193,000 Americans quit their paid television plans last quarter. Sounds like a lot, and it is! But as any horse-breeder will tell you (I would guess?): it’s about quality, not quantity. And the people leaving pay TV behind, GigaOm reports, aren’t the ones the payt TV companies care about.
HBO Go has officially landed in the US, earlier than expected! As a quick refresher, if you’re an HBO subscriber you’ll be able to watch every episode of every season of The Sopranos, The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Rome, that vampire silliness, all on iOS or Android.
Speaking at the annual PayTV conference yesterday, Foxtel’s CEO Kim Williams opened up about the next stages for the company. If you like your entertainment with a thick layer of IPTV on top, you’re going to enjoy Foxtel’s offering in a few years.
The New Yorker has sunk its erudite claws into the mysteries of a Time Warner Cable bill. So just what are those line items you never bother looking at?
Looks like today isn’t a good news day for entertainment companies. Following the news that HybridTV is down to a skeleton staff comes word that PayTV operator SelecTV owes $26 million, and has just $1.5million in assets. Ouch!
