Cable is never coming back

Jul 18, 2019
9:13:31am

Seasider All-American

At least not in the conventional way. I think we will eventually see some sort of consolidation of the streaming services to a single provider similar to a cable service.

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Netflix took a hit, they only gained 2.7 million new subscribers and forecasted

RC Vikings

7/18/19 8:46am

I'm excited to see the pendulum shift back and people get cable again

Mayor of Cougartown

7/18/19 8:48am

Why have 4 streaming services? I'm confused.

IdahoCoug

7/18/19 8:56am

To watch the shows you want to watch. The average American subscriber watches

byubyu

7/18/19 8:59am

A lot of content is now being produced only for streaming services

Kaze

7/18/19 9:01am

Having Dish/Cable isn't going to fix that.

IdahoCoug

7/18/19 9:04am

I predicted that a few years ago. That "cutting the cord" wouldn't really be

byubyu

7/18/19 8:57am

It has saved me a ton of money. I will only pay for one streaming service

Kaze

7/18/19 9:02am

So, no BYU games?

byubyu

7/18/19 9:04am

I'm either at the BYU games or I'm watching with family.

Kaze

7/18/19 9:06am

see, that's what I'm saying. I'm hearing this from others as well, plus Sports

Mayor of Cougartown

7/18/19 9:08am

It depends on the consumer

KingDave

7/18/19 9:17am

Cord cutting was never about saving money. It was about flexibility.

astroman

7/18/19 9:50am

I pay $64.99/mo all-in between Youtube TV and Netflix. I just went on

IdahoCoug

7/18/19 9:10am

Plus, it’s shareable. Split it with my brother.

HingleMcCringleberry

7/18/19 9:15am

And how much for Internet on top of that?

Iman23

7/18/19 9:35am

But you need internet anyway.

HingleMcCringleberry

7/18/19 9:39am

I know. I'm making the case for Xfinity bundling, not because it's awesome, but

Iman23

7/18/19 9:49am

I would have internet regardless.

IdahoCoug

7/18/19 9:41am

but you don't get local sports with youtube tv? So if you like the Jazz

Mayor of Cougartown

7/18/19 10:14am

The NBA/Jazz need to fix that. Let people add their LOCAL team to streaming. I'd

Cougar TD

7/18/19 10:21am

True. The Jazz conundrum is still the hole in the plan.

IdahoCoug

7/18/19 10:21am

if they did, I think I could go with youtube tv. My SIL and her parents share

Mayor of Cougartown

7/18/19 10:33am

Yep. As an aside, you MIL sounds hideous. 🙂

IdahoCoug

7/18/19 10:52am

haha, yeah I screwed that up.

Mayor of Cougartown

7/18/19 10:40pm

Cable is never coming back

Seasider

7/18/19 9:13am

seems like once 5g is out, cable could have an accelerated death rate, many youn

byu1

7/18/19 9:30am

sounds like cable may just change and we'll call it something else then

Mayor of Cougartown

7/18/19 10:13am

cable does NOT eliminate need for services, I have cable+netflix+amazon video+

byu1

7/18/19 9:20am

Just curious what you get with F1tv. I watch all of the races and sometimes

IdahoCoug

7/18/19 9:28am

I don't know how YTTV works yet, but what I can get

byu1

7/18/19 9:35am

Sounds cool! I'll have to look into that.

IdahoCoug

7/18/19 9:44am

Or here's an idea...watch less TV

Aircooled

7/18/19 9:34am

I think people are watching more tv than ever before via the streaming

Mayor of Cougartown

7/18/19 10:16am

Buying time?

JuicyJam

7/18/19 9:03am

It might be, it's down over $40 dollars.

RC Vikings

7/18/19 9:08am

Probably due to Disney revving up their service.

BYU4Life

7/18/19 9:06am

I'm certain of that. Netflix is going to take a big hit in Q4 and 2020 Q1 with

IdahoCoug

7/18/19 9:19am

I will be part of that hit.. I have Netflix for my kids. I watch occasionally,

Cougar TD

7/18/19 9:38am

I recently got T-mobile, so now I get free netflix, also have amazon prime acct

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