Game Streaming Takes Bite Out Of Traditional Pay-TV
More than half of U.S. millennials surveyed for a recent Deloitte digital media usage study showed they are leaving traditional pay-TV services and subscribing to a video-gaming service. Deloitte’s 13th annual digital media trends survey was conducted by an independent research firm between December 2018…
Roku Claims Top Smart TV OS Market Share In Q1 2019
Roku released the results of its first quarter 2019 financials this week, indicating that its Roku TV smart TV OS had taken the top market share position among operating systems in TVs sold in the United States. The Roku TV platform is carried by a…
Report: 71% Of Live OTT Viewers Are 18-44
Live over-the-top (OTT) streaming TV services are still enjoyed mostly by the young. Young U.S. adults, aged 18-44 now account for 71% of subscribers to one of the live streaming vMVPD pay-TV services such as Sling TV, DirecTV NOW, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV,…
Sling TV Launches `Tax Day’ Promotional Offer
Any potential cord-cutters contemplating a switch to a live over-the-top streaming pay-TV service, might want to jump on a new promotional offer from Dish’s Sling TV. The streaming live multi-channel video service announced that it is offering discounts through a new promotion, according to the…
Study: Cord Cutting Impacted Satellite TV Services
The impact of over-the-top television services (or IPTV) continues to impact subscriptions to traditional multichannel television services, like cable and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite, according to a global multichannel market study released by Kagan. The market research firm’s recent global multichannel market report showed that IPTV…
Roku Reveals Free Content ‘Stream-a-thon’ Week
Streaming media device-giant Roku said Monday that it will conduct its first-ever week-long “Stream-a-thon” beginning December 26th when it will present a selection of top shows and premium TV to Roku users for free. The Stream-a-thon will run from Dec. 26th through Jan. 1st, and…
TiVo BOLT OTA DVR For Cord Cutters Hits Stores Friday
TiVo introduced an new version of the TiVo Bolt set-top box, called the TiVo BOLT OTA for use with connected over-the-air antennas. The TiVo BOLT OTA is a premium, 4K Ultra High Definition capable DVR/media player intended for use with over-the-air broadcast TV antennas and…
AirTV Adds Dual-Tuner OTA Broadcast Adapter
Cord-cutters who use or plan to use Sling TV should look into investing in a new AirTV dual-tuner over-the-air broadcast tuner adapter for the similarly named streaming media player box in order to watch one over-the-air channel while recording another. The just-announced dual-tuner adapter is…
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