home internet and / or cable service; pay another fee for its live - TV service; watch a bunch of ad - supported videos on AOL or Yahoo or Oath (or, in a different life, go90); and implicitly pay the company through its beefed - up, deregulated ad network.

Skeptics may not believe so — that the very reason for Netflix's success is because it's not a cable company service — but that's overstating it.

Referring to Ailes, Estrich said «his mood is OK» and she added that what Ailes wants most is for «Fox News to continue to be the No. 1 news station and the No. 1 cable station in the company.»

Viacom, parent of networks including MTV and Nickelodeon, launched TV ads this week urging its viewers to call customer service at cable company Spectrum ahead of a deadline that may result in a costly blackout for 16.6 million customers.

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.

The company will likely partner with cable and satellite providers, much as it did with telcos for the iPhone.

In case you missed it, Wheeler set the Internet on fire earlier this month when it emerged that he had a plan to institute a right for Internet providers — cable and phone companies — to create a «fast lane» for online services and websites.

Having Viacom content helps Charter add video subscribers at a time of increasing competition from virtual streaming services like Hulu and DirecTV Now, while Viacom is still heavily dependent on cable and satellite companies for distribution, according to Evercore ISI.

Domestically, she leads distributions for the premium networks HBO and Cinemax, whether it be through cable, satellite, and telco companies or in the critical lodging business.

Having access to a lot of spectrum is particularly important for the 5G wireless offerings that AT&T and Verizon hope to launch to better compete with high - speed Internet services from cable companies.

For instance, the company could do away with a cable - based charging port, though Jason Snell, editor of Apple news site and podcast Six Colors, and former MacWorld editor, said such a change would make the devices more difficult to repair since most basic repairs require connecting the iPhone to an external computer.

For a long time, recurring billing was the purview of cell phone providers, cable companies, or SaaS businesses.

LONDON, April 25 - U.S. cable company Comcast Corp submitted a 22 billion pound offer for pay - TV group Sky on Wednesday, challenging an already agreed but lower takeover bid from Rupert Murdoch's Fox.

That measure would have dealt a big blow to cable companies and created an opening for firms such as Google and Apple (aapl).

The cable company has plenty of reasons to do so: not only does Netflix compete with its own video offerings, it also clogs up a lot of its network (it accounts for an estimated one - third of all Internet traffic).

Given the additional clout cable companies gain by expanding, many TV industry players have asked whether it makes sense for content owners to gain scale of their own.

I remember the first deal we did for a million dollars, buying another cable company.

Call up your local big bank or cable company (if Comcast, my condolences) and before anyone will lift a finger to help you, they'll ask for a pile of personal information, account information, your deepest fear, and a blood sample.