Sentences with phrase «subscriber losses»

This perhaps suggest that the recent surge in subscriber losses is secular.

But more to the point, there was some concern over reported modest subscribers losses at flagship cable channel, ESPN.

Comcast announced Wednesday that it had lost 96,000 customers for the quarter, its fourth straight quarter of subscriber losses, and slightly worse than analyst projections.

Six of the largest U.S. pay TV providers posted subscriber losses during the past quarter.

Comcast Corp. posted strong first - quarter earnings growth, despite continuing cable TV subscriber losses, and formally submitted its $ 31 billion proposal to buy Sky PLC, one of several deals it has contemplated that could transform its business and roil its rivals.

Walt Disney (DIS) shares tumbled 9.2 % on Wednesday after the company reported record profits but acknowledged there had been «modest subscriber losses» at ESPN during the second quarter.

«We think that basic cable is kind of the weakest point of the media ecosystem because that's where you're really getting hurt by subscriber losses.

ESPN posted its biggest quarterly subscriber loss ever.

However, investors will also be very much focused on the company's television properties, especially sports network ESPN, which struggled with subscriber losses last year that spooked the market into an industry - wide sell - off of media stocks.

Meanwhile, cable revenue was $ 872 million, up from $ 870 million a year ago, as continued Internet revenue growth and the pricing changes across all product types was mostly offset by television subscriber losses.

I'd love to hear, as you construct your traditional distribution arrangements, especially for ESPN but your general Cable Networks, would you be willing to talk about what type of protections or options you generally might look for in the case that subscriber losses accelerate or are more than you expected?

The conventional wisdom, which seems right to me, is that all of this stems from Disney's earnings call yesterday, when Bob Iger and co. admitted that yes, Disney had indeed seen subscriber losses at ESPN — just as the Wall Street Journal had written a month ago, in a piece that shook up the industry.

While most stocks were hit hard during the pullback, DIS was hit particularly hard due to concerns over subscriber losses at ESPN.

U.S cable giant Comcast declined on fears the company will overpay for its potential acquisition of the British pay - TV group Sky PLC, as well as on fears around subscriber losses.

Ever since T - Mobile implemented its Jump program early last year, the carrier has turned subscriber loss into massive gains.

The merger could lead to huge subscriber losses among AT&T's rivals in the TV business, the survey suggests.

Six of the largest U.S pay TV providers posted a total of 723,000 subscriber losses during the past quarter.

Media heavyweights Disney, Time Warner and CBS are seeing shares tumble as concern grows about pay - TV subscriber losses.

Walt Disney reported lower - than - expected quarterly revenue, hit by lower advertising sales and subscriber losses at ESPN as well as an extra week last year.

The future of ESPN has been in focus since August 2015 when Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger acknowledged «modest» subscriber losses at the sports network.

But as the numbers indicate, a majority of the subscriber losses would appear to be migrants to Bell and, to a lesser extent, Telus, rather than cord cutters.

Consequently, given ESPN's fixed cost structure and variable revenue model, subscriber losses are likely to have a disproportionate impact on the business model.»

Of that total, Charter reported 90,000 subscriber losses.

What you don't often hear in these debates is that this subscriber loss didn't start in the past couple of years.