Category: Industry News

Amazon and Google Keep Their Eyes on the Sportsball

by Randy Harward | Jan 5, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News

Heads up, live sports fans—big news is comin’ in hot! Amazon Prime Video might split its live sports coverage into a separate, standalone app. And YouTube TV is the big winner in the NFL SUNDAY TICKET bidding wars. We’ll tell you what it means after a word from our sponsors!*

Survey: 1 in 10 Would Drop Sex Before TV

by Randy Harward | Aug 25, 2022 | Entertainment, Industry News, Outreach

What would you give up for a month to keep your favorite streaming TV service? Of the 983 Americans we polled, more than 1 in 10 said they’d drop sex.

For real? Didn’t sex put the “chill” in “Netflix and chill?” Well, the data is the data, and it’s compelling: 12% of respondents (so more than 1 in 10) said they’d go celibate for a month to keep streaming TV.

Philo Adds 3 New Channels

by Bill Frost | Aug 11, 2022 | Entertainment, Industry News

Philo, CableTV.com’s editorial pick for cheapest live TV streaming service, added three new channels to its skinny-bundle $25-a-month plan this week: MeTV, Heroes & Icons, and Story Television. Along with June 2022 additions Decades and Start TV, this beefs Philo’s channel count to 80+, as opposed to its advertised 60+.

“Female” Discovery+ Meets “Male” HBO Max

by Bill Frost | Aug 8, 2022 | Entertainment, Industry News

Lost in last week’s surprise shelving of the $90 million Batgirl and other movies at HBO Max was this: celebrating the summer 2023 merger of HBO Max and Discovery+ into a single app platform, Warner Bros. Discovery has thrown an internal gender reveal party.

Live TV Streaming Customer Satisfaction Survey 2022

by Bill Frost | Jan 23, 2022 | Best Of, Industry News

Live TV streaming services aren’t exactly like cable or satellite, so curious cord-cutters rightfully have concerns: Is it worth it to switch to streaming? According to our survey results, most people feel they’re getting their money’s worth with YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV.

On-Demand TV Streaming Customer Satisfaction Survey 2022

by Bill Frost | Jan 19, 2022 | Best Of, Industry News

In partnership with Researchscape, CableTV.com surveyed over 6,000 current on-demand TV streaming customers to evaluate their satisfaction with their services’ features, content, functionality, pricing, and more. Some lined up with our own findings in our Best On-Demand Streaming Services 2022 review, some didn’t.

The State of Cable TV 2021

by Randy Harward | Dec 8, 2021 | Industry News

We surveyed 1,000 CableTV.com readers and found that in the cable vs. streaming wars, customers appear to want both.

The State of Streaming 2020

by Bill Frost | May 3, 2021 | Featured, Industry News

See how new streaming services, more binge-watching, and exploding subscriber bases defined streaming in the year of COVID-19.

Best Livestreaming TV Providers in Customer Satisfaction 2020

by Bill Frost | Aug 25, 2020 | Best Of, Industry News

Livestreaming hasn’t replaced cable or satellite TV, but it’s gaining ground on traditional providers in 2020. With just a solid internet connection, livestreaming TV can deliver the same entertainment as cable or satellite for less money and with no contract commitments.

Best On-Demand Streaming TV Providers in Customer Satisfaction 2020

by Bill Frost | Jul 10, 2020 | Best Of, Industry News

Breaking from our 2019 model of covering only livestreaming TV in our survey, we’ve set on-demand streaming apart in its own spotlight this year. Most people think of on demand as “streaming,” or just “TV,” anyway, so why not?