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ABC Declares War on Cord Cutters with Live-TV App — Delayed Streaming to Follow
ABC is really hoping you’ll hang on to your cable subscription, and is taking a couple of new steps to make sure of it.
Did an Apple Exec Say Not to Expect a Television Anytime Soon?
We recently noted how the rumors of an Apple television have being going on for years, despite the fact that TV networks and cable companies don’t seem too enthused about working with Apple. If you think any of that’s about to …
OS X Mountain Lion and Airplay Mirroring: Time to Cut the Cord?
With Airplay Mirroring now part of OS X Mountain Lion, you’re going to hear a lot of people claim that OS X is now a cord-cutting tour de force. The iPad and iPhone 4S already had it, and now your Mac does, too.
In reality, …
Suggested New Movement: ‘Cord Trimming’
Critics say a pay TV business that regularly charges its customers $100 a month is doomed. OK, so how about a cable bill that costs less than $40?
via Suggested New Movement: “Cord Trimming” | Business | TIME.com.
Research: Over 1 Million U.S. Cable Subscribers Cut Cord in 2011
Cable and satellite TV subscription growth slowed down more than had been previously reported, and cord-cutting was a primary factor. But don’t worry about it — a revolution that will re-create the current multi-channel access paradigm is still a long way away.
via Research: Over 1 Million U.S. Cable Subscribers Cut Cord in 2011 | …
The Return of Television Rabbit Ears
Getting TV stations through the airwaves may seem like an anachronism in the age of streaming video online. But actually, the rise of Hulu and Netflix seems to be helping the rabbit ear industry.
via TV Antenna Comeback: …
Can Devices like the Kindle Fire Finally Pave the Way for a la Carte Cable?
Pundits asking whether the new Kindle Fire will be an “iPad killer” are way off the mark. It’s a killer alright, but the victim is not who you think it is. “We don’t think of the Kindle Fire as a tablet. We think of it as a service,” says Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
And the main competing service in his sights is cable …
Study: 32% of Netflix Customers Plan to Cut Their Cable Costs
Apparently, cord-cutting may be real after all, according to a new study released by The Diffusion Group.
Despite countless real-world examples showing that television doesn’t seem to be negatively affected by online VoD services, Diffusion’s new study apparently finds 32% of Netflix users plan to cut down on – or cut out entirely – …
Cord-Cut No More: Pay TV Numbers Rise For Q4 2010
The days of cord-cutting talk may be over, with analysts predicting that the number of pay TV subscribers will have grown in the final quarter of 2010 amid fears that viewers were choosing to bypass television for other methods of watching TV shows.
Verizon reported growth in its FiOS TV service earlier this week, and Time Warner …
Reverse Cord-Cutting May Be Real
“Cord-cutting” – That is, dropping cable television services for internet – may be more myth than reality, but new research from Turner Broadcasting suggests that audiences’ appetites are changing, if not in the ways that people might expect. A new study commissioned by the company has found out that while consumers may not be abandoning …
Audiences Just Can’t Quit Network TV, Say Survey and CBS Exec
It’s not just ESPN that discounts the threat of audiences abandoning television for the internet; in fact, CBS’ research chief David Poltrack is even going so far as to say that he thinks that television isn’t getting full recognition of the audiences it continues to draw in. Talking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, …