Sentences with phrase «traditional cable services»

In other words, streaming services like Netflix (NFLX) and Hulu and Amazon Prime Video (AMZN) are still winning viewers, and traditional cable services are still losing.

Not exact matches

More people are signing up to these services as a way to go around traditional cable providers like Comcast.

Verizon's new offering represents the industry's latest shift away from the traditional cable television model, as more and more cable providers offer services aimed at customers looking for cheaper television options.

Not long after the Supreme Court deemed Aereo's service «for all practical purposes a traditional cable system,» the company, in a desperate last bid for survival, pulled an about - face and argued that it should be allowed to operate like one.

For example, 79 % of households paid for traditional cable or satellite service in last year's annual survey by the Leichtman Research Group, down from 84 % three years earlier and the all - time peak of 88 % in 2010.

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.

Even though the two services are very alike, Hunt doesn't see the HBO house of cards — my pun, please excuse it — toppling any time soon since it still makes billions from its traditional cable deals.

The new service will be a hybrid between a traditional cable TV subscription from Comcast (cmcsa) or Charter (chtr) and Internet - based services like Dish Network's (dish) Sling TV, or Google's (googl) YouTube TV.

But consumers are abandoning traditional cable for streaming services faster than ever, turning what had been an ominous prediction into a clear and present danger.

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.

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.

YouTube TV, which costs $ 35 per month, is also competing against several other similar live - TV streaming services offering lower costs and fewer channels than a traditional cable subscription, including Hulu Live, Dish Network's Sling TV, and Sony's PlayStation Vue.

DirecTV Now and several other Internet streaming services like Google's (googl) YouTube TV and Dish Network's (dish) Sling, seek to bring the experience of traditional cable TV to customers who don't want the expense or the hassles of the usual cable set up, with all the in - home wiring and set top boxes.

Companies like Disney and Fox are also poised to make more money from new streaming services, too, thereby supplementing revenue from their traditional cable businesses.

After positioning its OTT service, Sling TV, as a «complementary» product to traditional pay - TV services since it launched two years ago, Dish Network pivoted today, with Chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen conceding that virtual MVPD services have become «direct replacements for cable and satellite.»

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.

Cord - cutting is simply getting rid of your traditional cable television / satellite dish service and relying instead on streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Go for your entertainment needs.

There is more of a move towards the Internet because you do have a little bit more freedom of choice, people do have — when it comes to television, they find they don't need 700 channels, they just need a handful of channels that they watch all the time and that they are willing to pay a monthly price for that, it's most of the time less than cable, and I think that's an interesting other notion that traditional services with the judicial pricing is fading out in favor of, and I think that that was another piece that Mary Meeker brought up, is the idea of the subscription that subscription services on the Internet are also kind of all the rage being able to subscribe to things that you receive on a regular basis, Office 365, Acrobat, they are all on subscription services, a very model of how we purchase these things is changing as well, and that's all due to the Internet.

Current live TV streaming services like Hulu, YouTube TV, DirecTV Now, and Sling are closer to a traditional cable TV bundle without the cable box.

Netflix continues to invest in content that will help it stand out from the growing crowd of streaming video services and traditional cable TV networks.

With that, Facebook will find itself going up against the likes of YouTube, streaming services like Netflix and Sling TV, as well as traditional cable channels.

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.

Streaming TV services are a blend of traditional cable and streaming services that allow you to access not only on - demand but also live TV channels, so you don't have to miss out on your favorite shows.

Also, its ability to deliver on some key content categories is still limited, compared to traditional cable and other streaming services, he told the E-Commerce Times.

That's how local municipal broadband companies are able to provide gigabit service for significantly less than traditional cable companies: Since they don't have to worry about a pay TV infrastructure or shareholders, the initial cost to build the network can be easily paid off over years once subscribers start signing up.

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.

Star Wars Rebels airs on Disney XD, which is available in traditional cable packages as well as in most online TV services.

Couple this with recent announcements that HBO has already announced plans to launch a standalone streaming service next year and consider that Showtime is reportedly going to soon follow suit, and you can see the traditional cable bundle is coming unraveled.

In the last couple of years, people have turned away from traditional services like cable TV and have cut the cord in order to put a damper on bills that only seem to be rising.

New mobile and wireless technologies are easier to install, and more customers are opting to abandon more traditional cable and satellite services.