Sentences with phrase «channels cable companies»

For all of the top 20 most watched channels, there are dozens of other second and third tier channels cable companies need to purchase along with them.

Not exact matches

According to John Crabill, an executive with Mohu, the company's sales doubled during the January and February period when Dish (DISH) announced Sling, which lets consumers buy a bundle of cable channels over the internet.

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.

And if all that weren't enough, the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission decreed last fall that long - standing policies governing how cable companies bundle and sell channels will be replaced with more consumer - oriented «pick and play» rules.

The asset looked promising, since cable companies provided a steady revenue stream to carry the channels, which meant Stingray wouldn't have to chase after consumers.

Today, Volk - Weiss licenses programs to established «real - time,» or «linear,» cable channels, like HBO, Showtime, and Epix; streaming video on - demand channels, like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Seeso, NBCUniversal's new comedy subscription service (and increasingly, services from the linear channels); over-the-top-device companies like Roku, Microsoft (which makes Xbox), Sony (PlayStation), and Apple (Apple TV); and satellite - radio channel Sirius XM.

Its direct customers are cable and satellite providers — not fickle consumers — who pay the company to carry its channels.

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.

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.

Mark Cuban, owner of the HDNet cable channel, holds 5.4 % of Lions Gate and appears to believe the company is worth more than Icahn's valuation.

* But there is also a valid policy argument that companies that own both cable channels and cable wires have excessive power over pricing, and that blocking such a merger is a good use of anti-trust power — even if it's an argument you'd usually hear from the left side of the aisle.

Digital powerhouse Vice Media and cable provider Rogers Communications Inc. will team up to launch a Canadian production studio and TV channel aimed at millennials, the companies announced.

Vice had not provided updates on its offline intentions until today, but rumours of a takeover attempt by conventional broadcasting companies Time Warner and Fox served to keep the news channel - speculation alive, because being absorbed into a traditional media conglomerate would give Vice easy access to their cable networks and partners.

Corus — an integrated media company with specialty TV channels of its own, including the W Network, YTV and Treehouse — was spun out of the Shaw cable business back in 1999, when the Shaws didn't think so - called convergence strategies made much sense.

Comcast's NBCUniversal is shutting down its Esquire Network cable channel, one month after it was dropped by DirecTV, and will re-launch it this spring as a digital - only brand, the company said on Wednesday.

When asked where they go to consume sports - related video content, the 25 to 34 - year - old group still predominantly says ESPN (the cable channel or the company's apps): 58 % list ESPN and 52 % list Facebook.

Viacom, meanwhile, looks even weaker: Two of its long - established channels, MTV and Nickolodeon, have been losing viewers rapidly, and analysts say the company is particularly vulnerable going into negotiations with cable providers, where it will bargain for the right to be included in their bundles.

Rogers and Shaw are now pressing that content advantage, offering up mass titles like Modern Family and American Horror Story which run on the cable companies» channels (Rogers» City TV and FX Canada respectively).

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.

It said that TV stations and broadcasters would be allowed to keep simsub «for the time being,» although cable and satellite companies would no longer be permitted to perform it on specialty channels.

If you've seen cable company packages, they usually pick a show with which to promote a certain channel, like Game of Thrones for HBO.

Now, Vice is on the verge of getting its own cable channel, which would give the company a traditional outlet for its slate of non-news programming.

The deal's announcement was expected last week, but not all of A&E's distribution partners — the cable and satellite TV companies that carry the network's channels — have signed off on the change, according to a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks were private.

A cable channel would be a further step in a transformation for Vice, from bad - boy digital upstart to mainstream media company.

Disney might have to divest a cable channel or two (the company's power over distributors would be even stronger; basically the opposite of the some of the concerns that halted the Comcast acquisition of Time Warner), and potentially be limited in its ability to make operational decisions about Hulu (Disney would have a controlling stake after the merger; Comcast was similarly restricted after acquiring NBC Universal, but there the concern was more about Comcast's conflict of interest with regards to its cable TV business competing with Hulu).

It's always a risk writing about a deal before it is official: CNBC reported a month ago that Disney was in talks to acquire many of 21st Century Fox's assets, including its eponymous movie studio, TV production company, cable channels, and international assets (but not the Fox broadcast network, Fox News, FS1 — Fox's sports channel — and Fox Business).

A Rogers TV subscriber who has the company's new $ 25 Starter package — the «skinny basic» bundle mandated by new federal rules — could add the Sportsnet channels for $ 18 a month, or Sportsnet and rival TSN together for $ 25, plus the cost of a set - top cable box.

(Reuters)- Time Warner Inc (TWX.N) reported a bigger - than - expected drop in quarterly revenue as subscription revenue for its cable channel HBO and Turner television network disappointed Wall Street, sending the company's shares down as much as 9.8 percent.

Congress should require all cable companies to make the lockout feature available on all channel - switching devices they normally provide to their subscribers.

In addition, cable companies should be required to place all R - and X - rated films on a channel separate from other movies.

An even more significant step would be for the Congress to require all cable companies to make the lock - out feature available on all channel switching devices it normally provides to its subscribers.

Saranac, which produces 360,000 barrels of beer annually, not only markets its products with cable television commercials, billboards and print ads in beer newspapers and magazines, but it also has its own YouTube channel of videos showing the company's beers and the unique brewery.

Imagine if your cable company still gave you the same basic channels and features they did 20 years ago but continually increased your rate.

St. Maarten also several Internet providers and a cable TV company that offers over 50 different channels.

produce content directly sold to consumer (mostly, in this case, via payments from cable companies to channel content providers)

Trevor Noah, SpongeBob SquarePants, and «South Park» could disappear from Spectrum cable users» televisions today if the company and Viacom can not reach an agreement to keep 23 channels in Spectrum's lineup.

The Justice Department has called on AT&T and Time Warner to sell Turner Broadcasting, the group of cable channels that includes CNN, as a potential requirement for approving the companies» pending $ 85.4 billion deal.

America's two largest cable television companies last week announced a joint venture to develop hardware and software specifications for a new generation of cable systems that will offer viewers hundreds of television channels and access to online video libraries.

No cable or satellite company will send out 4K broadcasts because, in the bandwidth space of one 4K channel, providers could send out four HDTV channels.

This will allow you to get any premium cable channel from your cable company, wh..

The Company has built a strong television presence in production of prime time cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming through Debmar - Mercury and an array of channel assets.

The New York media company also boasts MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, BET and Nickelodeon cable channels.

Next up, see how HBO teamed up with the visual effects company Imaginary Forces to create their intricate new Feature Presentation bumper that plays before the premiere of new movies arriving on the cable channel.

The application has several limitations however: You can only access the ESPN channels if you are currently a subscriber via your cable company (and only some qualify, like Time Warner Cable, Bright Hose Networks and Verizon FIOS), you can access ESPN3 if you have Verizon FIOS and just about everyone else is out of luck.

The cable company can give you six months of a movie channel for free as an introductory offer.

After getting sick of paying nearly $ 200 for cable and internet, I called my cable company (Comcast) and was able to get a better service plan (more channels and faster internet) for $ 50 less per month.

The spin - off included the entertainment programming assets (read cable channels) developed by Cablevision Systems over the prior several decades but not the NYC sports properties (MSG and MSGN) that were subsequently spun out of Cablevision as separate companies.

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.

Be warned, however, that a majority of the channels offered by the cable companies are Spanish - language... just a few English - language channels are offered, and rarely any of these are USA or Canada «network» stations.

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