Is Pay TV Making a Comeback?
Interesting report courtesy of NewTeeVee showing that pay TV subscriptions are actually rising. I have to wonder if Amazon jumping on the streaming TV bandwagon will have any affect on these numbers.
| Company | 4Q Sub +/- | 3Q Sub +/- |
| Comcast | -135,000 | -275,000 |
| Time Warner Cable | -141,000 | -155,000 |
| Cablevision | -35,000 | -24,500 |
| AT&T | 246,000 | 236,000 |
| Verizon | 182,000 | 204,000 |
| DirecTV | 289,000 | 174,000 |
| Dish Network | -156,000 | -39,000 |
| Total | 250,000 | 120,500 |
Maybe this will be a wakeup
Maybe this will be a wakeup call to Comcast to drop their prices.
I think those quad tuner DVRs are helping AT&T, but I would guess that heavy video streamers opt for cable’s higher download speed.
I looked at Amazon’s plan and I think it was 79 bucks a year to enroll into their prime plan and the selection was pretty slim, around 5,000 titles. That is far less than Netflix and it is only about 20 bucks cheaper a year. Perhaps if you were already a prime account holder it would be a nice perk.
I’d like to see a chart of all the streaming content sites.
I think this is more of a
I think this is more of a sign that the economy is turning around, than anything. I am thinking that people tried to cut costs after loosing their job, etc, now that they feel more secure they are signing up again.
That is almost surely what
That is almost surely what has happened. The TV biz is not immune to economic slumps and rallies, that is certain.
I wonder if Comcast is
I wonder if Comcast is cutting any deals if you call to cancel. I’ll have to test that when I get a cablecard tuner.
Comeback from what? The
Comeback from what? The ~350,000 total subscribers that were lost for the first time ever during Q2 and Q3 2010? And now the early numbers show a gain of 250,000? So we’re at an overall loss of 100,000 subscribers. What a fuss over nothing.
Count me in those numbers. I
Count me in those numbers. I just got a subscription to Comcast cable after having been a cord-cutter for about 4 years.
Now if only that damn HDHomeRun Prime weren’t taking so long… 😉