Comcast Lost 149,000 More TV Subscribers

Comcast Lost 149,000 TV Subscribers in 4th Quarter 2019

"Well, it looks like the bad news for cable TV keeps flooding in as once again a major provider is reporting a drop in pay-TV subscribers. This time the drop comes from Comcast who today reported losing 149,000 residential video subscribers in the 4th quarter 2019 with its Xfinity TV service. This comes as Comcast just lost 238,000 TV subscribers in the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Overall though Comcast’s revenue increased 2% to $28.4 billion compared to 2018. Comcast says this growth came from high-speed internet, business services, wireless and other revenue. Comcast did see advertising, video, and voice revenue fall in the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Comcast also saw a jump of 442,000 high-speed Internet customers. Comcast is facing strong headwinds in its traditional pay-TV market. With a growing field of live TV services including new entries from Hulu, YouTube TV, and Sling. It will be interesting to see how Comcast moves to address this ever-changing market."


They're getting what they deserve with their rude customer service and ever increasing prices.


https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/comcast-lost-149000-tv-subscribers-in-4th-quarter-2019/

Pittsburgh-Area Stations Removed from Cable Providers

Some Pittsburgh-area cable subscribers expecting to view local news on New Year’s Day won’t see it on WPXI-TV or Pittsburgh Cable News Channel — depending on who their provider is.
In a statement released early Wednesday morning, Cox Media Group, which owns WPXI, said that “after weeks of negotiations, Verizon has unexpectedly decided to remove WPXI-Pittsburgh from its services.”
Cox added that it participated in “multiple points of negotiation” with Verizon to prevent disruptions, to no avail.
The media conglomerate said that it will continue negotiating “in good faith” with Verizon.
Cox is urging WPXI customers to contact Verizon directly at 1-800-837-4966.
The announcement comes directly off the heels of WPXI’s late Tuesday announcement that Comcast has decided to drop Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (PCNC) from its lineup, starting Wednesday.
The station said that Comcast informed Cox on Monday “without any prior warning” that it would halt distribution of PCNC to Comcast customers as of midnight Tuesday.
“We at WPXI and PCNC are very disappointed with the disruption and inconvenience to Comcast viewers that will result from Comcast’s actions, but we were informed of Comcast’s decision less than 48 hours ago,” Kevin Hayes, vice president and general manager for WPXI and PCNC, said in a statement. “Our priority is serving our viewers and our agreements with other distributors will remain in place. We will continue to produce content for PCNC and service to those viewers will not be interrupted.”
WPXI said that it has offered Comcast an extension, including a temporary one that would avoid interruptions while terms were worked out, but “Comcast has refused all such offers while failing to respond with a counterproposal.”
Comcast has refused to reconsider its position, according to WPXI.
The station warned that Comcast’s “arbitrary” decision could “have an impact on public safety,” noting that PCNC customers are now denied of local and regional weather reports.
Officials at Comcast were not immediately available for comment.


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Sling TV Raises Their Price But Adds New Channels

Today Sling TV raised their prices by $5/month, along with adding Fox News to the Sling Blue lineup and moving MSNBC from the news add-on to the core Sling Blue package for $30 a month. Big Ten Network (BTN) will launch on Sling TV ahead of the 2020-21 college football season.
Sling Orange and Sling Blue now cost $30/month each (up from $25/month) and the price of the combination of Sling Orange + Sling Blue is now $45/month (up from $40/month). The Total TV add-on is also increasing by $5, making it $25/month (up from $20/month). This is the first price increase subscribers have seen for Orange Blue. Sling Orange last saw a price increase in June 2018.
This is the statement Sling TV made following today’s price increase and channel update. “Sling customers have been clear: they want more live news and sports, and they want a cloud DVR included at purchase – and we listened,” said Warren Schlichting, executive vice president and group president, Sling TV. “Over the past five years, we have proven our dedication to making Sling an exceptional value with unmatched flexibility. These announcements today are further proof points that Sling is the premier live streaming service.”
Sling TV has made several updates lately, including making limited DVR space available to all users. The DVR was automatically added to all accounts late last week. Sling has also been adding new channels to add-on packages, including Law & Crime, available in News Extra, and Pursuit and Great American Country, available in Heartland Extra.
“Sling TV delivers unmatched value in streaming, while maintaining the flexibility and choice our customers know and love,” said Schlichting. “We have worked hard to maintain stable pricing, even as we have added more content and more features.”

