On The Road With Antennas Direct Bus Tour: Part 1
Come rain or shine, Antennas Direct weathered through the downpour and advocated the public into cutting-the-cord with a ClearStream 2 antenna for depression relief in the Northwestern Ohio area. A crowd topping over a 1000 waited patiently and braved the inclement weather to release themselves from their cable or satellite providers. Say goodbye to huge […]
WNWO Hosts Antenna Giveaway With Antennas Direct
TOLEDO — WNWO teamed up with Antennas Direct on Monday morning to help give local residents free antennas. Around 400 people showed up at WNWO on S. Byrne in South Toledo in the hopes of getting free access to more channels than those offered through basic cable. One recipient showed up at 1:30 a.m. in […]
Antennas Direct™ Reinvents Its Line of DB Antennas New Design Destroys Decades-Long Misconceptions About Bowtie Antenna Efficiencies
September 8, 2011; ST. LOUIS – Most engineers said it couldn’t or wouldn’t be done, but Antennas Direct has proven them wrong with the reinvention of the company’s bowtie antennas, the DB line. Even though this type of antenna technology has not seen a significant advancement in 30 years, Antennas Direct has once again taken […]
Announcing Partnership with TiVo Inc.
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 […]
Pay TV Industry Loses Record Number of Subscribers
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 […]
Broadcasters Are Now Worrying The FCC May Sell Off Bandwidth Following The Debt Crisis.
We all are figuring out that the FCC wants the size of the airwaves used by broadcast television stations to decrease. The FCC says that it’s voluntary and needed for the increasing wireless services of today’s consumers. Television broadcasters say there’s no promise, it’s voluntary and it could be the final “off the air” for […]
Fear of Cord Cutting Behind Fox Broadcasting Authentication Plans
Beginning in mid-August, Fox Broadcasting will unveil a scheme whereby viewers will only have next-day access to its shows on Hulu and Fox.com if they can prove they are pay-TV subscribers. Otherwise they will have to wait eight days to watch the content online. There are likely many reasons for Fox’s doing so, but foremost […]
SNL Kagan: 10% Of All Homes Will Cut Pay TV Cord By End Of 2015!
Some bad news today for the cable and satellite companies that have been pooh-poohing the possibility that millions of subscribers will cut the pay TV cord. Researchers at SNL Kagan — one of the most cable-friendly forecasting firms — say they expect 12.1 million homes in 2015 will receive TV shows and movies from Internet services […]
Cutting Cable’s Cord
Joe Wilcox of Beta News is doing a hands on review of cutting the cord using our ClearStream Micron XG and TiVo’s Preimere DVR to cut the cord. Follow his journey as it begins here:
Cox/Charter/Comcast/Time Warner, don’t listen to the critics! You’re Aces!
Most Hated Companies in America Lately, I’ve been having a recurring nightmare that the cable companies may stop abusing their customers. Thanks guys, for all your efforts in making Atlantic Magazine’s list. Money quotes: Charter Communications Common complaints include improper billing practices – which led to a class action settlement in 2004 – and poor customer […]
TV White Spaces Consortium Launched To Boost Internet Provision
Following the pioneering research unveiled earlier this month by Cambridge based start-up, NeulNET, a consortium of the world’s leading technology companies has been formed today in order to push TV white space technology. With the proliferation of internet ready devices, which are forecast to overshadow the human population by a factor of 2 within 4 […]
When someone subscribes to Cable, a baby seal dies
Much love to the bunny huggers at the Mother Nature Network for the confirmation. NRDC: Cable boxes guzzle more energy than new refrigerators The electricity required to operate the 160 million cable boxes installed in U.S. households is equivalent to the annual household electricity consumption of the entire state of Maryland and is responsible for […]