Sentences with phrase «cable companies trying»

Net neutrality, he said, is basically about cable companies trying to gouge consumers.

Altice is the latest cable company trying to become a serious player in advanced TV advertising in the US.

The coverage that gets bundled into a renters insurance policy is not like the home phone service the cable company tries to sell you.

Not exact matches

The deal highlights how traditional media companies are trying to engage younger viewers, who are cutting cable cords and prefer shorter programming.

As streaming companies such as Netflix steal viewers from the cable providers like Comcast and Verizon Fios, the cable guys are trying to claw back viewers by creating their own streaming services.

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.

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.

Vice is seen by many as a hedge for the traditional media companies that have invested in it, as they try to bridge the gap between the decline of their existing cable and other assets and the rise of the mobile, millennial, cord - cutting consumer.

Smaller cable companies, independent broadcasters and consumer groups backed Aereo, warning the court not to try to predict the future of television.

The mass media company faces another customer - service blunder after someone tried to cancel the family's cable service.

Google is hardly the first company to run into cost issues while trying to provide consumer Internet and cable TV service, even before the era of high - speed fiber optic connections.

Deepwater Wind, the company that plans to build the wind farm, has told the town board that it is «trying to engage with the fishing industry and find out what areas are most productive so they can site away from them,» Mr. Van Scoyoc said, and he has personally expressed opposition to the transmission cable's route through Gardiner's Bay, an initial plan that fishermen flatly oppose.

And almost every US company whose business is telecoms, computers, TV or cable is trying to buy or merge with another one.

(I mumble that just thinking about trying to get the cable company to come rewire my apartment will keep me up at night.)

Try it tip: I urge you to call your cable company right now and say you're considering dropping cable or moving to a competitor like AT&T.

Give your cable company a call today, spend 10 minutes, and try to get some discounts.

so, to try the analogy one more time — you want to get cable installed so you call up the cable company and ask for service.

Who needs a free internet when I can rely on Comcast and Verizon, the same companies that charge me too much for cable and then bully me when I try to unsubscribe, to promote the sites they think are important and scale back the ones that aren't?

Sometimes in an effort to make the office «high tech», brokerages have such sophisticated telephone systems that trying to talk to management or administrators is almost like dealing with your cable company to try and cancel your contract.