BELD Internet, a broadband provider in Braintree, Massachusetts owned by utility Braintree Electric Light Department, announced this week that it now offers gigabit service but will no longer offer cable TV service as of December 2. The news illustrates a…
Four of the nation’s largest cable companies saw broadband revenue growth between 8.1% and 12% over the last two years, but how they achieved that growth varied, note financial analysts at MoffettNathanson LLC in a new research note analyzing cable…
Customers broadband usage jumps in the months leading up to a decision to cancel pay-TV service, according to new research from network analytics provider OpenVault – a finding that could be useful in predicting cord-cutting. “Given the potential disruption that…
NEW YORK – JULY 24, 2019 – fuboTV announced today the expanded distribution of its fubo Sports Network, the live, free-to-consumer TV network for passionate sports fans, to smart TV platforms Samsung TV Plus and LG Channels powered by XUMO. Launching today on Samsung…
Users watched more than 3 billion minutes of fuboTV programming during the second quarter, according to the vMVPD provider. That level represented a nearly 200% jump in fuboTV viewing over 2018, as cord cutters embraced the live TV streaming service’s…
People who use their smartphones to watch more than six hours of video per week are more likely to cut the cord during the next year than those who watch 2.5 hours, according to Parks Associates. The report, “Examining Broadband…
Internet-only homes, defined as those that don’t subscribe to traditional pay-TV, use almost twice as much data as homes that have traditional pay-TV, according to a new broadband data usage report from OpenVault, a provider of broadband industry analytics and…
Only 40% of the 1.4 million traditional linear pay-TV subscriptions lost in the first quarter of 2019 were recaptured by equivalent over-the-top (OTT) offerings, according to new video cord cutting economics research from analysts at financial research firm MoffettNathanson. The…
The number of “cord nevers” – adults who have never paid for a traditional TV connection – is growing, according to Cord Never research from MRI-Simmons research. The firm said that about 31 million U.S. consumers, 12% of the adult…
Broadband-only homes, defined as those with broadband but without a traditional linear pay-TV subscription, will grow from 23.3 million in 2018 to 40.8 million in 2023, according to a broadband-only homes forecast from Kagan. The firm is a media research…
Multichannel video subscribers declined by one million in 3Q18, according to a report from Kagan. The satellite DBS segment was hit particularly hard. The group cited these accelerating losses from satellite providers and slowing growth in over-the-top offerings from Sling…
Consumer perception of a poor value proposition in pay TV remains the top trigger for changing, downgrading or canceling services, according to new video cord cutters research from Park Associates. Therefore, cord cutting behavior is driven in part by comparing…
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