New broadband usage data from OpenVault reveals that video cord cutters, on average, use more than half a terabyte of broadband bandwidth per month. That usage behavior is more than double the 275 GB the average broadband subscriber uses, according…
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Provider Phases Out Video, Helps Customers Find Streaming Cable Replacement Options
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…
MoffettNathanson: Video Cord Cutting Drives Cable Broadband ARPU Growth
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…
Predicting Cord Cutting: Report Finds Customers’ Broadband Usage Jumps Prior to Cut-Off
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…
Fubo Sports Network Launches on Smart TVs
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…
Streaming TV Provider fuboTV Reports 200% Growth in Viewing, Topping 3 Billion Minutes in 2Q19
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…
Report: Increasing Mobile Video Usage is a Leading Indicator for Cord Cutting
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…
Broadband Data Usage Report: Internet-only Homes Use Almost Twice as Much Data as Bundled Homes
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…
Report: Cord Cutters Not Turning to Streaming vMVPD Alternatives in Big Numbers
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…
Cord Never Research Finds 31 Million Haven’t Paid for Pay TV, But That May be Changing
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…
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 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…
Kagan: Cord Cutting Wrath Accelerated in 3Q18, Loss of Over 1 Million Subs
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…
