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…
Survey: Majority Of U.S. Viewers Prefer Streaming To Traditional Pay-TV
More U.S. consumers are now streaming their TV programs and movies than watching them via traditional pay-TV services, like cable and satellite TV, according to a Harris Poll survey conducted on behalf of TransUnion. The survey, conducted from more than 1,800 U.S. TV viewers between…
Comcast Officially Launches Retail Hisense XClass 4K UHD TVs
Confirming leaked reports, Comcast officially announced Tuesday the introduction of its private-label 4K UHD XClass TVs, manufactured by Hisense and sold through Walmart Stores and Walmart.com nationwide. The giant cable TV multi-system operator is integrating the XClass TVs with its X1 broadband/conditional access technology as…
Verizon Brings Fios TV App To Fire TV, Apple TV Devices
Verizon announced this week that its Fios TV app is now available on the Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV streaming devices, expanding app availability beyond strictly iOS and Android mobile devices for the first time. Using the Fios TV app and service will still…
AT&T Reveals Pay-TV Subscriber Losses Slowed In Q2-2021
Due to release its Q2-2021 financial statement on July 22nd, media Goliath AT&T issued a preliminary SEC filing Friday showing the video subscriber count for the combined DirecTV, AT&T TV and AT&T U-verse divisions totaled 15.412 million, marking a 2.3 million subscriber loss year-on-year from…
More Than 18M Pay-TV Subscribers Have Dropped Traditional Services
Traditional U.S. pay-TV operators will lose more than 18 million subscribers between 2014-2022 as the broadband market tallies a 40% gain in households getting standalone service, according to a study released this week by market research firm Parks Associates The firm’s report entitled “Modern Broadband:…
Study: U.S. Consumers Avg. 6 Different TV Services
The average U.S. consumer now has access to six different TV services, and is increasingly inclined to add more to ensure they can see the latest exclusive programming options. That’s according to Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Best Bundle study, which found consumers average 5.7 different…
Report: U.S. Spending To Favor OTT Services In 2024
The so-called cord-cutting trend that is shifting TV viewership patterns from traditional subscription pay-TV services to over-the-top options, is expected to hit a critical transition point in U.S. consumer spending in 2024. According to a forecast from media research firm Strategy Analytics, 2024 is the…
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