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Tag: Cord Cutting
Community Phone Aims to Cash in on Simple Landline Replacement
The Community Phone landline replacement offering uses a cellular connection but works with existing landline phones. Customers include
Research: U.S. Broadband Cord Cutters Approach 14 Million
The most common reason broadband cord cutters made the decision to do so is cost. Yet those who do subscribe are paying more than
Parks Associates: Cord Cutters Saving $30 per Month, Moving Toward Rebundling
Cord cutters rebundling — subscribing to multiple OTT video services to get all the content they want — is most common among those cord
Report: Video Cord Cutting May Actually Be Good for Business
The stock market thinking on pay-TV is that providers make more money on the broadband connection needed to support SVOD, so it’s OK for
Parks: With 15M U.S. Mobile-Only Broadband Homes, Cord Cutting is Not Just for Video
Mobile-only broadband households include 12 million that cancelled traditional broadband service, often because of cost. The remaining
Report: Cord-Cutting During the Pandemic Leads to Streaming Now Accounting for 68% of TV Viewing
Pandemic cord cutting research from The Trade Desk found that 27% of U.S. cable subscribers cut the cord in 2020, up from
Video Cord Cutter Forecast: More than Half of U.S. Broadband Homes Will Cut by 2025
A video cord cutter forecast from The Diffusion Group calls for 58 million U.S. broadband homes to have cut the cord within five years. Researchers say
Report: Cord-Cutting Accelerates, Now 37% of Broadband Households
COVID-19 is one factor in the accelerating trend of cord cutting households, reports Kagan/S&P Global Market Intelligence. Broadband-only homes now…
Video Cord Cutting Report: Top Pay-TV Providers Lost 5 Million Subscribers in 2019
A video cord cutting report from Leichtman Research found that the top pay-TV providers lost over 5% of their customer base in 2019. Among satellite
WOW! Exec Reveals How the Cable and Broadband Operator Aims to Get Ahead of Cord Cutting
WOW! is embracing cord cutting in Charleston, S.C., where the operator offers customers fuboTV, Philo, SlingTV and YouTube TV. Deal terms were…
Analyst: Even Comcast and Charter Have Stopped Worrying About Video Losses
Charter and Comcast video losses are declining at an accelerating rate, notes MoffettNathanson Research. It’s a reality the companies…
Report: Median Broadband Data Usage Forecast to Hit 250 GB Monthly in 2020
A broadband data usage forecast from OpenVault expects data usage to jump 24.9% from last year’s median. The increase is driven…
Sling Enlists an Old Video Icon and Beefs Up Deals to Pursue PlayStation Vue Subscribers
New Sling promotions, including a free Friday rental that harkens back to the days of Blockbuster, are aimed at attracting Playstation Vue subscribers, who
OpenVault: Video Cord Cutters Surpass the Half Terabyte Bandwidth Usage Mark
Video cord cutters’ broadband use in 3Q 2019 averaged 520.8 GB per month, an increase of 7% over the second quarter. In comparison, households that haven’t cut the cord use only . . .
Provider Phases Out Video, Helps Customers Find Streaming Cable Replacement Options
BELD Internet will no longer offer cable TV beginning December 2. But the company will help customers find streaming video cable replacement options to meet their needs. Video providers de-emphasizing traditional pay-TV is a growing trend, as . . .
MoffettNathanson: Video Cord Cutting Drives Cable Broadband ARPU Growth
Cable broadband ARPU will become increasingly important as broadband subscribership reaches saturation. By raising video prices, cable companies may see broadband ARPU increase because . . .
Predicting Cord Cutting: Report Finds Customers’ Broadband Usage Jumps Prior to Cut-Off
Research from network analytics provider OpenVault shows that customers’ broadband usage jumps in the months prior to canceling a pay-TV subscription, potentially predicting cord cutting by . . .
Fubo Sports Network Launches on Smart TVs
Streaming TV Provider fuboTV Reports 200% Growth in Viewing, Topping 3 Billion Minutes in 2Q19
FuboTV viewing increased 200% over the previous year, the company said. Those subscribers who get all major channels watched 142 hours on the platform in June.
Report: Increasing Mobile Video Usage is a Leading Indicator for Cord Cutting
About 10% of broadband subscribers are at risk of cutting the video cord according toParks Associates. Increasing mobile video usage is playing a role.
Broadband Data Usage Report: Internet-only Homes Use Almost Twice as Much Data as Bundled Homes
A broadband data usage report from OpenVault found that homes without a traditional pay-TV subscription consume an average of…
Report: Cord Cutters Not Turning to Streaming vMVPD Alternatives in Big Numbers
An analysis of video cord cutting economics from MoffettNathanson reports services like Sling TV, Hulu Live TV, and YouTube TV aren’t filling the cord cuttung gap, at least not as much as expected.
Cord Never Research Finds 31 Million Haven’t Paid for Pay TV, But That May be Changing
Cord Never research from MRI-Simmons found a median age of 33 for people who have never had a traditional pay TV subscription. These people comprise 12% of the adult population and . . .
Report: Broadband-Only Homes Forecast to Reach 40.8 Million in 2023
Broadband-only homes, defined as those with broadband but without a traditional linear pay-TV service, will increase 11.9% annually through 2023, according to researchers at Kagan.