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I'm not criticizing the service in this instance. I'm being critical of those who occasionally put forward the notion that because YTTV hasn't raised the price recently, there must not be any reason to.

So since they haven't raised prices already, you're going to forge ahead assuming that they won't? Economics is on my side.

DIRECTV's All Included pricing covers boxes on up to four televisions.

No less informed than opining that they won't based on the fact that they haven't yet.

Local channels in many markets is a relatively "new thing". My market (#26) is less than 5 months into completion. Even if the cost is only $3-5/month, it is considerable on a $50 bill.

That's irrelevant to the discussion of the value of being a new customer. If you had been paying attention, you would have seen that I was quoting the "all in" pricing that includes the TV and DVR fees. YTTV is much the same fee structure and now that their coverage is wide, I'd anticipate...

They're not creating a market as much as using monopoly powers to shift how viewers shop. There are a lot of stinkers in there but there are also quite a few enduring series. Then there are the series that go shopping for greener grass on other services because the networks failed to make the...

In the case of DIRECTV, the new customer pricing is up to $71/month off of long-term prices (Choice package @ $59.99 versus $131) so for a service with an ARPU of nearly $120 (just $5 over the Entertainment package "all in" ), that's a tasty come-on. As an aside, I find it interesting that...

I lament this situation. What's the point of getting together if the members who are perhaps the most interesting are mostly doing their own thing.

That's hardly indicative of a firestorm of change.

No, releasing shows on only the home system is relatively new technique to get people to buy into the content owner's streaming service rather than through conventional distribution outlets. Netflix has been at it for a while and Amazon has had their home grown stuff too but now we're seeing a...

I think you missed the relatively important part about the content that viewers want. I can buy the whenever part, but not the wherever. Does anyone really need to watch TV outside their home? That is perhaps because that is where the content has gone. When they lose the content, subscribers...

Many of these cord-cutting hopefuls (like Lloyd and mwdxer1) haven't cut the cord yet. Yet others may be reeled back in by attractive winback offers. Others may switch to another conventional provider after they've left the familiar mess that is their old provider. It is hard to assess where...

You may not be missing anything. That you're needs are sufficiently met doesn't mean that all cord cutters must obviously be satisfied with the programming and features of one or more of the streaming services. You may speak for your household but there are another 120,599,999 households with...

From the consideration of Disney or Apple TV+ as somehow comparable to a $100 pay TV package.

I don't think you'll find many singing the praises of DIRECTV Now or Uverse. There you go again with the "all I need is a single streaming service" argument. The recent Nielsen survey indicates that a majority of those who use streaming services (either entirely or as a supplement to...

But is it really? AT&T Now seems to be losing more customers than Sling is gaining. I fully expect people to get bored with Disney if they don't add much more of the promised content soon. Apple TV+ may be in bigger trouble. Viewers are experimenting a bit but when they have to think about...

In this world of bloggers and re-bloggers, you can find prognostications that will advance any and all futures. This one reminds me of a popular quote from Mark Twain:

Yet no institutional shareholder is part of the management team that executes the daily operations of the company. Your arguments are baseless. At AT&T's 2019 annual meeting, the shareholders (large holdings or small) had only these issues to consider: Election of Directors (voting...

I'm guessing you're the engineer of that train.

If Apple is demanding a 30% vigorish, this isn't surprising.

If you've ever voted a proxy, you'll recall that the directors are a for, against or abstain thing just like all of the other issues on the proxy. The shareholders don't choose the names that are going to appear on the proxy. In the case of AT&T, those names are chosen by the Corporate...

So you see large shareholders participating in board meetings and making operational decisions? I'm pretty sure they get the same proxies that I do; just a lot more shares involved.

Post #13 has a couple of easier ways to identify what services offer what channels. You build a list and it will tell you how to get there (or as close as possible).

My bad. I failed to keep up with the latest offering. It gets harder as technology progresses. I would suggest that anyone contemplating a Magic Jack system read some of the many online reviews as well as those from review publications. Amazon customers rate the Magicjack Home device very...