Sentences with phrase «for cable subscribers»

The Extend box, which comes with video transcoding, costs $ 179, and the Prime, which is for cable subscribers, costs $ 115.

This approach still has plenty of appeal for cable subscribers — as of last summer, more than three quarters of Hulu users also subscribed to a big pay - TV package — but it's also turning Hulu into a sort of «cable lite» for cord cutters.

Like the existing TiVo Bolt, the Vox serves as either a DVR for cable subscribers or a way to record free over-the-air channels from an antenna.

For cable subscribers, the $ 120 HDHomeRun Prime supports CableCARD input, but some channels — such as HBO — have extra encryption to prevent recording.

Not exact matches

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.

For years, Canadian specialty channels depended on so - called mandatory carriage rules to get access to cable subscriber revenue and advertising revenue.

That is among the findings of a new report from Englewood, Colo. - based research firm IHS which shows Canadian cable providers lost over 10,000 subscribers in Q2, making for three straight quarters of losses (satellite has recorded losses for five straight quarters).

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.

It's probably good that Disney isn't relying on that idea too much because, according to one recent survey, only 6 % of subscribers in a recent survey of cable users said that they would be willing to pay $ 20 a month for ESPN.

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.

The deal would offer something both for Verizon's wireless subscribers and its FiOS wired cable and Internet customers.

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

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.

A loss of cable subscribers, and the revenue that comes with them, doesn't mean a completely equal loss in total revenue for the industry, however.

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.

In 2011, US subscribers to pay TV, on average, paid $ 73.63 for cable or satellite.

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.

As Karl Bode at DSL Reports put it in his brief analysis of the latest MoffettNathanson numbers: «The bad news for cable is the majority of them continue the slow trickling loss of subscribers that, unless you work somewhere in the cable ecosystem with your head buried in the sand, nobody believes is going to stop any time soon.»

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.

But the decline of cable could be tough for smaller players, such as niche channels which currently get a share of cable fees but might not be able to attract subscribers on their own.

With every passing quarter, however, that behavior becomes less of a bogeyman and more of a painful reality — and the latest survey of cable subscriber numbers has a little something for both sides of that debate.

In Canada, TSN's 9.1 million viewers and Sportsnet's 8.8 million subscribers have no choice but to pay one of the Big Three cable providers for their live - sports fix.

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.

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.

Broadcasters including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and PBS sued Aereo for copyright infringement, saying Aereo should pay for redistributing the programming in the same way cable and satellite systems must or risk high - profile blackouts of channels that anger their subscribers.

This move could potentially lower cable bills, as subscribers currently pay rental fees for set - top boxes that advocates say are too expensive.

And the company offers a $ 25 credit for unlimited data mobile subscribers who also buy any of its TV services, whether delivered by satellite, cable, or Internet app.

More than 81 million subscribers pay Netflix $ 8 to $ 12 a month, and slowly but unmistakably these consumers are giving up cable for internet television: Over the last five years, cable has lost 6.7 million subscribers; more than a quarter of millennials (70 percent of whom use streaming services) report having never subscribed to cable in their lives.

With the announcement came an important milestone for the company: Netflix now has more paying subscribers than Comcast, the largest cable television provider in the United States.

Additionally, the strength of Comcast and its 25 - plus million TV and internet subscribers inked a partnership with Cox and Charter Communications, the number - two and three names in cable and internet provisions, to fortify a pipeline for advanced TV measurement.

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.

And using some complex mathematical formulas, MoffettNathanson analyst Michael Nathanson arrived at some interesting per - subscriber price projections for major cable networks operating in a world where channels get paid based more purely on the amount of people who actually watch them.

Actually @twospruces Rogers (the largest cable provider in Canada) offered an unlimited internet plan for $ 80 CA per month (I was a subscriber).

That brings us back to Hulu, which has more than 12 million subscribers and about 250,000 for its new live TV streaming offering, the online TV package that replicates a small cable bundle.

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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.

Apparently finally learning of this wild new thing called the Internet, NBC is showing every sport and event online, live, for free (assuming you are a cable subscriber, of course)-- if you like the Olympics, go ahead and get friendly with NBC's Live Extra.

The average subscriber pays $ 123 a month for cable TV, meaning you happily write checks to companies like Comcast and Viacom.

Subscribers will pay around $ 10 a month for a cartridge that plugs into their games console and also connects to the cable.

Mobile subscribers of Numericable - SFR, French cable and telecoms provider are now able to pay for subscriptions via their regular phone bill.

Some TV providers, for example, would only sell the new, cheaper packages in tandem with Internet services, said Hutton, or deny bundling discounts to skinny cable subscribers.

Dear Cashing In, In Canada, Rogers Communications just announced a credit card that enables Rogers subscribers to earn points for every dollar spent on wireless, cable, Internet and home phone services.

Cable subscribers are dropping like flies as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu offer loads of content at people's convenience and for much cheaper than cable subscriptions.

As the name suggests, you'll get virtually all the benefits of being a subscriber of Showtime's cable version for $ 11 per month, and the service has also made deals to bundle with both Hulu and Amazon Prime at a reduced cost of $ 9 per month.

Adding the cable bundle for subscribers made this an easy choice.

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AUSTIN, TX — At a moment where many cable subscribers are cutting the cord and looking for a new option, representatives from Hulu, YouTube and Amazon took to the stage at SXSW to talk about the state of the over-the-top industry.

Premium network Showtime on Thursday updated its official apps for iOS with support for downloading episodes, giving both cord cutters and cable subscribers the option to watch programs like «Homeland» and «Billions» without an internet connection.

For the past couple of weeks, the talk about putting network programming online has centered on cable and plans by Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), among others, to make much of it available only to cable subscribers.