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Cord-Cutting Keeps Churning: US Pay-TV Cancelers To Hit 33 Million in 2018 (Study) (variety.com)
Millions of Americans have already scrapped traditional pay-TV service, and the exodus is expected to continue apace in 2018. From a report: This year, the number of cord-cutters in the U.S. -- consumers who have ever cancelled traditional pay-TV service and do not resubscribe -- will climb 32.8%, to 33.0 million adults, according to new estimates from research firm eMarketer. That's compared with a total of 24.9 million cord-cutters as of the end of 2017, which was up 43.6% year over year (and an upward revision from eMarketer's previous 22 million estimate). That said, even as the traditional pay-TV universe shrinks, the number of viewers accessing over-the-top, internet-delivered video services keeps growing. About 147.5 million people in the U.S. watch Netflix at least once per month, according to eMarketer's July 2018 estimates. That's followed by Amazon Prime Video (88.7 million), Hulu (55 million), HBO Now (17.1 million) and Dish's Sling TV (6.8 million).
Do we really think the cable companies care, so long as we're still paying them for the internet access? They have a monopoly no mater how you look at it.
They certainly give the impression they do with their internet+TV+phone bundling.
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
The end of "cable TV" will be when the sports broadcasters start making deals with the over-the-top suppliers. Until that happens people will continue to pay telcos and telcos will continue to find creative bundling ways to take as much of our money as they can.
That whole industry is like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
I am not interested in articles about life extension advancements.
I watched the whole world cup recently on streams. Legally. Welcome to the 21st century.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I'm all for cord-cutting and 'sticking it to the man', but I would spend almost as much for single services such as HBO, Netflix, etc. (10-15$/month for each service) that I do currently for FiOS.
Why would you have every service every month? This is what gets me, people are so used to cable they forget they don't have to pay each month. Want to watch GoT? Sub when it's running and cancel. I keep Hulu and Netflix pretty much all the time and swap out other streaming services as they have shows I want to watch. Most I wait for the show to end and binge them in a month. Then poof, gone until I need it again.
I browse on +1 so AC's need not respond, I won't see it.
So you're a thief, eh?
The owner still has their original content, so nothing was stolen.
USB, USB, USB!