Saturday, July 23, 2016
Online TV Takes Off, Slowly
The industry refers to those viewers who are leaving pay TV services, like cable and satellite, as cord cutters, but there are also “cord nevers,” or people who have never signed up for pay TV, and “cord shavers,” those who have cut some of the channels they received.
Dish has repeatedly declined to reveal the number of online-only subscribers for Sling TV, but most analysts believe it is still under 1 million.
Such numbers aren’t enough to “turn the pay TV market on its ...read more
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Providers Fine-tune Their Business Models As A La Carte Streaming Services Proliferate
Those who prefer streaming video-on-demand aren’t shy about sharing passwords. About 6 percent of U.S. broadband households use an over-the-top video service paid by someone living outside of the household, according to a 2015 report from the research firm Parks Associates.
From the article "Providers Fine-tune Their Business Models As A La Carte Streaming Services Proliferate" by MARIA SCIULLO.