Sentences with phrase «cutting cable cords»

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

With more and more Canadians cut the cable cord, the new era of television might not include the idiot box at all.

Have you THOUGHT about cutting the cable cord?

So, I want to know — have any of YOU cut the cable cord?

Years later, however, we cut the cable cord and signed up for Netflix, Hulu and other services and haven't missed cable in years.

Even if you aren't ready to completely cut that cable cord, streaming content is becoming more and more popular - especially as exclusive shows appear on these subscription networks.

This box is most likely to help those who are a bit apprehensive about cutting the cable cord to make a smooth transition.

Here's where the decision over cable gets more complicated: If you have more than one television in your house, you will have to give cutting the cable cord more thought.

There's a lot of talk about cutting the cable cord but little clarity over what service or services to use.

If you are downloading TV shows more than watching them on cable, should you cut the cable cord?

Whether it's cutting the cable cord, controlling impulse spending, or starting a side hustle for extra income, it is possible to take on a mortgage and a student loan at the same time.

If you haven't cut the cable cord yet, now is the time.

It's like cutting the cable cord but for your phone.

You can get fit with a new Apple Watch, cut the cable cord and save money with an Apple TV, and more!

You need additional hardware to make it happen, but if you're cutting the cable cord you'll get the best TV experience on the Shield.

Cutting the cable cord wasn't hard due to the fact that we have a digital antenna.

What is better than cutting the cable cord?

PlayStation Vue is Sony's streaming media service, designed to compete with the likes of Sling TV, DirecTV Now, Hulu With Live TV and YouTube TV, to help you cut the cable cord.

Not exact matches

If prices go low enough, some Canadians who have «cut the cord» and cancelled their cable may be enticed to go back (I certainly would).

Many Canadians are choosing cord shaving rather than outright cutting: reducing their cable packages to the bare minimum and supplementing via VOD and streaming services.

With cord - cutting accelerating and the number of cord - nevers — younger people who have never subscribed to cable and aren't likely to — on the rise, there's a market waiting to be addressed.

Cord cutting is expected to accelerate, cable packages are being unbundled, and consumers are spending more and more time with mobile devices.

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.

While the agency is worried that the AT&T - Time Warner merger could increase the cost of basic cable for those consumers who have yet to cut the cord, they should be far more concerned about ensuring competition in the new online distribution space.

After companies from cable giant Comcast to satellite TV titan AT&T, which owns DirecTV, reported their fourth quarter results, the total number of pay TV subscribers dropped 3.4 % from a year earlier, the highest rate of decline since the trend of cord cutting emerged in 2010, analysts at MoffettNathanson Research reported on Thursday.

This may not be enough to declare cord - cutting dead, but it seems to show that there is more life in cable providers than some critics expected.

Despite fears of cord cutting, cable TV service revenue rose 4 %, sales at Comcast's cable networks increased 8 %, and broadcast TV revenue climbed 6 %.

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.

«Cord cutting» has been a kind of ghost story for cable providers for much of the past decade — a tale that, while foreboding, didn't seem entirely real.

Not that long ago, cord - cutting was seen by many in the pay - TV and cable industry as a bogeyman, a spooky ghost dreamed up based on fringe behavior by a small number of millennials and other malcontents.

This required us to dial back our expenses slightly - things like less eating out for dinners, packing my lunch for work more often, and cutting the cord on cable TV (we still don't miss it today).

Like most other media conglomerates, Disney is fighting the threat that cable cord - cutting poses to its existing operations, whether it's the movie business or the ESPN sports network.

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).

Disney CEO Bob Iger explicitly rejected cord - cutting fears on the company's conference call, saying the cord - cutting phenomenon has been overblown, and that the «cable bundle» will remain the dominant force in broadcasting for some time.

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.

Anyone who wants to cut the cord on their cable TV subscription will get a lot of use out of Roku's easy - to - use streaming stick.

Whether they're looking to cut the cord on their cable TV subscription or add some fun accents to a new space they've moved into, there's something here for every homeowner on your list.

A major question is how plausible its economists» estimates are on key parts of its theory: how many of company A's customers would drop their cable subscription without Turner's networks, how many would switch to DirectTV (rather than just cutting the cord), and how profitable would the new customers be.

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.

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.

All the FCC wants now is for TV content to get to apps on major streaming devices in the first place — a process many cable companies have already started as more and more customers cut the cord.

As Adam notes the forces of change engulfing Hollywood, the rate of consumers cutting the cord and dropping their cable and satellite TV packages hit an all - time high.

The greatest thing ever written about the way television used to be — back before cable and cord cutting, before HBO, TiVo, Netflix and Tony Soprano — was «Within the Context of No Context,» an essay by George W. S. Trow.

There is also a generational change: younger people are increasingly cutting the cord, a.k.a. disconnecting cable TV and getting their video content from the likes of Netflix and Amazon.

Given all the chatter about «cord cutting» — consumers» shift to digital technology — plus the fiercely competitive U.S. market and rising cost of quality content, why would anyone want to invest in U.S. cable?

Video rental chains were the first casualty, followed by the linear television model, DVD sales, and the entire cable TV industry, disrupted by cord - cutting.

That makes AT&T the largest pay TV provider in the country, which also puts the company the most at risk from cord cutting, cord shaving and other cleverly - labeled phenomenon that all add up to customers dropping a cable or satellite subscription.

Comcast has been shifting focus to its high - speed internet and filmmaking businesses as cord - cutting weighs on its legacy cable business.

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.

When correcting the model to include current profit margins, the effects of cord cutting, the impact of Turner's current contracts with pay - TV companies and other factors, Petrocelli said, Shapiro's model shows that cable bills would actually decrease by 54 cents per month per subscriber.