Cord Cutters

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• Can the Cable Companies fight back against the Cord Cutters? Will other TV companies around the world, learn from this?

  

  Ian Calvert

  

  6 ways for cable companies to redeem themselves and win customers back

  Digital Trends - By Eric Buchman

  “You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” – Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckart) in The Dark Knight Most people think …

• Do you see a major change in the way TV is being watched? And is this killing the Advertising Industries?

  

  Ian Calvert

  

  Most Young People Say They Have Stopped Watching TV

  Business Insider - Lara O'Reilly

  Regular, "linear" TV viewing — watching scheduled TV as it is broadcast, in other words — is dying. The trend is evident not just among millennials — even older people are switching off their TV sets in favor of online video alternatives, according to a new report from Forrester. Anecdotally, most …

• Another example of where Cord Cutting is really changing the way we now watch television....

  

  Ian Calvert

  

  TV is over: Mobile has officially demoted TV to second-rung media status

  VentureBeat - Jim Edwards, Business Insider

  About 26 percent of customers who call US cable TV companies request “internet only” service, according to a survey of those calls by mobile advertising technology company Marchex. Of those customers, at least 60 percent actually end up getting internet-only service, Marchex says. The survey results …

• Another example of how Cord Cutting is changing the way we watch entertainment

  

  Ian Calvert

  

  CHART OF THE DAY: YouTube's Revenue Is Catching Up With TV Networks

  Business Insider - Dave Smith

  Speaking at Business Insider’s IGNITION Conference last week, IAC chairman Barry Diller predicted a major shakeup in the cable and satellite TV model within the next five to 10 years. And based on the data out there filed for us by BI Intelligence, it looks like digital streaming is already …

• So is Cord Cutting now taking a bite in how UK viewers watch Entertainment these days?

  

  Ian Calvert

  Number of UK homes with TVs falls for first time

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  The number of UK homes owning a TV set has fallen for the first time, as more people watch programmes on their laptops, tablets and smartphones. Media watchdog Ofcom said TV-owning households dropped by 300,000 between the end of 2012 and the end of 2013, from 26.33 million to 26.02 million. Nearly …

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  Ian Calvert

  With Cord Cutters on the rise, 46% of US internet users used Netflix in November 2014

  Ian Calvert

  With Cord Cutters on the rise, 46% of US internet users used Netflix in November 2014 https://www.globalwebindex.net/products/report/on-demand-services-q3-2014?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8k7ln5mwgVp9jQT_HvguIWfZUjvpDMx9UJcuVUl_X21jPkd6pIWHiWO5XYSQHdV8AxAbUYw6Qa9HkKnmZzX6MuW4w3dA&_hsmi=15210823