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Keeping Current
Cord Cutters Now Averaging 520GB Of Monthly Data Usage: Research Report
Homes that have ditched video increased internet usage by 7% in Q3, according to Broadband solutions provider OpenVault
Products
TiVo Targets Cord Cutters With Bolt OTA
Cuts monthly charge on four-tuner device to $6.99 as networked DVR competition with Amazon heats up
The Wire - Press Releases
“Cord-Cutting” Continues To Grow, As Does ANTOP’s “Big Boy” Outdoor Digital Antenna Line
Cut the cord from high-priced pay TV, enjoy free over-the-air local broadcast TV with an AT-402BV outdoor antenna, ANTOP’s newest “Big Boy.”
Products
74% Of U.S. TV Homes Have At Least One Of These
More and more Americans are making the connection.
The Wire - Press Releases
ANTOP CELEBRATES EARTH DAY, INTRODUCES NEWEST WORLD MAP-DESIGNED HDTV ANTENNA
Cord Cutters Enjoy Free Local Broadcast TV With Award-Winning ANTOP Antennas
Products
Tablo OTA-DVR Boxes Get More Recording Features
Nuvyyo rolls out firmware update to Tablo-branded devices for cord-cutters
news
Roku’s New Line Will Likely Cement Its Market Leader Position
Fresh on the heels of its IPO last Thursday, Roku updated its product line with a focus on an improved OS for both stand-alone...
Appliances
Roku Now Offers 5 Streaming Devices, Topping Out At $99.99
Roku is refreshing its hardware lineup and updating its operating system in order to better address the burgeoning — and wide-ranging — cord-cutter market....
news
Youthful TV Viewers Prefer Streaming Content
Yet another new survey of American consumers shows that live TV watching is becoming a thing of the past. The study, from Adobe Digital...
news
The Apple TV Refresh Was Long Overdue
September is always a busy month for Apple, and this year is no different with all but one of the new products the company announced...
news
Millennials Skipping Live TV In Favor Of On Demand: CTA
Millennials are eschewing live TV in favor of self-recorded and on-demand content, according to a new study from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Fifty-five...
news
SimpleTV Ends EPG Service For Cloud-Based DVRs
Tiburon, Calif.-based SimpleTV announced it’s shutting down the electronic program guide service associated with its Cloud-based DVR products. An early entrant in the Cloud-dependent...
news
Mohu’s Leaf Glide Antenna Gives Cord Cutters More Range With Less Work
Mohu unveiled its latest solution for cord cutters, the Leaf Glide HDTV indoor antenna. Designed to bring the same range of outdoor antennas right...
news
TCL Teams With Winegard IHO Cord Cutting
TCL is teaming up with antenna manufacturer Winegard in the name of cord cutting. As part of the collaboration, a special insert with an...
news
Nuvyyo Launches Next-Gen Tablo Dual DVR for Cord-Cutters
Providing a new way for cord-cutters to view and record over-the-air (OTA) broadcast content, Ottawa-based Nuvyyo, makers of the Tablo line of cloud-centric DVRs,...
news
Roku Adds DirecTV Now
Finally! Making good on a promise made at its introduction launch last November, DirecTV Now is available for select Roku devices and TV sets...
news
New Cord-Cutting Options: Combining OTA With Streaming
With the cord-cutters and the cord-nevers receiving a great deal of attention in the content-distribution industry, it is time for manufacturers to introduce options...
news
1 in 5 Americans Would Rather Binge Watch TV Than Have Sex
TCL has revealed the results of its recent national poll regarding cord cutting, the smart television experience and viewing habits. More than one in...
news
75% Of Millennials Have At Least One Streaming-Video Device At Home: TiVo
Millennials watch more content than any other generation — more than six hours a day — and nearly 75 percent have at least one...
news
Xiaomi Starts Selling $69 4K Mi Box
China-based CE giant Xiaomi has launched the Mi Box, its 4K-capable Android TV device in the U.S. for $69, a move that applies some...
news
Analysis: Roku’s Refreshed Streaming Devices Line
When the Netflix Player by Roku was first introduced back in 2008 it may have been hard to foresee that would lead not just...
news
Terrestrial HD Antenna Sales Spike For Olympic Broadcast
More evidence that Americans are increasingly cutting the cable cord: Channel Master announced that for the weekend prior to the Olympic opening ceremonies, July...
news
Cord-Cutting Creep: Nearly 25% Of U.S. Homes Look Beyond Cable & Satellite
Cord cutting continues its slow invasion of U.S. homes, according to a new study from GfK, with adoption rates making plodding gains. According to...
news
Millennials Lead Way Among OTT-Only Households
Twenty-three percent of broadband households headed by millennials have completely opted out of traditional pay-TV service for over-the-top (OTT) streaming, a Parks Associates survey...
IP Set-Top Boxes
Roku’s New Streaming Stick Is Slimmer & Faster Than Ever
A new $49 Roku Streaming Stick gets slimmer and runs faster than its predecessor, and it lets consumers listen privately to soundtracks through headphones...
IP Set-Top Boxes
Sony PlayStation Vue OTT Service Goes Nationwide
Sony expanded the availability of its PlayStation Vue over-the-top (OTT) video-streaming service to the entire U.S. following its March 2015 launch in seven metropolitan...
Home Satellite
AT&T’s DirecTV To Go Over The Top
DirecTV owner AT&T will launch DirecTV-branded OTT video programming over any fixed-broadband or cellular network to smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, PCs and streaming-media devices,...
news
Cord Cutting & Second-Screen Activity Continue To Rise: CTA
TV-viewing habits continue to change. More consumers are dropping traditional pay-TV subscriptions, and half of online consumers using such devices as smartphones and tablets...
news
Amazon Teams With Starz & Showtime For Streaming Partners Program
Amazon aims to push cable providers further to the edges of irrelevancy with its new Streaming Partners Program for cord cutters. Under the program,...
IP Set-Top Boxes
Roku Steps Up To Ultra HD 4K Streaming
Roku will put streaming video into sharper focus with the launch this month of its first Ultra HD 4K set-top streaming player, the $129...
IP Set-Top Boxes
Google’s New Chromecast: Watch Out Roku & Apple TV
Google’s new $35 Chromecast could pose an even larger threat to cord-cutting rivals Roku, Apple and Amazon. “The new Chromecast brings enhancements in hardware...
news
Cord-Cutting Leaves Mark As Consumers Continue To Flee Pay TV
Pay TV service providers lost 566,000 subscribers in the second quarter, a 76 percent increase from the 321,000 shed in the same period last...
Blogs
Musings On Cord-Cutting
Why must this be so complicated? Here’s what we want: HBO. AMC. Local sports. Some kind of children’s programming. (My older one will watch...
CES-2016
PlayStation Vue, Sony’s Cloud TV Service, Now Available
San Mateo, Calif. — Sony said PlayStation Vue, the Cloud-based TV system it previewed last fall, launches today on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation...
news
Pay-TV Subscribers Fall By 4,000 In 2014, Study Finds
Boston — The number of households subscribing to a pay-TV service shrank slightly in 2014, and cord cutting threatens to take the subscriber base...
news
Sling TV Inks Univision Deal
Englewood, Colo. — Just a week into the trial soft launch of its over-the-top (OTT) streaming service for cord-cutters, Sling TV said Monday that...
Blogs
Sling TV Offers Compelling TV-Lite Experience
EchoStar’s new Sling TV service for cord cutters is already preparing for its commercial launch and has sent out the first wave of invitations...
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