Younger Viewers Gravitating to OTT TV Services: Study
Nearly half of OTT subscribers use an antenna, according to LRG report
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What Will Shape the Pay-TV User Interface of the Future?
With so many UIs now resembling smartphones, users are finding it increasingly difficult to navigate the converged TV landscape.
Paywizard: Cord-Cutting Trend Offset by 'Pay-TV Polygamists'
Fears among pay-TV providers about the growing trend of cord cutting are being offset by a new phenomenon in which viewers are adding OTT services on top of existing pay-TV subscriptions, even when they spend more overall.
Study: Pay TV Subs Making an OTT Connection
Amplifying a growing trend, 21 percent of U.S. pay TV customers say they subscribe to an online video service from their MVPD, up from 10 percent a year ago, according to a Parks Associates study.
Report: One in Five Homes Use Digital Antennas for Live TV
16 percent increase since 2015 coincides with decline in pay-TV subscriptions
Millions Flee Pay-TV; Revenues Slide, Say Researchers
The latest from three separate research organizations reveals traditional pay-TV is in decline
Taplin: Facebook, Google, Amazon are ‘Coming After You’
With a new focus on acquiring content that was previously relegated to pay TV services, social media and tech giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google are focusing more on disrupting traditional pay TV, director of USC’s Annenberg School of Media Innovation Lab and author Jonathan Taplin told an audience at the opening keynote of the NCTC Winter Educational Conference.
Dataxis: 60 Million Pay TV Subscribers Added, Q32016-Q32017
While many fret over the future of pay TV in a world that increasingly is going digital, the overall global numbers of pay TV subscribers increased by 60 million from the third quarter of 2016 to the third quarter of 2017
TDG: Legacy Pay-TV Services Expected to Decline by 2030
While there is an expectation that virtual operators like SlingTV and DirecTV Now will continue to eat into traditional pay-TV services share of the market, The Diffusion Group projects that there will be less to go around by the time 2030 arrives.
Pay-TV Subscriber Decline Picks Up Steam
The growth of internet-delivered pay-TV services in the third quarter of 2017 weren’t enough to counteract the loss of subscribers to cable, satellite and phone companies.
Analyst Sees 31M Homes Cutting Cord in Decade
The cord-cutting trend won’t be slowing down any time soon according new predictions from Barcalys analyst Kannan Venkateshwar.
Report: U.S. Pay-TV Market Loses 612,000 Subscribers in Q1 2017
The U.S. pay-TV market didn’t have the best of starts to 2017 according to a new report from Dataxis.
Global Pay-TV Subscribers Reach 969 Million
Total global pay-TV subscribers have now reached 969 million, according to the latest Digital TV Research report.
Report: Majority of Cord Cutting Occurred in Last Two Years
The threat of cord cutting has been a cloud over pay-TV providers for a while now, but according to a recent report by The Diffusion Group, the last two years have been a potential turning point.
Top U.S. Pay TV Providers Lost 795K Subs in 2016: LRG
A new data analysis from Leichtman Research Group shows that the largest U.S. pay TV providers lost about 795,000 net video customers in 2016, compared to a pro forma loss of around 445,000 subscribers in 2015.
Report: Antenna Only Homes Increase to 15 Percent
While we’re certainly no longer in the days where people had a pair of rabbit ears on top of their TV sets, the use of antennas are making a little bit of a comeback according to a recent report from Parks Associates.
Report: ‘Skinny Bundles’ Could Eat Into Older Pay TV Market
The creation of the “skinny bundle” by pay TV operators, TV packages composed of selected channels targeted at a specific customer segment, is aimed at getting younger viewers to sign-up for pay TV rather than cut the cord.
Sports Remain Big Draw of Pay-TV
Broadcast networks still dominant method of watching sports, according to Magid survey
Live TV Still Reigns Supreme Across Globe
OTT services growing, but people sticking with Pay-TV services.
Technicolor Acquires Cisco STB Business
The deal will make Paris-based Technicolor one of the world’s largest providers of set-top boxes.