WASHINGTON— Just what part of free, live and local don’t you like, the chief broadcast lobbyist asked industry critics today during a House hearing. National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Gordon Smith testified this morning before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet at a hearing on the “State of Video.” He […]
In early 2012, the CEO of Home Box Office (HBO) referred to the cord-cutting movement as nothing more than a “fad.” Fast forward 14 months and the “fad” is not only still relevant, but growing at a rapid pace. According to a 2012 study conducted by GFK Media, nearly 21 million households now receive TV […]
By Janko Roettgers February 11, 2013: 10:16 PM ET Cord cutting is real, argued Charlie Ergen, Chairman and co-founder of Dish Network at All Things Digital’s Dive into Media conference in Dana Point, California Monday. “think people are cutting the cord,” Ergen said, arguing that kids in college never use cable, and that they won’t […]
Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 10:18 AM ET | Posted by Will Richmond New research from The Diffusion Group forecasts that the number of “pay-TV refugees” – U.S. homes subscribing to broadband, but not to pay-TV services – will increase 58%, from 10.9 million in 2012 to 17.2 million in 2017. Pay-TV refugees consist of both […]
Michelle Clancy | 17-11-2012 Over-the-top appears to be coming of age, as consumption hits critical mass, the revenue opportunity expands and the business model continues to work its way into mainstream carrier tactics. The research into the area is coalescing: the OTT market is set to be worth $37 billion by 2017, according to new […]
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool Posted 6:00AM 11/10/12 | One thing is becoming clear as cable companies and satellite television providers shell out their latest quarterly financials: Americans are fed up with their ever-growing bills for premium TV. With the exception of DirecTV’s (DTV) — which gained 67,000 net subscribers during the quarter […]
Michelle Clancy | 12-11-2012 The North American pay-TV industry’s subscriber numbers in the third quarter continued to deliver bad news, with subscriber totals across segments missing targets. Overall, Sanford C Bernstein’s Craig Moffett said that operators, including privately-held ones, lost a combined 127,000 subscribers in the quarter. Analysts say that the continuing softness will drive […]
If anyone needed any convincing about the power of web TV, the recent news that YouTube now serves more search queries than the Yahoo and Live search engines has certainly emphasised the point. Moreover, this reflects the continuing dominance of Google, which owns the video streaming site. In November, YouTube received 2.79 billion search queries, […]
Tom Butts Editor-in-Chief tbutts@nbmedia.com I’m not a fan of tired ole clichés but humor me on this one. I’m only going to say it once: to paraphrase an old saying, “rumors of the demise of broadcast television have been greatly exaggerated.” We’ve seen the signs for months, even years. Sales of over the air antennas […]
Michelle Clancy ©RapidTVNews | 20-06-2012 Attention cord-cutting enthusiasts: a full 17.8% of US TV households, or 20.7 million of them, now rely on free, over-the-air reception for broadcast TV, according to a study by GfK Media. That translates to 46 million to 54 million Americans out of the nation’s 300 million citizens. Five years ago, […]
PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, April 10, 2012 According to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, the average pay-TV subscription for basic pay-TV service and premium-TV channels in the U.S. reached $86 in 2011. As TV program licensing fees have risen, pay TV monthly rates have also grown an average of 6 percent per […]
Getting TV stations through the airwaves may seem like an anachronism in the age of streaming video online. But actually, the rise of Hulu and Netflix seems to be helping the rabbit ear industry. Over the last few years, many of us cut the cord on cable in favor of streaming programming online. Hulu Plus […]
