Stories Tagged as
Cable
The Biden administration wants to ban quit fees for cable customers
Nov 22, 2023
The move is part of the White House effort to get rid of “junk fees” for consumers. Cable TV is already struggling with defections.
News and live sports have kept cable TV alive. That might not last much longer.
by
Henry Epp
Aug 25, 2023
CNN and ESPN are looking at more streaming in their futures.
Be prepared to navigate a maze to cancel that subscription
by
Matt Levin
Jun 22, 2023
Behavioral economics helps explain why it's hard to unsubscribe.
If ESPN goes to streaming, what happens to cable?
May 19, 2023
Leaders at Disney, which owns ESPN, say it’s an inevitability that the cable channel will migrate to streaming. Such a move would shake up the cable industry.
Cord-cutting options are getting closer to cable TV prices
Jul 3, 2020
YouTube TV now costs $65 a month, almost double its launch price just a few years ago.
Targeted ads aren't just online, they're on TV
by
Molly Wood
Feb 19, 2019
How targeted ads have migrated to your television
Why cutting the cord isn't so easy in the U.S.
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Apr 19, 2018
TV has changed a lot, but cable has managed to stick around one way or another.
For public good, not for profit.
Pay TV operators zero in on password sharing costs them billions in subscriptions
by
Reema Khrais
Dec 20, 2017
Company execs say free watching costs them billions of dollars in subscriptions.
Netflix or cable? Why not both?
by
Scott Tong
Aug 8, 2017
The nation’s third-biggest cable company, Charter Communications, has a new feature for its subscribers: access to Netflix. More than half of the leading cable and subscription TV companies now offer Netflix. It wasn’t too long ago these forces were fierce rivals. So what’s behind the business of partnering instead? Click the audio player above to […]
Trump's love of cable TV creates an opportunity
by
Adriene Hill
Feb 6, 2017
President Donald Trump is a big fan of cable TV shows. That makes it more likely that advocates will try to reach him through advertising, which in turn could drive up ad rates.