Posted on 08/10/2017 12:10:13 PM PDT by tje
While the rate of cord cutting during the second quarter wasn't quite as aggressively dire as many analysts predicted, the latest wave of TV subscribers lost by the traditional cable TV industry wasn't what you'd call good for the pay TV industry, either. Wall Street research firm MoffettNathanson predicts that once tallied, the sector lost about 1 million pay TV subscribers last quarter, with the losses hitting Dish Network, DirectTV, and AT&T particularly hard.
Dish for example lost another 196,000 subscribers on the quarter, and that tally includes the additions seen to the company's Sling TV streaming video services (which Dish refuses to break out specifically to lesson the apparent impact).
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That’s not how it will eventually work. Right now you can get cbs by itself for 10 bucks a month. You can get hbo go for ten bucks a month on any platform without having cable. Eventually channels will be sold separate but not sure if the costs will save you much.
It’s none of the FCC’s or Congress’ business. That’s why they won’t touch it.
Carriers aren’t why bundling happens. Networks are why bundling happens. With 5 companies owning most of the networks those companies have a vest interest in getting as many of their networks into the lowest tier possible. They sell to the carriers in bundles, thus the carriers sell to us in bundles. Until those companies are willing to sell a la carte bundling is the business.
An ad for “YOUNGER” last night at about 7 or so had some grinning faggot commenting about the vast amounts of pretty girls or “dick”...to look at...”your choice” So the cable goes. Looking into Amazon Fire, whatever the hell that is. Sad. This isn’t America anymore.
Comcast operates like a Democrat legislature. Less subscribers/taxpayers? That means its time to increase rates again.
So worth repeating. Stream for the same price you are paying for internet. Amazon Prime and Hulu are all you need....
What are you using for Internet connection?
We cut that cord 20 years ago when Cox cut the SciFi channel and added a 2nd BET channel.
Exactly when cord cutting you have to net the extras you already pay for. I have 300MB internet at around 99/month. Cable bill about 240 with phone, and includes HBO/Showtime/Cinemax.
Then I have
Netflix
MLB.tv
Hulu
Amazon Prime
And I have an IPTV service through Pled which has a LOT of content for 12.00 month. That is probably illegal.
Time-Warner signed a 30-year $8.3 BILLION deal to carry L.A. Dodger games. They’re on the hook for that, and if their subscriber base declines, they will have no choice but to raise the price for everyone else. It’s a death spiral.
no they will file ch 11 and dump the contract
Their base of customers is literally dying off. The cord cutters are like salt in the wound.
You’d think a decreasing demand would mean lower prices, but you’d think wrong.
We were one of those million. Comcast had two $25 price increases from Jan to June. That put our bill over $255/month.
After their first increase, we tried the Roku and Amazon direct from our smart Vizio tv with the basic Sling before cutting our Xfinity cable.
The Roku couldn’t handle baseball and other fast athletic streaming and some action movies
After the second price increase, we bought the Amazon Fire Tv to replace the Roku and went to Sling blue + orange to get ABC for their morning Kelly show with the sling.
We went to Comcast Business internet and have a super fast internet and tv streaming plus the extra cost of ABC/CBS/PBS
for a little under $150 per month, for a monthly savings of $100+.
My wife doesn’t care for Kelly’s new tv show partner, so we may cancel the ABC and go Sling basic. That will save about $25 per month before tax. Total monthly savings will be about $125 with better tv choices for us with as good of a picture and sound.
Last night we watched one of the concerts on Amazon Prime, and the picture was better and there was a good stereo sound, which we didn’t get with Comcast/Xfinity.
A couple of younger relatives, addicted to Faux and Faux Business are now using the UTube internet for about $40 per month. Their new smart tv has a good Amazon hot link so they can watch the good Prime shows with their Prime Membership.
They are saving over $200 per month versus their new Xfinity monthly bill. 3 months of cable cutting savings will more than pay for their new smart tv.
So we and some relatives and friends have cut the cable and are saving from $100 per month to over $155 per month and watching what we want to watch.
Everytime someone cuts their cable, the left wing tv mass mediots lose another customer and a lot of money per year.
So, it is a double win for our side. We are saving a lot of personal money and the MSM tv mediots are losing a lot of money monthly and yearly!
My wife is the sports fan.
As long as she pays the cable bill and I don’t get subjected to any ball games, ok.
Youtube and the DVD collection is good enough for me.
For reasons unknown neither the FCC nor Congress will touch bundling with a barge pole.
But subscriber behavior can and will eventually push carriers to change their own behavior or they will continue to see people voting with their feet. $25 for a select number of channels that people actually want or $200 for a huge number of channels (I use the term advisedly) that they don’t want? It’s no contest.
By not allowing us to use a cafeteria approach re paying for the channels we want to watch and forcing us to pay for a 100-200+ channels we don’t want. Congress is enabling CNN and other liberal channels to exist.
Sling and Utube TV are a step in the right direction. However our lower monthly fee is still keeping a lot of left wing tv and fake news channels on the air.
Pretty sure my TV won’t work without a cord.
Mine is solar powered but I have to watch it out in the yard and only during daylight.
The user base will be, if it’s not already, as knowledgeable, prepared, technically astute and reactive as the broadcasters. Kodi and similar are already giving rightsholders fits since they steer entirely clear of the business model.
Is it legal? No. Is it happening anyway? Yes. Is it getting easier and easier to use - even easier than using a cable or dish set top box? Yes again.
How about the brain-killing political correctness and social engineering in TV programming? I'd rather watch the classic TV shows on the antenna networks that show them.
I have cable back for a one year real good deal (almost over) because I wanted to listen to Washington Journal instead of the traitors on network news. When I give it up at the end of the year, they'll raise the monthly cost of my computer because I'll no longer be a "bundler". That's irritating.
One year of Washington Journal is enough.
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