As of 2018, 613 million people worldwide have plans with online services like Netflix. This is the first time the global streaming number has eclipsed that of cable users. Read more…More about Movies, Netflix, Mashable Video, Streaming, and Cable Tv
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Video streaming subscribers now outnumber cable customers: report
Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and other video streaming service subscribers now outnumber their cable subscribing counterparts.
According to a report by the Motion Picture Association of America, online video subscriptions surpassed the number of cable customers in 2018.
The MPAA’s report says there were 613.3 million online video service subscriptions as of last year, a 27 percent increase from 2017. Those 131.2 million new customers helped video streaming services exceed cable’s 556 million subscribers for the very first time.
Also assisting video subscription services in surpassing cable: cord cutters. Cable’s overall customer base fell 2 percent in 2018, according to the MPAA report. Read more…
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Missing your DVR? Save up to $50 on a Fire TV Recast at Amazon.
You might have given up your cable box a while ago, but if you’re starting to miss recording your favorite weekly shows it might be time to dip your toes back into the cable life again.
Look, we know TV providers are continually increasing their prices, but you don’t need a cable plan to record live TV anymore. The Amazon Fire TV Recast lets you watch and record over-the-air TV with no monthly fees. Great news, right? Even better, the Fire TV Recast is on sale — save up to $50 depending on the amount of storage you want.
Because the Fire TV Recast’s main function is a DVR, it is not a solo device. In order to record and watch programming you need an HD antenna to receive channels and a Fire TV device to access the content. Once you have the necessary setup, you’re able to take your shows with you through the Fire TV mobile app on compatible devices. Read more…
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They’ve tried to play nice. They’ve tried to play hardball. But nothing the cable companies do is stopping the affliction terrorizing the TV industry.
The cord cutters are here — and they’re spreading.
Cable providers have been wringing their hands and pulling out deal after deal to try to keep cable TV subscribersMost recently, they started bundling Netflix subscriptions with cable packages (because bundling is totally something customers don’t hate at all).
But a new report from eMarketer shows that their tactics aren’t panning out. Not only is the rate of TV watchers opting for Over The Top (OTT) service on the rise — where they just watch internet TV providers like Netflix, instead of paying for cable — it’s also accelerating faster than projected growth rates. Read more…
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Comcast partners with AWS as it struggles to fight cord-cutting disruption
Cloud providers love to brag about their customer wins and Amazon got a big one today when it announced that Comcast had chosen AWS as its preferred cloud provider. What does that mean exactly? Presumably Comcast is going to put the majority of i…
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