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Cable TV Companies Involved in Antitrust Probe
According to MediaPost News, cable television providers are being probed by the Department of Justice regarding allegations of antitrust activity. The practices being investigated are in regards to the...
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High Speed Internet Changes In-Room Entertainment at Hotels
Business travelers and families on vacation have long looked to Pay-Per-View movies in their hotel rooms as a way to cap off a long and tiring day. But the latest research from Nielsen and other...
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Netflix Now Has More Viewers than Any Cable TV Channel
According to Forbes Magazine, Netflix had more viewing hours than any cable channel in the month of June, leading some pundits to call the streaming service the “most watched cable network on...
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Google Soft Launches New High Speed Internet and TV Service Called Google Fiber
The soft launch for Google Fiber, the new high speed internet and TV service from Google, began last Thursday in some parts of Kansas City, MO. The limited release, to test the service and gauge...
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Nielsen: Three Quarters of Households Without Traditional TV Service Have a...
The number of households without traditional television service (cable television or satellite television or over-the-air service) is increasing, but according to a Nielsen study, as reported by the...
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Tips for Ditching Cable for Internet TV
If you’re considering ditching cable or satellite TV by watching your favorite shows online, the online resource Mashable has a few tips on how to get started. To get going, you’ll first need high...
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Netflix Tattoo Gets Man Free One-Year Subscription
Many TV watchers are cutting the cord from cable TV or satellite TV and going with streaming services like Netflix and Hulu Plus. But one college student and aspiring fashion designer from Indiana has...
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Cable TV Premieres for Spring
While the weather may not seem like it in much of the country, spring is upon us, which means one thing for longtime cable TV viewers: premieres of new shows and old favorites. Here are just a few of...
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According to BTIG Research, Netflix is More Watched than Cable TV
BTIG Research’s Richard Greenfield has concluded that Netflix is currently more popular than cable TV, with more than 4 billion hours of programming watched on the streaming service over the past three...
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Amazon Gets into the TV Game with Original Series
Amazon has thrown its hat into the ring alongside Netflix as competition to cable TV, greenlighting its first original pilots to series. Two comedies pitched towards adults and three children’s shows...
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DreamWorks and Netflix Create More Competition for Cable TV
The major reasons for subscribing to cable TV are the original programs available on basic and premium cable channels and to watch live sports. One of those reasons may fade away soon enough as...
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OnCue: Intel’s New TV Service Will Debut This Year
Intel has developed a TV service, called OnCue, which will compete with traditional cable television and satellite television services. OnCue will be launched by the end of 2013, with trademark...
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Netflix Emmy Nominations Show the Changing Face of Cable TV
The face of cable television, or at least how people watch cable television programming, is definitely changing. One of the major indicators of this is the mainstream media acceptance of shows...
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Visiting a Cord Cutting Home: No Cable TV
This past weekend, your intrepid blogger spent time housesitting in a cord-cutting household. The home was off the beaten path, out of the realm of cable TV service, and the owners did not want to...
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Canadian Cable TV Providers Hook Up with Netflix
While American cable TV providers are trying to find ways to compete with Netflix and avoid having their customers cut the cord, Canadian cable TV providers are joining forces with Netflix, taking on...
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Comcast and Netflix Team Up to bring Netflix to Cable TV
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em, many people have said so many times that it’s become a cliché. But in this case, it’s true, as two of the biggest adversaries in home TV watching are teaming up, with...
View ArticleStreaming Gaining Steam over Cable TV
A survey reported on by eMarketer shows that 31% of internet users, nearly a third of all users, use streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu for their primary mode of TV watching. That’s behind...
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