There are even more current and upcoming changes for Sling TV’s add-on packages:

• FXM will launch into Sling Blue Hollywood Extra, which will also add FXX, including the linear feed.
• Nat Geo Wild is joining Sling Blue Heartland Extra, including the linear feed.
• Sling Orange recently launched Longhorn Network and ACC Network to the service’s Sports Extra.

Some add-on packages will also see price changes:

• Sports Extra is now $15 per month with a subscription to both Sling Orange and Sling Blue. If you’re subscribed to only Sling Orange or Sling Blue alone, the price of the add-on will remain $10.
• The 4 Extras Deal is now $12 per month.
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Earlier this month, the streaming service also added DVR support for ESPN channels and removed DVR restrictions. This means you can now pause, rewind or fast-forward through any recorded programs, and even skip the commercials. Previously, recordings on select channels would automatically redirect viewers to on-demand content, if available.
You can find the full, updated list of channels for both Sling Orange and Sling Blue HERE.


https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/sling-tv-has-added-fox-news/

Pluto TV Now Has 247 Free Channels & Thousands of On-Demand Titles

Recently Pluto TV has been adding new channels bringing it’s total channel count to 247, all of them free. This is up from just over 200 Pluto TV channels back in September 2019. This comes as Viacom has recently been adding a growing amount of Viacom and non-Viacom content to Pluto TV.
So what is Pluto TV? Pluto TV is a free streaming TV service with over 240 channels. With the Pluto app, you’ll get news, sports, movies, TV shows, viral videos, cartoons, and more. The streaming service offers from on-demand content but focuses heavily on live TV.
Here are all the channels Pluto TV currently offers: 
Movies

• Pluto TV 007
• TV Spotlight
• Pluto TV Movies
• Pluto TV Movies 2
• TV Action
• TV Comedy
• TV Romance
• TV Drama
• TV Horror
• TV Terror
• TV Thrillers
• Black Cinema
• TV Documentaries
• TV Indies
• Paramount Movie Channel
• CMT Westerns
• Classic Movies
• 80’s Rewind
• TV Cult Films
• Flicks of Fury
• The Asylum
• Gravitas Movies

Seasons Greetings

• TV Christmas
• TV Mistletoe
• Fireplace
• Holiday Lights
• MTV Mistle YO!
• Vevo Holiday

Entertainment

• MTV Pluto TV
• MTV Dating
• MTV Teen
• ET LIVE
• VH1 I Love Reality
• VH1 Hip Hop Family
• BET Pluto TV
• BET Her Pluto TV
• BET Homecoming
• Spike Pluto TV
• Spike Outdoors
• American Gladiators
• Baywatch
• TVLAND Drama
• TV Animals
• Crime Network
• DocuTV
• CMT Pluto TV
• TV Celebrity
• TV Reality
• TV Lives
• Nosey
• Fuse
• Complex
• Awesomeness TV
• Degrassi
• British TV
• Classic TV
• Buzzr
• Shout! TV
• Classic Toons

NEWS

• TV Election 2020
• Today’s Top Story
• TV News
• NBC News
• CBSN
• CBSN New York
• CBSN Los Angeles
• CNN
• The First
• Today
• WeatherNation
• Bloomberg Television
• Cheddar News
• Top Stories By Newsy
• Newsmaxtv
• TYT Network
• Sky News
• RT America
• Court TV

