Cable companies are seeing dwindling revenue streams from their cable packages and are going to be looking for ways to bolster their shareholder's profits despite the inevitable death of
traditional cable programming schemes.
Not exact matches
The deal highlights how
traditional media companies are trying to engage younger viewers, who are cutting
cable cords and prefer shorter
programming.
The service got its start in 2012 with a mission similar to fuboTV: Bringing international
programming to an underserved U.S. audience as a supplement to, not a replacement for,
traditional cable or satellite service.
In terms of user experience, the sheer convenience of browsing shows without being bound to a broadcast schedule — or worrying about
programming a DVR — makes
traditional cable feel downright prehistoric.
These deals are expected to generate about 25 hours of new daily
programming, and mark the company's first real challenge to
traditional cable.
Concerns about such a knock - on effect on Viacom of the decline in
traditional cable TV subscriptions deepened last quarter, when Charter Communications Inc moved five of its flagship networks to its most expensive
programming tier, a move that will likely result in lower affiliate revenue for Viacom.
A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday that online television service FilmOn X should be treated like a
traditional cable system in order to transmit the
programs of the nation's broadcasters over the Internet.
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 contrast with Netflix highlighted investor jitters about the viability of the
traditional cable bundle in the face of heightened competition from on - demand video services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon (AMZN), which are investing heavily in high - quality
programming.
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cable programming, hairdryer and more.
The company has already benefited by bringing sports
programming to over-the-top viewers who no longer subscribe to
traditional television, like
cable or satellite TV.
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.
Fox News Channel appears on numerous internet TV services with the main exception of Dish's Sling TV, so it's certainly possible to get the network's live
programming without a
traditional cable package.