As US growth slows, executives look to international markets

We are still hearing stories about how cord cutting costs more than cable TV; however, rarely do these stories include the hidden fees and taxes that are added to the advertised prices.

In their rush to match Netflix, competitors like HBO, Hulu and Amazon are ordering a slew of content — ushering out the age of “prestige TV” and ushering in an age of anything goes.

Cord cutting for many is about saving money by using less expensive streaming options than cable TV; however, did you know it can also help lower your utilities bill? When considering the cost of cable TV one thing you should think about is all the power the cable boxes consume.

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A new study found 23% of respondents would likely drop their Netflix subscriptions if the service added advertising without lowering prices.

Never stop streaming

The number of Canadian households paying for at least one streaming video service will eclipse traditional TV subscribers for the first time next year, predicts an annual report on consumer habits. Convergence Research Group says the growing popularity of an array of streaming options — ranging from Netflix and Crave to sports platform DAZN — is leading to a gradual shift in where viewers invest their entertainment dollars.

While cord cutting is still finding the most popularity in the US, countries around the world are starting to trend toward streaming and away from pay TV. A Strategy Analytics report is offering some insight about how cord cutting is growing in Europe.

The company lost 266,000 traditional satellite TV customers and added only 7,000 Sling TV subscribers amid carriage disputes and increased competition. Dish Network on Friday said it lost 259,000 net TV subscribers in the first quarter amid recent carriage disputes with HBO and Univision as a 7,000 gain at streaming service Sling TV, down from 91,000 in the year-ago period, couldn't make up for a bigger decline of 266,000 in traditional satellite TV subscribers.

Cable companies like Altice USA Inc. are starting to gravitate toward a business move that might — might — help them staunch the mounting losses on the cable side of their business. The solution? Offering cut-rate cellphone service, which no one wants to be without, and try to use it to retain customers who’d otherwise dump a cable company altogether.

There’s no shortage of choices for streaming video services—with Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia all planning launches in the coming year. But consumers may already feel they have too many subscriptions. That’s according to Hub Research, which recently released results from its Best Bundle survey of 1,631 U.S. consumers, ages 16 to 74, who watch at least one hour of television per week.

Netflix is still winning the war for consumers' hearts.

It’s meant as a short-episode experience for Quibi

Don't be surprised to see flat-screens instead of flatware on wedding registries.

If you can take a break from pumpkin spice everything, there is some cool streaming content for September on the way.

Hulu is finally joining competitors Amazon and Netflix in offering ad-free video streaming, albeit at an extra cost to ad-averse subscribers. As reported by The New York Times, the video streaming...

One of Apple TV's most-desired features finally makes its way to the diminutive set-top box.

I stepped over from the dark side to see which premium streaming services are worth the monthly cost.

This week at the WSJD Live event in Southern California, HBO CEO Richard Plepler took the stage to criticize broadband providers like Comcast, Charter, Time Warner Cable, and AT&T (which owns DirecTV) for not jumping at the chance to bundle HBO Now with their Internet services. The network launched HBO Now, a standalone streaming service that costs $15 per month, earlier this year. Initially, you could only get the service...

The first global NFL webcast seemed to go off without a hitch on Sunday morning, as Yahoo! and CBS put together a fine telecast of what turned out to be one of the best games of the NFL season. FTW watched the game, tested the strengths and weaknesses of the broadcast format and compiled this list of the pros and cons for the NFL’s grand Internet experiment.

CBS is seeking out new life for its All Access streaming service by making it the only way to watch an upcoming Star Trek TV series. Beyond a special “preview broadcast” of the first episode on CBS’s regular television channel, all episodes of the new Star Trek will appear exclusively on CBS All Access in the United States. (Internationally, CBS says it will distribute the show for “television and multiple platforms around the world.”)

The broad trend in the television industry is that viewers are moving away from linear, ad-supported programming toward on demand, a la carte viewing they can pay for directly. The response at Time Warner has been to begin offering premium networks like HBO to customers without a cable subscription, allowing anyone with an internet connection to pay for access. On today's earnings call, the company said it also plans to try and increase the value...

Fox's "Minority Report" has fizzled in the ratings. So has ABC's nighttime soap "Blood & Oil," as well as NBC's crime drama "The Player" and its sitcom "Truth Be Told." Not so long ago, all of these shows would likely have been canceled. But all four are still on the schedule, as is every other network show that debuted this fall. This year, the TV season has stretched into November without a single new title consigned to the rubbish heap — something that...

If you're waiting to catch up on Gotham or Arrow, the wait could get even longer. Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes told analysts this week that past seasons of DC Comics television shows could be slow to arrive on Hulu and Netflix. Why? Well, the chief executive said that the company would give preference to cable customers first, making those older seasons available elsewhere several years after they air. In case you didn't know, Time Warner owns DC Comics.

Major TV networks are so scared of Netflix they are actually starting to show fewer ads. Companies like Time Warner, Fox, and Viacom have begun to reverse the trend of trying to shove as many ads in your face as possible. The reason? They want to lure back younger viewers, who are increasingly living in a cordless future full of Netflix and Hulu, according to Bloomberg. Time Warner, in particular, is a useful case study.

Comcast's live streaming TV service has launched in the Boston and Chicago areas, with plans to bring it to Comcast's entire cable territory by early next year. We asked Comcast today if Stream TV usage will count against the 300GB data plans imposed in certain parts of Comcast's territory. "No, Stream is an IP cable service delivered over our managed network to the home," a Comcast spokesperson replied.

Want to cut the cable cord for good? Here are your best choices this Black Friday and over the entire holiday season.

25 Shows to binge-watch this Thanksgiving weekend.

The average monthly cable television bill hit a record $99 this year after rising 8% a year since 2010, but the outlook for next year is looking better for consumers. Comcast, the largest U.S. cable operator, (CMCSA) announced that the rate for its most popular plan is going up 3.9% next year. And while there's a mix of increases for some of its other plans, the charge for adding premium channel HBO is going down from $22 a month to only $15.

Bill Murray's “A Very Murray Christmas” starts streaming on Netflix today. It’s an hour-long throwback to what a lot of television once was: an old fashioned variety show. The story doesn’t matter much; what does is the sentiment. Murray sings, he dances, he laments, and he drinks. He’s joined by Amy Poehler, Chris Rock, George Clooney, and Miley Cyrus, among others. And while the songs haven’t changed all that much since the ’50s, the...

Why usage-based billing is a threat to the open internet, and what can be done to stop it. By Susan Crawford.

The Web? E-Mail? All those old-fashioned Internet program are nothing compared to how Netflix dominates Internet traffic. That's an awful lot of Longmire, Firefly, and House of Cards.

Hulu Original series 11.22.63 is a thriller in which high school English teacher Jake Epping (James Franco) travels back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy — but his mission is threatened by Lee Harvey Oswald, falling in love and the past itself, which doesn’t want to be changed. Also starring Chris Cooper, Josh Duhamel, T.R. Knight, Cherry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Lucy Fry, George MacKay and Daniel Webber.

The share of Americans with broadband at home has plateaued: It now stands at 67%, down slightly from 70% in 2013. At the same time, more Americans rely only on their smartphones for online access.