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  1. Bruce

    NBA’s new TV Deal looks to go to Streaming

    The NBA’s next media rights deal will have an emphasis on streaming, with Amazon reportedly favored to secure a piece of the pie. According to The Athletic reporter Andrew Marchand, the deal will make streaming the “principal distribution method.”...
  2. Bruce

    Traditional Providers Losses, 1st Quarter 2024 Edition

    Verizon is up first, lost 64,000 Fios pay TV customers, taking its total to 2.951 million, down 8.8% year-on-year. Next up, Comcast on Thursday, Charter Friday. https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2024/01/25/verizon-boosted-by-fwa-broadband-but-loses-pay-tv-subs/
  3. Bruce

    What the Cable Industry used to say about Cord Cutting

    https://www.techdirt.com/2010/08/24/tv-cable-companies-convincing-themselves-people-dont-want-to-cut-the-cable/ https://www.techdirt.com/2010/10/29/new-cable-talking-point-against-cord-cutters-they-may-be-cutting-but-they-re-poor-nobodies/...
  4. Bruce

    Traditional Providers Losses, the entire year of 2023 Edition

    The year was not as bad for all of Paid Live TV, a prediction of over 6 Million did not happen thanks to YTTV, who had gains of 1.9 Million for the year and overtook Dish Network, they are now the #4 Provider, by the end of 2024, should overtake DirecTV for the #3 slot. But it was still bad for...
  5. Bruce

    Real DirecTV Subscriber numbers

    To be fair to Dish Network and all the turmoil they are having, Fitch Ratings did a new report on DirecTV in Jan.2024, finally have subscriber number I can prove with a link, vs me just posting I know from work, by the way, these numbers match up with what I have posted previously. DIRECTV's...
  6. Bruce

    Dish/Echostar Q4 2023 Report

    Do not kill the messenger, it is not pretty, while Dish’s losses are still less then DirecTV, with Sling’s losses, it is getting pretty close. They had high hopes once the merger was completed, things would be looking up, but they are getting worse- For the year, this is 3 quarters without...
  7. Bruce

    Nielsen Chart

    New Nielsen chart is out, but with a change, Live TV via the likes of YTTV, Hulu Live, etc are no longer included in the streaming part, that is only for streaming services like Paramount, Peacock, etc, so that shows more and more people are preferring the on demand type viewing that those...
  8. Bruce

    Warner, Fox, Disney to Launch Streaming Sports Joint Venture

    Fox Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney are set to launch a new streaming joint venture that will make all of their sports programming available under a single broadband roof, a move that will put content from ESPN, TNT and Fox Sports on a new standalone app and, in the process, likely...
  9. Bruce

    YouTube TV is now the #4 Video Provider for the United States

    Today, Neal Mohan, YouTube’s Chief Executive Officer, released his 2024 priorities for the service. In that letter, he also announced that YouTube TV now has 8 million subscribers, making it the largest live TV streaming service. “We’re also seeing growing consumer interest in our subscription...
  10. Bruce

    Jim Harbaugh left Michigan for the Chargers.

    I always knew he would do this, soon as the right job came up for him. Just last year, he said he planned on being at Michigan till he retired…ha. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39380148/sources-jim-harbaugh-accepts-head-coaching-job-chargers
  11. Bruce

    Netflix 4th Quarter

    Ok, calling out all those who said this password sharing crackdown was going to hurt them, kudos to those who said it would not, mestevo, ronnie and of course, myself. 3rd quarter, also after the crackdown, added 8 million, so the sub number is going up since the crackdown started. today...
  12. Bruce

    Traditional Providers Losses, 4th Quarter 2023 Edition

    It is that time again, Verizon Fios is first up, negative 62,000 TV Subs, but it added 284,000 broadband customers, including 231,000 5G wireless home internet customers. The increase in Broadband shows even more seem to be dropping TV or never subscribing in favor of internet, which you can...
  13. Bruce

