Dish Reports Continued Satellite TV Subscriber Churn As 5G Ramps Up
The cord-cutting woes continued for Dish Network in the first quarter of the year, according to the satellite and live-streaming company’s latest financial report Friday. Dish Network showed a loss of 462,000 pay-TV accounts in the first quarter of the year, compared to a loss…
YouTube Adds Free Ad-Supported TV Shows
Google’s YouTube channel has started offering free ad-supported TV (FAST) channels to go up against the likes of Pluto TV, Roku TV, Peacock, Tubi and others. The company announced the channel’s new service expansion Wednesday in a blog posting, which indicated more than 4,000 episodes…
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…
Study: 55% U.S. Smart TV Penetration Changing Pay-TV Paradigms In 2022
Fifty-five percent of U.S. homes with broadband service now have a smart TV, making integrated sets the default platform for streaming content among viewers, according to new market research from Parks Associates. The firm’s new “OTT Streaming Trends To Watch In 2022” white paper predicts…
Analyst: U.S. Traditional Pay-TV Homes To Fall Below 50% By 2026
Traditional pay-TV penetration in the United States is forecast to drop below 50% of households by 2026, according to a new study by Digital TV Research. For comparison, subscriptions for pay-TV services (cable, direct-to-home satellite, etc.) peaked in 2010 at 91% of U.S. homes and…
Hub Study: U.S. Viewers Increasingly Opt For Streaming Services First
TV viewers in the United States are increasingly likely to go straight to a streaming service when they first turn on their television sets, according to the September “Decoding the Default” study from Hub Entertainment Research. From a year a ago, the number of U.S….
Roku Survey Finds Streaming Passed A Tipping Point In The U.S.
In the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the generation of more over-the-top viewing among most Americans which has further encouraged the release of more live streaming and movies online, according to results of video-streaming specialist Roku’s annual survey. The smart TV streaming technology…
Recent SVOD Studies Show Takers Rising Along With Fee Juggling
A pair of recent market research studies indicate that subscription video on demand (SVOD) takers and the number of services they subscribe to will continue to climb in the five years ahead, even as viewers grow weary of stacking disparate service fees. According to research…
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