Sentences with phrase «skinny bundle»

But the term skinny bundle is used a lot in discussions about live streaming TV platforms.

There are other skinny bundles available too, as we'll outline later.

Skinny Streaming Bundles: If you have a fast Internet connection available, you may be able to subscribe to streaming pay - TV services, also called skinny bundles.

Disney's nosedive triggered broader investor worries about consumers opting for skinny bundles or dropping cable TV completely as shares of other traditional media giants also plummeted.

Skinny bundles don't require set - top boxes, which can save you additional money.

The DISH Network satellite service owns and offers the Sling TV service, much like DIRECTV offers the DIRECTV NOW skinny bundle service.

With carriers already livid about how much they're forced to pay for ESPN, though, any large increase would only further incentivize them to promote skinny bundles without ESPN, and for customers to, one way or another, do away with ESPN altogether.

And on Thursday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson took the witness stand to argue that the deal couldn't hurt competition because the company will launch a new skinny bundle for just $ 15 - per - month!

If you can make the service run reliably over your Internet service, the ability to put together your own channel lineup makes this one of the better streaming skinny bundle services you'll find.

The primary skinny bundle live TV services currently available include Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV Now, which DIRECTV owns and operates.

«This is really an adjustment to the market skinny bundle that has evolved and market pricing,» explains Heather Moosnick, Director of Content Partnerships at YouTube TV.

Even with skinny bundles such as those from Sling TV you will inevitably receive channels you're not interested in.

«They are looking at a Sling TV - style skinny bundle that would provide the big broadcast networks alongside Hulu's on - demand originals,» he told the E-Commerce Times.

T - Mobile says it wants to offer something like Layer3 TV's current 256 channel service, and not a so - called skinny bundle that features fewer channels like plans from the Internet players.

Sling TV is a streaming Internet service (you may also hear the terms skinny bundle or streaming TV bundle).

Now the other highly capitalized tech powerhouses — including Google through its YouTube TV «skinny bundle» offering — are threatening to decimate the film and TV industries as we know them.

Skinny bundle.

Ultimately, Hulu is making a skinny bundle that costs around $ 40, just like its peers.

One interesting aspect of Comcast's results is that it said subscribers weren't switching to so - called «skinny bundles» in very large numbers.

Cable companies are trying to appeal to younger users with so - called «skinny bundles» and other attempts at streaming services.

The sports network explained last month that its subscriber base dropped in part because viewers were switching to skinny bundles that don't include ESPN (DIS).

ESPN president John Skipper maintains that cord - cutting isn't as big a deal as some industry critics make it out to be, insisting the network is having some success retaining subscribers by being part of skinny bundles, such as Dish Network's SlingTV package.

YouTube is far from the only company to chase the skinny bundle strategy.

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.

The pioneer is Sling TV, which offers a «skinny bundle» package of 25 channels for $ 20 per month.

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.

In addition to an Ultra High Definition television set, we expect Apple to launch a related suite of tiered products and services, including a «skinny bundle» of pay - tv channels (partnered with various media companies) and an updated Apple TV microconsole (which will continue to service the massive install base of televisions offered by other OEMs).

In a video programming business that will be increasingly dominated by over-the-top distribution and skinnier bundles, «reach» — the actual percentage of viewers that watch a channel over a set time period — will have a much greater role in defining consumer pricing.

«There is a strong consumer demand for the skinny bundle of 15 channels to 30 channels,» Moonves said.

«CBS is essential to any skinny bundle,» CBS Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said at the company's investor day in March, adding that the company would net «more dollars per subscriber than the current larger bundle.»

The decline resulted from some households switching to so - called skinny bundles — smaller cable packages that don't include the high - priced sports network, according to Disney CEO Bob Iger.

In the early stages of his career, he blossomed from a skinny bundle of potential into an attacking player who would hunt the ball out, anywhere on the pitch, then drive toward the opposition goal; now he is refining himself back down into a single - minded goal hanger.

A skinny bundle doesn't have a bunch of taxes or hardware fees associated with it either, allowing for a lower price point.

This is called the Skinny Bundle.

Philo instead is keeping costs down by focusing on a skinny bundle of programming with 37 channels, and the option to add more if desired.

Amazon is cancelling its plans to offer a «skinny bundle» internet TV service, according to a report from Reuters out this morning, mirroring another from Bloomberg earlier this year.

But beyond the ability to upsell the new service to exiting college students, the team feels there's a bigger opportunity to compete among the growing number of over-the-top TV «skinny bundles» by coming in with a different lineup and lower price point.

The new features make Fire TV feel more like the front - end to a live TV service — an interesting change, given that Amazon reportedly cancelled its plans to launch its own «skinny bundle» of programming to rival services like Sling TV, Hulu Live TV, YouTube TV, and others.

Instead of offering a skinny bundle of channels for a low price, Amazon offers a Netflix - like library of on - demand content through Prime Video, then lets Prime users pick and choose the other channels they want to add.

The term «skinny bundles» refers to a pay - TV subscription with fewer channels at a lower price.

Why this matters: This is yet another reminder that there is more to cord - cutting than skinny bundles and on - demand streaming video services, especially for those who have a large personal media library lying dormant on a PC or a NAS.

While Apple stopped trying to sell a «skinny bundle» of TV channels, it has reportedly been working on a premium bundle add - on, which could also entice users.

Plex Live TV and DVR fill a void in the current media consumption landscape by offering both major local and international network programming, with news and sports, at a fraction of the cost of traditional cable or satellite packages, skinny bundles, and other live TV streaming services.

One hope is to offer a so - called «skinny bundle» with the major networks and a bunch of other specialty channels.

What we've heard so far doesn't sound much different from the «skinny bundles» that exist already.

In addition, though it has its own streaming product, CBS recently has been making a number of «skinny bundle» deals with the newer crop of live TV services aiming to replace cable, including the above - mentioned DirecTV Now, as well as Hulu Live TV, YouTube TV and fuboTV.