Dish Announces Further Pay-TV Subscriber Losses, Re-merger Plan With EchoStar
Dish Network reported that it lost 294,000 more net pay TV subscribers in Q2-2023, and separately announced it will merge back with its sister corporation EchoStar in a move to free up cash flow in the face of stiffer telecom competition. Dish announced Tuesday that…
Survey: Video Programming Services May Have Hit Their Peak Subscriber Growth
TV programming providers are facing significant “headwinds” in generating continued subscriber growth as the era of “peak TV” comes to an end, according to newly released data from Hub Entertainment Research. The Portsmouth, N.H.-based media analyst has just released its “Monetization of Video” survey showing…
YouTube TV, Frontier Expand On Deal To Bundle Live TV Service On One ISP Bill
YouTube TV announced Monday that it is expanding its partnership with internet service provider Frontier and will launch a single billing option enabling Frontier customers to bundle a YouTube TV subscription with Frontier’s fiber internet service on one bill. The new arrangement marks the expansion…
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…
Ergen: DISH, DirecTV Merger Talk Would Be More Likely After Election Day
The long-proposed merger between the country’s two direct-to-home satellite TV services could be moving closer to reality, if recent comments by DISH Network chairman Charlie Ergen prove to be more than wishful thinking. Ergen, speaking to analysts following the company’s Q3 earnings report Wednesday, said…
Studies: Traditional Pay-TV And OTT Streaming To See Challenges Ahead
Traditional pay-TV services continue to face a difficult future as advertised video on demand (AVOD) and subscription video on demand (SVOD) competition intensifies and the economic outlook grows darker, recent market research for TV viewing services suggests. According to a study released this week by…
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,…
Satellite TV Subscriber Attrition Continued In DISH Q4 Results
The traditional satellite TV business continued to suffer subscriber attrition in the fourth quarter of 2021, following the release of financial results from DISH Network Thursday. The direct-to-home satellite TV and over-the-top streaming services resource ended 2021 with 10.71 million total subscribers, including 8.22 million…
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