Richard Schneider, President of Antennas Direct, was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal yesterday on the exploding market of free over-the-air TV viewership using our antennas. Read the full interview here:
The Nielsen Co. was careful not to fan the cord-cutting flames, but its latest Cross Platform Report shows that the number of U.S. homes with broadcast-only TV and broadband jumped 22.8 percent since the third quarter of 2011. Nielsen estimates that there are 5.1 million homes in that category, after 1 million joined in during […]
A New year, new chance to talk about cord-cutting and shaving down your bills. Which is either a big deal that’s going to get bigger, or not ,depending on who you like to listen to. Wall Street Journal’s Peter Kafka reports.
According to a study conducted by consulting firm Deloitte, approximately 9 percent of users subscribing to premium television programming such as cable or satellite TV ditched those services in favor of online options during 2011. With more than 2,000 respondents between the ages of 14 to 75 participating in the survey, eleven percent are considering […]
By John Eggerton — Broadcasting & Cable, 11/1/2011 3:50:42 PM The National Association of Broadcasters message was clear Tuesday, saying that the FCC’s plan to take back as much as 120 mHZ of spectrum and auction it for broadband wireless is a threat to the multicast digital channels that NAB President Gordon Smith said are […]
November 1, 2011 WASHINGTON: The National Association of Broadcasters highlighted the opportunity for greater diversity on broadcast TV during an event to launch the Future of TV Coalition. Former Ambassador Andrew Young, one of the principals of the recently launched Bounce TV broadcast network, was on hand. Bounce TV is the first broadcast network programmed […]
NAB Launching Future of TV Coalition Looks to leverage value of minority-targeted multicast channels in fight for spectrum By John Eggerton — Broadcasting & Cable, 10/28/2011 The National Association of Broadcasters is launching the Future of TV Coalition next week, an effort to promote diversity via digital broadcasting. NAB has been arguing for some time […]
Oct 25, 2011 Research: Parks Associates suggests cord-cutting is accelerating. The firm’s latest report says 13% of broadband-connected TV viewers have reduced pay-TV services within the last 12 months and another 9% say they’re about to do the same. PA says the move away from pay-TV is tied closer to the adoption of broadband than […]
I’m sure that Michael would like to thank the Charter Cable subscribers. For it takes about 59,000 customers paying one month’s bill for him to get the reward of making $7.22 million in 2010 compensation. Not bad for being on the job a year and a half. Lovett is the fifth highest-paid St. Louis executive. […]
The drop in Netflix’s (NFLX) stock has some thinking that the bloom is off the Internet video rose. However, “cord cutting” — consumers that replace traditional TV with Internet video — is a trend that’s here to stay, says MagnaGlobal in a new report. About 8% of all TV homes (8.9 million) will have only […]
Antennas Direct Inc. is pleased to announce a strategic working partnership with TiVo® Inc. based in Alviso, California. Founded in 1997, TiVo, a pioneer in home entertainment, created a brand-new product and service category with the development of the world’s first digital video recorder (DVR). Today, the company continues to revolutionize the way consumers watch and access home […]
Subscribers hang up on cable and satellite in 2Q; cos. blame economy as Internet threat looms. NEW YORK (AP) — The weak economy is hitting Americans where they spend a lot of their free time: at the TV set. They’re canceling or forgoing cable and satellite TV subscriptions in record numbers, according to an analysis […]
