How things have changed

[Jimbo]

D

Direct (AT&T) said there are no more planned satellite launches.

That was said about 6-7 years ago ...

 

[Bruce]

The Paid Live TV ...
The numbers are ridiculous ...

Live Paid TV vs NON Paid TV ??? You Tube was mentioned earlier as Non Paid ... it can't be both ....

If you get Youtube Tv , it's PAID TV.

What streaming service gives you all your Locals with out Paying anything ???

My numbers have always included YouTube TV,, 3rd Quarter would of been a total disaster , for example, Cable/Satellite lost almost 1.8 Million , but Streaming Paid Live TV gained a tad above 1.3 Million, including YTTV at 600,000 gained, Hulu Live 300,000, etc.

So made it a loss of 465,000.

So while better for Paid Live TV, still not good for Cable/Satellite, who up till now, has lost 5,678,146 in 2023.

Also explains why the RSNs are crashing, since the majority of those losses are Comcast, Charter and DirecTV, who carry the RSNs.

 

[Bruce]

That was said about 6-7 years ago ...

Well, at least they were correct.

 

[Jimbo]

Well, at least they were correct.

That was the start of the Demise of D* really ...

 

[Bruce]

That was the start of the Demise of D* really ...

No, what started the demise of all Cable/Satellite TV was ON-Demand and DVRs, that taught people they no longer needed Live TV, so when Netflix and Hulu came along, then the others, thanks to DVR/On-Demand, which prepared subscribers for next day viewing .

DirecTV has a whole bunch of other problems, priced too expensive even compared to Comcast, old equipment are the two biggest examples.

Which has helped DirecTV to lose the most subscribers, both in percentage and actual numbers .
In 2015, when AT&T bought them, Uverse and DirecTV had 26 Million Subscribers combined, today 11 Million and that includes the new services, DirecTV by Internet and DirecTV Stream, both of which were not there in 2015.

 

[Jimbo]

No, what started the demise of all Cable/Satellite TV was ON-Demand and DVRs, that taught people they no longer needed Live TV, so when Netflix and Hulu came along, then the others, thanks to DVR/On-Demand, which prepared subscribers for next day viewing .

DirecTV has a whole bunch of other problems, priced too expensive even compared to Comcast, old equipment are the two biggest examples.

Which has helped DirecTV to lose the most subscribers, both in percentage and actual numbers .
In 2015, when AT&T bought them, Uverse and DirecTV had 26 Million Subscribers combined, today 11 Million and that includes the new services, DirecTV by Internet and DirecTV Stream, both of which were not there in 2015.

And about that time ATT said they wouldn't be launching any new Sats ... it all happened around the same time, alot was going on at that time.

ATT bought it solely to destroy it ...

 

[Bruce]

And about that time ATT said they wouldn't be launching any new Sats ... it all happened around the same time, alot was going on at that time.

ATT bought it solely to destroy it ...

That did not happen till 3.5 years after buying DirecTV-

DirecTV owner AT&T says it’s done buying satellites

DirecTV owner AT&T says it’s done buying satellites

spacenews.com

And again, not the cause of cord cutting as I explained, most of those leaving would of had no idea about that.

 

[Bruce]

The cable TV revenues is expected to shrink to $30 billion by 2027, according to data from Pricewaterhousecoopers reported by ABC. The loss will include revenue from subscriptions and advertisements.

The firm also forecasts that by 2027, just 49.9 million — 38% — U.S. homes will get TV from cable or satellite. This is a drop from the100 million homes who had cable in 2016.

So pretty much the same thing I have been reporting here, but I find their numbers are way off, says 49.9 Million for Sat/Cable by 2027, but as of 3rd Quarter 2023, already at 56.5 Million, with another predicted loss of 1.5 Million in the 4th Quarter.

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[Bruce]

Viewership is up for the free FAST services, more and more are probably noticing that the majority of content on Paid Live TV is available for free on them.

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Free streaming services are becoming even more popular as cord cutters look for cheaper options. Now according to Nielsen’s monthly platform rankings, Tubi, Pluto TV, and The Roku Channel are now all among the most watched streaming services in February 2024. According to the report from...

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