LRG: Percentage Of Pay-TV Homes Drops To 75%
The percentage of TV households that still subscribe to some form of pay-TV (cable, satellite, telco, or internet delivered) has declined to 75% nationwide from 87% in 2009, according to a new study published this week by the Leichtman Research Group (LRG). For the pleasure…
Study: Cord Cutting To Climb 19.2% By The End Of 2019
The rate by which traditional U.S. pay-TV subscribers are cutting the cord in favor of more price friendly over-the-air and over-the-top programming distribution alternatives is ratcheting up in a big way. A report released Tuesday by research firm eMarketer forecasts the cord-cutting trend will climb…
AT&T Reports Mounting Pay-TV Subscriber Losses
AT&T’s extravagant $61.7 billion acquisition of direct-to-home satellite TV giant DirecTV three years ago continues to go sideways in light of the corporation’s controversial ongoing retransmission battles and just-released 2019 second-quarter financial statement. AT&T reported it hemorrhaged 946,000 total pay-TV subscribers across its various platforms…
Report: NFL, DirecTV Miss Sunday Ticket Opt-Out Windows
The long-term status of DirecTV’s exclusive rights to the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market football game package remained uncertain Friday, after both the satellite TV provider and the sports league missed opt-out deadlines for their current deal that runs through the 2020-21 season, according to a…
AT&T Gives DirecTV An Interface Lift, Looks To Mend Subscriber Losses
To curb the cord-cutting phenomenon and reverse recent TV subscriber attrition, AT&T is revamping and elevating its positioning of satellite TV service DirecTV and over-the-top live TV streaming service DirecTV Now. At the same time, the telco giant is giving DirecTV a new look…
Zone-TV To Launch AI-Enabled `Dynamic Channels’ Through Cable, Satellite
Santa Monica, Calif.-based zone-TV said Monday that it plans to launch a group of 14 subscription video-on-demand television channels, with content currated by humans and delivered with the help of artifical intelligent (AI) to provide special interest programming that is not readily available elsewhere…
Pay TV Providers Ready New Native 4K UHD Offerings
Significantly more native 4K Ultra HDTV content may be coming soon through a cable or telco TV operator in your area, thanks to a series of technology trials under way by more than 30 U.S. pay TV providers. Commercial satellite TV distribution service SES,…
Dish’s HopperGO Mobile Video Solution Hits Stores
Satellite TV provider Dish said its new HopperGO personal video mobile drive is now available for purchase by subscribers of the Dish TV service. HopperGO, which is available to Dish customers now at a $99 retail price, is described as a pocket-sized mobile DVR that…
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