AT&T/Direct TV to discontinue satellite use

happycamper002 wrote:
Can't get anywhere beating a dead horse.

Ho!! Hummm!!! 10X

What does that even mean? If you have a link to the 47% subscribers reduction, provide it please.

I personally feel that it may come to 50% subscriber losses some day but it will be a while. What you may have read might have been projected or speculation as it will take years for those kinds of losses. The industry is changing, that is for sure but it is not the doom and gloom right now like people are speculating it is.

Can't get anywhere beating a dead horse.

Ho!! Hummm!!! 10X

happycamper002 wrote:
Ho! hummm!

thought so

Ho! hummm!

Here is another dose of reality:
There are roughly 125 MILLION households in the United States. Just for grins let's take your 47% and do a little math.

Your imaginary number of 47% of the (US) "households" would include the ENTIRE states of:
California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, New York, Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Washington State, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, and the entire country of Puerto Rico, with another 6 million households I didn't bother to assign so let's call that a rounding error.

Are you really going to try and defend that number? That's 62.5 MILLION households, you HAVE to know its ridiculous. I'm in the business as well and get all the various media business magazines on my desk. Don't you think this would be major news across the entire industry? There is occasional talk about losing subs, but nothing even remotely close to this claim. 47% of WHAT ? It sure isn't households.

(Edit: iPhone spelling)

happycamper002 wrote:
Look up the statistics that relate to this survey in Financial Times.

It will give you more than what you can stick you hands on.

Can't find the 47% article either on there but also know that number is VERY incorrect. Cable and Sat companies have not lost almost 50% of their subscribers at this point. Here is an industry report: http://www.businessinsider.com/cable-tv-curbs-subscriber-losses-but-cord-cutters-continue-to-grow-2016-3

It does show subscription numbers are headed down, streaming via over-the-top (OTT) is on the rise. But subscriber losses are not close to the numbers you stated. Even if you found an article that said there has been a 47% decrease, I would not believe it... I do work in the industry as someone who helps provides video streaming solutions for Cloud, VPC and traditional on-prem appliances so this is something I have no choice but to pay attention to.

There is definitely a shift towards OTT delivery but don't forget the last mile that many of these companies own are critical for delivery of streaming.

Look up the statistics that relate to this survey in Financial Times.

It will give you more than what you can stick you hands on.

Granted the numbers are sliding for MVPD subscribers, but where to you come up with 47% of every household in the country ?

Pirate wrote:
I just don't see this happening unless - Directiv is COSTING money to stay in business? If there is profit, it will remain, no doubt at all. Satellite TV going away? No Way. Drive around the countryside away from urban areas and start counting dishes.

The problem is: Direct TV is not making money. More so with 47 percent of households cancelling their subscription altogether.

More subscribers are abandoning cable and satellite in favor of streaming.

Urban subscribers that dominate the cable/satellite market are bailing out and suburban clients may be the leftovers--which by far will not support the costly operation of satellites in orbit.

Streaming will be more ubiquitous with today's millenials. Customers from old school will die out, so there'll be no resources to support such outdated technology.

I got rid of my Dish with Tailgater. . . I have now Amazon Fire TV and Stick, and they save me money and the programming that gives a respite of torture from bombarding my leisure time with commercials every 30 seconds.

Media is going to go through some profound changes in coming years. I haven't cut the cord at my house yet but I'm close. Live sports are still a little bit of an issue although Sony Vue and Sling pretty much solve it. The only remaining hurdle I have is the DVR is loaded up with shows my kids like. I think when Apple finally puts together a compelling package that might be what breaks the dam for a lot of people because they are so good at providing a seamless user experience.