Proposed FCC Measure Would Make Cable Fees More Transparent In Monthly Bills
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering new rules aimed at bringing greater transparency on the various costs that go into monthly cable and satellite TV bills. The initiative is being pushed by FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel in an effort to give traditional pay-TV service…
Study: 5.9M U.S. Subscribers Dropped Traditional Pay-TV Services In 2022
So called cable-cutting induced subscriber churn continued to wreck havoc on the U.S. subscriber base of traditional pay-TV operators in 2022, according to a recently released study of publicly reporting service providers. Some of the largest regularly reporting U.S. multi-channel-video pay TV providers lost some…
Samba TV: Linear TV Viewership Dropped Under 50% Of U.S. Homes In 2H-2022
Multi-screen data analytics firm Samba TV this week released findings from a second-half 2022 U.S. video viewership report that showed a marked reduction in traditional linear TV. The report indicated that for the first time in the study’s history fewer than half of Americans are…
4KUniverse Comes To Comcast Xfinity TV Subscribers
Comcast cable TV customers with a 4K or 8K UHD TV got some good news with world that the 4KUniverse channel is coming as a general entertainment streaming service to their service package. The 4K/HDR specialty channel is to launch across Comcast’s entertainment platforms later…
Study: Top Traditional Pay TV Subscriber Losses Slowed Slightly In 2021
The largest U.S. pay-TV services cumulatively dropped about 4,690,000 net video subscribers in 2021, compared to a loss of 4,870,000 in the year prior. That was the finding of a new study from the Leichtman Research Group, which also found that these top pay-TV providers,…
Comcast Hails Successful 10G DOCSIS 4.0 Modem Test
More good news surfaced Thursday for those waiting for greater cable speeds and bandwidth to better facilitate 8K video streaming (among other things) and beyond. Comcast, the cable TV and media giant, said it has successfully tested a prototype 10G modem capable of delivering multigigabit…
Comcast Leverages Hardware To Tighten Grip On Subscribers
Giant global media conglomerate Comcast has big plans to expand its reach into connected A/V hardware, as demonstrated by recent reports that both its Comcast cable properties in the U.S. and acquired Sky operations overseas will be marketing a new streaming adapter followed by lines…
Spectrum TV App Returns To Roku App Store
Roku and Spectrum TV ended a nine-month feud this week that removed the Spectrum TV cable service app from the Roku app store over the period. The new agreement means that subscribers to Charter Communications’ pay-TV services will once again find the provider’s app in…
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