cord cutters
ESPN keeps hemorrhaging subscribers
It’s been another bad month for ESPN. New data shows the Disney flagship sports channel losing 3.8 percent of its subscribers in May, as cable cord cutters continue to defect...
Comcast and Charter ink wireless truce to offset cord-cutting
Comcast and Charter Communications on Monday announced a wireless partnership, as the cable providers seek to add more services in a bid to reduce customer churn. Reuters reported on Sunday...
HBO Now isn't as popular as expected
Time Warner is struggling to expand HBO Now, the cable-free streaming service of the popular premium pay-TV network, The Post has learned. While HBO brass had set its sights on...
Firm says moving is the top reason for cord-cutting
For Americans on the move, reconnecting to cable TV isn’t even worth a phone call. That’s the word from one influential Wall Street analyst who has tracked moving patterns and...
For less than $100, you can cut the cord for life
If you’ve lived your entire life as a cable or satellite TV subscriber, the prospect of cutting the cord can be daunting. You already subscribe to services like Netflix, Hulu...
Comcast angers cable networks with channel lineup changes
The country’s largest cable company has joined the race to get skinny. Comcast has started ripping up agreements with cable networks and moving them out of basic onto digital tiers,...
Get ready to ring in ’16 with a cable bill increase of up to 4%
Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts admitted a few months ago that cable companies “can’t keep raising the price forever.” But it looks like “forever” can wait. Like Time Warner Cable...
ESPN's decline in subscribers sends Disney stock tumbling
Disney served shareholders a big turkey going into Thanksgiving with the disclosure that its biggest growth driver, ESPN, shed 3 million subscribers in its most recent fiscal year. That news...
Internet-only homes are becoming the new normal
Cord cutters now account for 16 million households, or about 16 percent of the shrinking pay-TV nation, according a Nielsen report. The new numbers underline the extent to which consumers...
Viacom CEO downplays 'skinny bundles' and cord-cutting
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman wants Wall Street to “stop swiping” at the media giant’s stock price. Shareholders, staring at a 43 percent decline in the price of Viacom shares in...
Weaker Apple postpones launch of live TV service
This failure to launch may leave Apple’s reputation a bit bruised. The tech titan, which had hoped to introduce a live TV service as soon as September, has failed to...