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Number of cord cutters in Canada soars
The number of Canadians cutting the cord is soaring in Canada, says a new report. According to the Convergence Consulting Group, 190,000 Canadians ended their ties with traditional TV in 2015. That's an 80 percent increase from the previous year when 105,000 people cut the cord. "It's almost a doubling of a loss," comments Brahm Eiley, president of the Toronto-based market research company. He says the jump is statistically...
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ESPN loses another 1.5 million subscribers as cord cutting accelerates
ESPN has lost 10 million subscribers since 2013.
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Over-the-Air Antennas Are Making a Comeback
As antiquated as it might seem, the over-the-air antenna (OTA) is actually experiencing a revival of sorts, with 21 percent of US households using an antenna in 2015, according to the Consumer Technology Association, up four percentage points compared to the year before. In an age where Comcast-hate is at an all-time high, there’s a growing cord cutting movement with people looking to watch TV without the constraints of a cable contract. In many cases, that requires the four big networks: NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX. And at this point, the easiest solution for those is an antenna.
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ESPN reportedly planning to offer streaming package to cord cutters
ESPN is planning to skip TV providers and sell "a package of live programming" directly to consumers over the web, according to a new report from The Information. But the over-the-top offering...
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YouTube may launch an online TV service next year with ESPN, ABC, and CBS
For a little while now, YouTube has been working on an online TV service for people who aren't interested in subscribing to cable — and now The Information reports that deals are starting to come together. While it sounds like nothing is finalized, ESPN, ABC, and CBS are "firmly expected" to be available through the service. Other major broadcasters are expected to get involved, too. The Information reports, however, that YouTube may choose to pass on smaller networks, like HGTV, instead trying to replicate them with similar channels made up of YouTube videos.
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Cramer shocked that so many Netflix users bailing over a couple extra bucks
Netflix's price increases scared people away from the streaming service, and the volume of unsubscribes surprised Jim Cramer. "Something happened here where people decided that content wasn't worth paying for," Cramer said Tuesday on "Squawk on the Street" , a day after the company reported that it missed its subscriber goal in the second quarter. "I would never in a million years say I'm not paying the additional couple [of dollars]." The entertainment-streaming service missed its subscriber goal of 2.5 million in the second quarter.
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Subscribers Pay 61 Cents Per Hour of Cable, But Only 20 Cents Per Hour of Netflix
Netflix is cheaper than cable, but that alone doesn’t mean much. After all, a service is only worthwhile when you use it. So rather than asking how much Netflix costs relative to cable, we should instead ask: how much does Netflix cost per hour of content viewed, and how does that compare with cable’s figures? That’s math is pretty simple – so we went ahead and did it. We know from Netflix’s own numbers that Netflix’s more than 75 million users stream 125 million hours of content every day.
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Netflix Subscriber Satisfaction Rises Despite Price Increase
When it comes to services that stream on-demand content, Netflix is king. Everyone knows that. However, over the last quarter, skepticism towards the service has grown. Back in July, Netflix's quarterly report revealed significantly slower subscriber growth in the US. While some speculated the service has reached it's saturation point in the US, others think there might be another issue. "The reason is obvious and has been expected in some circles: Higher monthly subscription costs for customers...
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20 Free Movie Apps For Android, iOS & PC
Awesome list of Free Movie & TV Show streaming apps.
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Here's How High the Average Cable TV Bill Was This Year
As the debate over just how much the cable industry has to fear from cord cutting rages on, there’s one common misunderstanding that never seems to disappear. “Cord-Cutting Isn’t a Bargain Anymore,” read one recent headline, claiming consumers who dropped a cable TV subscription wouldn’t save much money. Similar analysis can be found in “Cord-Cutting Is Gonna Suck in 2016,” or “The Myth of TV Cord-Cutting.” What these recent stories—and many more—get wrong is the economics of cutting the cable.
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Americans are paying 40% more for TV than they were 5 years ago
The cable industry is seeing subscriber losses, but that doesn't mean that prices are going down to try and lure them back. In fact, according to Leichtman Research’s annual study, pay TV subscriptions keep going up and up. Pay TV prices have gone up 40% in the last five years, according to Leichtman. In 2011, US subscribers to pay TV, on average, paid $73.63 for cable or satellite. But in Leichtman's latest study, that number is $103.10.
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Roku Unveils its New Line of Streaming Players
Confirming earlier leaks, Roku this morning unveiled a refreshed and rebranded line of streaming media players, with the intent of plugging every hole in the market.
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The average Netflix subscriber watches almost twice as much Netflix as they did 5 years ago
Netflix says it will produce a whopping 1,000 hours of original TV shows and movies in 2017, and that's a good thing since people keep watching more and more Netflix. The number of hours of Netflix the average subscriber watches has gone up steadily since 2011, at an average of 16.4% per year. In 2011, using Netflix data, we can estimate that each subscriber watched about 51 minutes of Netflix per day (about 310 hours per year). And while official Netflix data hasn't come out yet for this year, CordCutting.com estimated that for 2016, users are on track to stream 600 hours of content each, on average.
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Netflix says it is finally adding offline playback
FINALLY. Netflix is letting us save shows to watch offline.
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Netflix and Amazon secure 17 Golden Globe nominations
While Amazon and Netflix are now regular names during awards season, the Golden Globes helps provide a good benchmark for how the wider industry rates their output. For the 2017 Globes, TV honors are even, with both companies securing five nominations each. As for movies, Amazon drama Manchester by the Sea has a whopping five nominations.
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Attention, cord-cutters: Here are the best internet video streaming services
Internet streaming services, such as Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, and DirecTV Now are getting to be almost as expensive as cable services, but Amazon Video, Netflix, and Hulu are still bargains.
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Frontier | Official Trailer
Jason Momoa stars as Declan Harp, a part-Irish, part-native American outlaw campaigning to breach the fur trade. Frontier arrives on Netflix, January 20th.
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Louis C.K. Inks Deal With Netflix for Two Stand-Up Specials
Louis C.K.’s next two comedy specials will debut exclusively on Netflix, Variety has learned. The first of the specials, titled “2017” and filmed in Washington, D.C., will premiere April 4 globally on Netflix. C.K. is no stranger to the streaming world; he released his 2011 special “Live from the Beacon Theater” exclusively on his own website for $5, and several of his other specials have been available on Netflix for years — “2017” will merely be the first to debut as a Netflix original.
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YouTube launches its own streaming TV service
Another way to cut the cord!
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All 26 seasons of classic Doctor Who finally have a U.S. streaming home
Wanna stream every available Doctor Who adventure ever? Well, now you can.
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