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According to a Wall Street Journal report, Apple may be launching its own subscription TV service by September of this year. The tech giant is said to be in talks with various TV programmers in order to offer a subscription TV service that is Internet-based. Apple has not officially announced its plans yet, but sources cite that the subscription TV service will be unveiled in June.
These are challenging times for the providers of cable TV. Cable companies such as AT&T, Time Warner and Comcast see challengers everywhere they look. A growing number of consumers are cutting the cable cord completely, relying on streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu Plus to provide the entertainment they once received from cable. Others are turning to satellite TV providers such as DirecTV and Dish Network.
Even YouTube has become a competitor to cable, with many of today's younger consumers happy to spend hours scouring YouTube videos.
Dish Network has recently souped-up the network library of its sorely lacking brand new OTT content service, Sling TV. Sling TV provides access to live sports, family, news, lifestyle, and even international channels as well as offering Video-On-Demand services to US broadband customers in the home with smart TVs or on-the-go on mobile devices for $20 a month without a cable contract and with absolutely no strings or commitments.
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been the birthplace of most of today's best-known technology, such as CDs, Blu-ray discs, HDTV, Microsoft Xbox and even the camcorder, and recently, at the 2015 CES, a groundbreaking new technology has emerged that will change the way consumers watch TV in their homes.
The 4K TVs are about to change how you see, well, everything. Currently under production by all the big names, like Sony, LG and Panasonic, these wonder machines are the next step in visual technology. While the first products are televisions, this is a snowball effect that will eventually grow to cover and transform all aspects of technological life, from gaming to cameras.
Many homeowners have been ditching their cable subscriptions for streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime and HBO Go in order to save money. According to USA Today, about 6.5 percent of homes in the United States have removed their cable subscriptions, which is a two percent increase since 2010. Most consumers cite that the reason for cutting the cord is that many TV cable and satellite companies punish customer loyalty by raising billing prices every year.
It's a cutthroat world out there, especially in cable television-- though maybe not for the reasons you think. In fact, what's going on behind closed doors at cable companies may be even more shady than the plot of a House of Cards episode. What's happening? Well, if you thought you were going to save money by cancelling your cable and switching to any of the various online streaming options, you may be wrong. Cable companies have caught on to this widespread migration from cable to internet, and they know just what to do: charge more for broadband to make up for it.
The newly available Comcast X1 cable box contains a breakthrough feature to assist viewers with channel programming information. It is a vocal TV guide that provides a voice description of the program title, run time, rating, and other details.
Because people have complained that cable services forces them to buy channels that they don't watch, reform has been requested and initiated. In response, many have proposed pay-tv services to keep customers happy. Here are some ways that pay-tv services will change the way we view television today.
For the past few years, the battle for control of the Internet in the United States has been waging furiously. The two hottest issues are net neutrality, which seems to be breathing its last breaths, and the move by the giant providers like Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T and DirectTV to merge, giving themselves monopoly-like area control of many markets. In late October, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a ruling that temporarily halts the offensive, suspending the intended 180 day review window of the mergers.
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