Cable Cord Cutters Thread: Sling, Hulu, YouTube TV, Netflix, and more!

[blueharvest]

Cord-Cutting Hits New Q3 High as 889,000 Subs Drop Pay TV

Traditional cable, satellite, telco distributors down 11.7%

www.nexttv.com

 

[psylockolussus]

2023 was the year for me when I dropped cable. I just don't watch live/cable TV anymore. I simply just don't need a cable subscription anymore.

Its sad and a bit terrifying, because I remember how much I used to watch live Tv and cable tv and worked them through my daily schedule. And switching channels to see if something would appeal to me. But throughout the years, I just became reliant on demand streaming/youtube. Now, it surprises me when people still watch live tv. I can't sit through 3 minutes of ads anymore.

 

[blueharvest]

YouTube TV, Hulu, Sling TV, Fubo & Other Live TV Streaming Services Hit 18 Million Subscribers As Cord Cutting Grows | Cord Cutters News

Cord cutting is continuing to grow! Thanks to a report and the new study from MoffettNathanson, only 34 million Americans subscribe to cable TV. Satellite services have 15 million subscribers in the third quarter of 2023. That is a drop of over 42 million subscribers from when both services...

cordcuttersnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Cable firms to FTC: We shouldn’t have to let users cancel service with a click

Customers may "misunderstand the consequences of canceling," cable lobby says.

arstechnica.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Skydance Media CEO David Ellison Makes Offer For Control Of Paramount Global

David Ellison’s Skydance is said to have made a preliminary offer to buy Shari Redstone’s stake in National Amusements, the family holding company that controls Paramount Global, according to a Blo…

deadline.com

Netflix to Stream W.W.E.’s ‘Raw’ in $5 Billion Deal

The weekly wrestling program will move to Netflix in 2025 as part of a 10-year agreement, a big leap into live events for the streaming platform.

www.nytimes.com

Netflix confirms its ad-free Basic plan is being ‘retired’ — and subscribers will be forced to choose between ads or another price hike

Netflix's ad-free Basic tier is being sent to a farm upstate

www.tomsguide.com

 

[blueharvest]

Netflix is turning into cable TV

It’s got Suits! It's got old movies! It's got WWE!

www.theverge.com

 

[blueharvest]

Cable Giants Insist That Forcing Them To Make Cancellations Easier Violates Their First Amendment Rights

Neither the FCC nor FTC has a particularly good track record of standing up to broadband and cable giants when it comes to their longstanding track record of anticompetitive behavior, price gouging…

www.techdirt.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Minute-Long Soap Operas Are Here. Is America Ready?

Popularized in China during the pandemic, ReelShort and other apps are hoping to bring minute-by-minute melodramas to the United States.

www.nytimes.com

It was called Quibi and it was a big failure here before. Now China has their own Quibi.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Google TV Has New Annoying Ads

Get ready for your already-annoying ads to become even more annoying.

www.howtogeek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Byron Allen Makes $30 Billion Bid For Paramount Global In Debt & Equity

Move over, David Ellison, because here comes Byron Allen. The media mogul and owner of The Weather Channel has made a $30 billion offer for the debt and equity of Paramount Global, Deadline has con…

deadline.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Hulu Set to Begin Password-Sharing Crackdown, Following Disney+

The Disney-owned streaming service changed its subscriber agreement to ban sharing of accounts outside of individual households.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery plan to launch a sports streaming platform​

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/06/1229682937/espn-fox-warner-bros-discovery-sports-streaming

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

https://help.funimation.com/hc/en-us/articles/23103586580244-Funimation-End-of-services

Funimation Is Shutting Down and Wiping Users' Digital Libraries

Customers will lose access to digital content redeemed from DVD and Blu-ray.

www.howtogeek.com

 

[ComicChick]

tv just getting crazy

 

[blueharvest]

Paramount Global lays off about 800 employees, a day after announcing record Super Bowl ratings

Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish announced the company will lay off hundreds of employees Tuesday, just a day after CBS announced Super Bowl viewing records.

www.cnbc.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Walmart in Talks to Buy TV Maker Vizio​

https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/walmart-vizio-tv-company-deal-b90c77f6

Vizio used to be the budget value TV brand, but were surpassed by HiSense and TCL over the past 10 years. This would be a move by Walmart to compete better (than ONN. as it exists now) with Amazon and their house brand of TVs.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Amazon Prime Video Now Charges Extra for Dolby Vision & Atmos

Ads were just the beginning.

www.howtogeek.com

 

[blueharvest]

Amazon Prime Video Ad Tier Sparks Class Action Lawsuit From Subscribers

The lawsuit takes aim at the ecommerce giant turning on ads for Prime Video users and charging them an additional fee for its ad-free tier.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

Paramount+ Owner Discussed Combining It With Comcast’s Peacock
The companies have explored a commercial partnership or joint venture among the arrangements

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/paramount-discussed-streaming-deal-with-comcast-as-it-reviews-options-c5df6902

 

[blueharvest]

FuboTV Files $1B Lawsuit Seeking to Block Disney, Warners and Fox Sports Streaming Platform

The antitrust lawsuit takes issue with the companies forcing FuboTV to carry expensive nonsports channels.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

I meant that Amazon own FreeVee and are now creating Amazon ads service for Prime content. Just fold all that crap into one service.

Amazon to Shut Down Freevee (Report)

Prime Video's embrace of commercials appears to have cost Amazon Freevee its life

tvline.com

 

[blueharvest]

Amazon denies report it's considering Freevee shutdown | Fortune

Company added ads to Prime Video last month.

fortune.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Crunchyroll Will Attempt to Compensate Funimation Users for Loss of Digital Libraries

The anime streamer's recent decision to do away with Funimation came at a high cost for people who'd built up digital libraries—but that may change.

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

Warner Bros. Discovery halts merger talks with Paramount Global, sources say

Warner Bros. Discovery has paused merger discussions with Paramount Global as the company trades at a 52-week low, sources told CNBC.

www.cnbc.com