Sentences with phrase «cable service for»

Board member Jim Sofranko reported on his efforts to obtain cable service for areas of the town that do not yet have service, including Samsonville and parts of Olivebridge.

As far as the rewards, the Ink Business Cash ℠ Credit Card earns cardholders 5 % cash back at office supply stores and on spending with cellular phone, landline, internet and cable services for the first $ 25,000 in combined annual spending.

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.

In addition, the regulators have forbidden the cable giant from entering into agreements with program suppliers — for example, TV networks — that restrict those suppliers from providing their content to online or streaming services.

Verizon's new offering represents the industry's latest shift away from the traditional cable television model, as more and more cable providers offer services aimed at customers looking for cheaper television options.

Whether it will succeed in the more nascent market for Internet cable TV service remains unknown.

Hybrid deal keeps WWE events for cable and pay - per - view, hints at over-the-top Internet service in future

YouTube announced on Wednesday that it struck a deal with Time Warner's Turner entertainment division to get access to TNT, Adult Swim, TBS, CNN, Cartoon Network, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, and other cable channels for its paid TV service.

And in 2007, Netflix launched its streaming service, allowing viewers to watch movies via the internet instead of renting a DVD or waiting for the show to appear on a cable channel.

Increasingly, their network and cable channel partners are refusing to license their shows to the independent streaming services — historically the active licensers of that content and now their chief competition for subscribers.

This week, the telecom giant provided more details about its plans for the 5G home service, which is likely to compete head on with cable giants like Comcast, Charter Communications (chtr) and Altice (atus).

Consider Comcast, which developed its own network and had a base of 23 million customers for its cable and broadband services before it even entered the wireless industry.

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.

The service, aimed at «cash - strapped millennials» who aren't up for pricey cable packages, officially launched Jan. 5, on an invite - only basis.

For example, we offer discounts to renters insurance, home phone cable and internet services, move in - move out services.

Experiment with wireless services for its cable customers, such as «quadruple play» service.

Stewart expects that Canadians may be surprised that unbundling cable channels, or paying for an over-the-top service, may be more expensive than they assume.

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.

Still, the growth of the Internet services won't make up for all of the revenue lost from the cable and satellite cuts.

For example, 79 % of households paid for traditional cable or satellite service in last year's annual survey by the Leichtman Research Group, down from 84 % three years earlier and the all - time peak of 88 % in 20For example, 79 % of households paid for traditional cable or satellite service in last year's annual survey by the Leichtman Research Group, down from 84 % three years earlier and the all - time peak of 88 % in 20for traditional cable or satellite service in last year's annual survey by the Leichtman Research Group, down from 84 % three years earlier and the all - time peak of 88 % in 2010.

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.

Now, many consumers are also dropping cable TV service, in some cases for mobile video streaming apps on their phones.

The service got its start in 2012 with a mission similar to fuboTV: Bringing international programming to an underserved U.S. audience as a supplement to, not a replacement for, traditional cable or satellite service.

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.

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But with services like Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime, you can now watch your favorite TV shows and movies for a fraction of the cost of cable TV.

But that point of view neglects the reality that many cable subscribers pay for those streaming services already.

The move suggests that the content wars continue for so - called «over-the-top» streaming services, which are distributed over the Internet, rather than exclusively through conventional cable TV packages.

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.

Allen's deal includes the 24 - hour cable weather channel and the Local Now streaming service but not digital elements such as Weather.com, Weather Underground and the Weather Channel app, which IBM bought in 2015 for around $ 2 billion.

Some «cord cutters» are getting rid of cable altogether, and younger millennial consumers aren't even signing up for those services when they move into their own homes.

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.

But consumers are abandoning traditional cable for streaming services faster than ever, turning what had been an ominous prediction into a clear and present danger.

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.

Rather than some other online services, which still require people to have a cable or satellite subscription to order a pay - per - view event, Amazon will offer the option to anyone willing to spend $ 64.99 for one night's series of fights.

Smaller cable channels such as Esquire are finding themselves vulnerable as more consumers cut back on pay - TV services, dropping their packages entirely or opting for a so - called «skinny bundle» of fewer channels.

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.

Perhaps even more worrisome for cable providers are services like HBO Now, which deliver what had been exclusive cable content directly to subscribers, and whose growth is also accelerating.

That's more than the lowest payment option for Netflix, which starts at $ 9, but high enough to discourage many cable TV subscribers from cancelling their service.

For example, much of the industry has ignored or downplayed the impact of «cord cutting,» which has led many millennials (and increasingly large numbers of other consumers as well) to shed their cable subscriptions in favor of streaming services like Netflix (NFLX).

Now that transaction terms have been agreed upon, the new entity will have to contend with rating declines across many large cable networks as more consumers opt for cheaper and more customizable web - based services.

«You're also responsible for your own electricity, cable and phone service.»

Cable ratings for Sunday have yet to be released, so it remains to be seen if HBO's massively popular series Game of Thrones was able to stand up against the NBA's season - ender, though it is also possible that last night's very poorly - timed outage for HBO Now — the premium cable channel's paid streaming service — could have sent at least some viewers over to ABC for the end of the Cavaliers - Warriors match - up.

His $ 37 - billion deal in 2009 to combine General Electric Co's NBCUniversal business and Comcast's cable networks put him in charge of more than 20 million subscribers of video, internet and voice services, the broadcast network known for «Friends» and «Seinfeld,» plus theme parks and the film studio.

The phenomenon of «cord cutting» — or, even worse, younger audiences who never sign up for cable in the first place — is growing, and large parts of the traditional media and entertainment market are being snapped up by streaming services such as Netflix (NFLX), and alternative sources like YouTube.

Microsoft (msft) and Facebook (fb) have agreed to jointly build a subsea cable across the Atlantic Ocean to meet growing demand for high - speed cloud and online services.

Large cable providers like Time Warner, meanwhile, have the potential to make up for some of their cord - cutting losses on the TV side through higher fees for their Internet service - provider business, since those who stream Netflix and other services tend to use up a lot more data by doing so.

Earlier, he dropped an effort to create competition for cable TV set - top boxes and cancelled investigations into whether Verizon and AT&T had violated the net neutrality rules by favoring their own streaming video services.