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TV, Cable Companies Convincing Themselves People Don't Want To Cut The Cable
There’s a NY Times article that appears to have a bunch of cable & TV companies congratulating themselves for beating the internet in getting people to keep paying high monthly premiums t…
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New Cable Talking Point Against Cord Cutters: They May Be Cutting, But They're Poor Nobodies
We already noted that the cable industry is really trying to stick its head as far in the sand as possible when it comes to the fact that many customers are starting to drop their cable TV subscrip…
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Industry Claims That Cord Cutting Would Be A Fad Aren't Looking So Hot
Remember when the cable industry used to pretend that cord cutting wasn’t real? Or perhaps you remember that once the industry was actually willing to admit it was a real trend, they’d …
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Charter CEO Tom Rutledge, who was a key part of this cable executive myopia, both failing to see the trend coming, then failing utterly to respond to it in any meaningful way, said this in 2019-
"I think in aggregate they're going to slow down", said Rutledge, "Because I think most single-family homes have big TVs in them and that?s where you get sports, that's where you get news, that?s where you get live TV like this. It?s still going to be under price pressure. I'm not saying the category isn't under pressure. But I think the rate of decline will slow."
U.S. ‘Cord Cutting’ Sets New High. Again.
Back in 2019, Charter CEO Tom Rutledge proudly declared that the trend of cord cutting — or people ditching traditional cable television and switching to streaming — was finally coming …
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I wish it'd stop being called "cutting the cord", unless it is on Dish's new 5G streaming service, exclusive to Boost Infinite subscribers. 
People didn't cut the cord, they went a la carte (older people) or they never got the cord (younger people). A great deal of people want access to cable and sat channels. They just want it on demand and without the equipment costs. The technology exists for that to be a things these days. And people wouldn't be "cutting the cord" if the producers weren't putting their stuff on streaming services. The losers in all of this are really Dish and Directv who weren't in the production business of media. They were a reseller. Comcast, Time Warner had skin on both sides.
In the end, not much is changing, just how you get the media.
People didn't cut the cord, they went a la carte (older people) or they never got the cord (younger people). A great deal of people want access to cable and sat channels. They just want it on demand and without the equipment costs. The technology exists for that to be a things these days. And people wouldn't be "cutting the cord" if the producers weren't putting their stuff on streaming services. The losers in all of this are really Dish and Directv who weren't in the production business of media. They were a reseller. Comcast, Time Warner had skin on both sides.
In the end, not much is changing, just how you get the media.
Lots of cable employees losing jobsI wish it'd stop being called "cutting the cord", unless it is on Dish's new 5G streaming service, exclusive to Boost Infinite subscribers.
People didn't cut the cord, they went a la carte (older people) or they never got the cord (younger people). A great deal of people want access to cable and sat channels. They just want it on demand and without the equipment costs. The technology exists for that to be a things these days. And people wouldn't be "cutting the cord" if the producers weren't putting their stuff on streaming services. The losers in all of this are really Dish and Directv who weren't in the production business of media. They were a reseller. Comcast, Time Warner had skin on both sides.
In the end, not much is changing, just how you get the media.
It is always nice to see a fellow pedant active online.I wish it'd stop being called "cutting the cord", unless it is on Dish's new 5G streaming service, exclusive to Boost Infinite subscribers.
People didn't cut the cord, they went a la carte (older people) or they never got the cord (younger people). A great deal of people want access to cable and sat channels. They just want it on demand and without the equipment costs. The technology exists for that to be a things these days. And people wouldn't be "cutting the cord" if the producers weren't putting their stuff on streaming services. The losers in all of this are really Dish and Directv who weren't in the production business of media. They were a reseller. Comcast, Time Warner had skin on both sides.
In the end, not much is changing, just how you get the media.
Cutting the cord originally meant ditching cable for OTA, so it made sense. Then it meant that plus watching Netflix, which ok, sure. Now it means primarily subscribing to streaming, even if it is really just cable-like services delivered over IP instead of old-school broadcast methods, so it it really cord-cutting anymore?
The media and humans in general tend to latch on to a term and apply it to things that are similar in their minds, even it the original idea is mostly lost in the process, especially if it is a trending term that will attract eyeballs and get clicks. See also "cloud" and "fintech" over the same time period. There is still a kernel of the original idea there, but that isn't the primary definition anymore.
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This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
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For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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I have been optimizing the site the past few days... and got us here now. 
We are rocking now!
We are rocking now!
Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?
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Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.
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Can't imagine what the son is going through.
Dad levitated and bled then fell to his death from coaster
Eyewitnesses have shared fresh details of the horrific accident that happened at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday afternoon.
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Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
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Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.
Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...
NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system
I'm glad to see ...
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Time for another AWESOME video from Ham Radio 2.0!
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Direct YouTube Link - Kenwood TM-D750 vs ICOM ID-5200: Don't Buy One Before Watching This!
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OTHER Mini Multiswitch
I just received 6 receiver 2 port mini Multiswitch and it work great, no external power need it, and you can connect 6 receiver instead of 4 on most Mini Multiswitches... If anyone is interested in where they can get one PM me....
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - Tech News Weekly 459
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
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Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!
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Direct YouTube Link - Meet up in San Francisco! NVIDIA RTX Spark Meet & Greet 10/16!
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Direct YouTube Link - Meet up in San Francisco! NVIDIA RTX Spark Meet & Greet 10/16!
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TWiT Tech Podcast Network
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - Apple's New Smart Home Ecosystem
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Direct YouTube Link - Apple's New Smart Home Ecosystem
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