    The next time someone says streaming price increases will……

    overtake Traditional Providers, show them this- With this price of TV service will go up around $6 per month for your TV package. You will also see about $4 price hike on Comcast’s broadcast TV fees. Regional sports fees will also go up about $1 a month. Bundles of premium channels will see...
  14. Bruce

    Apple Vision Pro Gets a Release Date

    February 2, pre orders start on 1/19. Only $3499, who will be the first here to get one? I have the Oculus, used it twice, both times my Labs went bat **** crazy on me when wearing it. I love my toys, if maybe around $1000, I would think about it, but at $3500………a big no...
  15. Bruce

    Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2023’s Winners and Losers

    This has the Complete Broadcast, Cable and Pay TV Ratings Ranker for 2023 in Total Viewers and also Adults 18-49 The one thing I noticed is the networks/channels that has the bigger online services, suffered some of the biggest drops. For example , In 2014 ( before streaming), the Disney...
  16. Bruce

    Forbes’ Profile/Hit Piece of Charles Ergen

    Behind a pay wall, but I was able to put my iPad into reader mode and it viewed fine- https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicahunter-hart/2023/12/20/how-to-lose-20-billion-inside-the-fall-of-dish-networks-charles-ergen-and-his-latest-attempt-to-fight-back/?sh=53e0c2902358
  17. Bruce

    Americans Are Watching Almost 4 Fewer Hours of TV Every Day

    While not good for Cable/Satellite, more will start to wonder why they are paying such a high price for something they do not use much. But this is not great for streaming either, which will result in less choices for content. There are now more activities than ever to fill your time. From VR...
  18. Bruce

    When will it be time to change the name of the site?

    With the official subscribers numbers out today, it now shows more people get Paid Live TV via streaming then Satellite. DirecTV which includes DIRECTV Satellite, U-verse, and DIRECTV via Internet/Stream 11,850,000 this is where we have to estimate some numbers rumors are Uverse has 2.5 Million...
  19. Bruce

    New Terms of Service for DirecTV Stream

    Here is a full copy of the new terms of service: (Effective November 7, 2023, until replaced) This Fee Schedule is part of the Terms of Service and End User License Agreement for DIRECTV STREAM (available at www.directv.com/stream-tose) and incorporates the DIRECTV STREAM Device Terms of Use...
  20. Bruce

    New streaming service

    Ok, everyone knows I love streaming and ready to defend it from mistruths, especially since it is part of my employment, but I can 100% guarantee I will not subscribe to this service, for only $15 a month- Fashionista has launched The Fashionista Network, the industry’s first interactive...
  21. Bruce

    Traditional Providers Losses, 3rd Quarter 2023 Edition

    First one to report Verizon Fios lost 78,000 TV Customers, 9,000 more then last (2nd) quarter Comcast is due to report on Thursday, Charter Friday. Verizon did gain a lot of Broadband Subscribers...
  22. Bruce

    Netflix stopping Password Sharing is a another big gain for 3rd quarter

    Netflix total subscribers reached 247.15 million, with a gain of 8.76 million. Who was it that predicted that stopping password sharing would be bad for Netflix? Since they stopped it, they have gained over 14 Million Subscribers. For comparison, Disney+ has almost 150 Million Subscribers...
  23. Bruce

    Big News-Spectrum going Streaming only for new customers

    I have been giving hints about this for a few months, now another step to a streaming future- Earlier this month, Spectrum and Comcast announced a new streaming player that will let you watch your TV subscription from Spectrum.Now Spectrum has announced that new customers will only get the...
  24. Bruce

    Looks like Broadcast Channels Fees will be going up

    https://cordcuttersnews.com/32-of-cable-tv-bills-are-for-abc-cbs-fox-nbc-rsns-now-broadcasters-want-more-money-from-comcast-spectrum-more/
  25. Bruce

    More Cable Channels are about to end due to cord cutting

    As I posted before, the RSNs was just the beginning, more channels are on the endangered list due to cord cutting. Has anyone noticed, there is no mention of the possibility of prices going down with Providers, even with the loss of channels...