Binge Watch

• The Addams Family
• MTV Guy Code
• MTV The Hills
• Love and Hip Hop VH1
• The Challenge MTV
• Black Ink Crew VH1
• Rupauls Drag Race VH1
• Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders CMT
• Unsolved Mysteries
• Forensic Files
• The New Detectives
• Cold Case Files
• Fear Factor
• Leverage
• Criss Angel Mindfreak
• Dog The Bounty Hunter
• Gordon Ramsey’s Hell’s Kitchen Uncensored
• Wahlburgers
• WPT
• This Old House
• Antiques Roadshow UK
• Doctor Who Classic
• Midsomer Murders
• Wipeout
• MST3K
• Rifftrax

Comedy

• Comedy Central Pluto TV
• Comedy Central Stand-Up
• Wild N Out MTV
• Crank Yankers Comedy Central
• TVLAND Sitcoms
• Funny AF
• Stand UP TV
• Cats 24/7
• Dogs 24/7
• The Pet Collective
• Internet Gold
• Fail Army
• The ONION

Sports

• Pluto TV Sports
• Fox Sports
• NFL Channel
• Major League Soccer
• Stadium
• TV Surf
• TV Winter Sports
• RedBull TV
• Pursuit UP
• Fight
• Glory Kickboxing
• IMPACT! Wrestling
• Sportsgrid
• Eleven Sports
• Big Sky Conference
• UM

Explore

• TV Cars
• TV History
• TV Biography
• TV Military
• TV Conspiracy
• TV Travel
• Adventure TV
• Voyager Documentaries
• Naturevision TV
• Chassy
• THC
• Eye Candy
• SLOW TV

Life + Style

• Food TV
• Lively Place
• Frontdoor
• Cribs MTV
• TV Her
• TV Her Dramas
• Logo Pluto TV
• Are you The One MTV
• TV Weddings
• Faith TV
• TBN
• Hillsong Channel
• People TV
• Revry

Tech + Geek

• TV Scifi
• TV Science
• TV Tech
• TV Gamer
• 4K TV
• Naruto
• Anime All Day
• Cnet
• IGN
• Geek Sundry
• NASA TV
• Minecraftv
• Gameplay Roblox

Kids

• TV Family
• TV Kids Animation
• Nick Pluto TV
• Nick Jr. Pluto Tv
• Nick Movies
• Nick Games
• Totally Turtles Nick
• Dora TV Nick
• TV Tween
• Tv Kids
• After School Cartoons
• Anime All ages
• Pocket.watch

Latino

• Pluto TV 007 En espanol
• TV Cine Estelar
• TV Peliculas
• TV Cine
• TV Cine Accion
• TV Cine Terror
• TV Investiga
• Spike Aventura
• Dog El cazarrecompensas
• TV Realities En Espanol
• TV Cocina
• TV Mundo
• TV Naturaleza
• TV Novelas
• Telenovelas Clasicas
• Nick Latino
• Nick Jr. Latino
• MTV Latino
• Comedy Central Latino
• TV Brasil
• Combate World
• Lucha Libra AAA

Music

• Pluto TV
• Live Music Replay
• Monstercat
• MTV Biggest POP
• YO! MTV
• MTV Spankin New
• MTV Block Party
• Vevo Pop
• MainStage
• The City
• Redcup
• The Cross
• Fuego
• 70’s
• 80’s
• 90’s
• Y2k
• Dash1
• Loud
• Indie
• Doggystyle
• Electrocity
• Discover
• Alternative
• Monstercat Family
• Subdustrial
• Euphoria
• The Strip
• 11
• The Oldies
• Ratpack
• What The Funk
• The Bridge
• Moonlight
• Pure Soul
• Love
• La Isla
• Reggae King
• Cool

*Subject to change without notice.
Now look for this list of channels to grow as CBS and Viacom the parent company behind Pluto TV will be merging next week. This will likely result in more CBS content coming to Pluto TV in the months to come.


https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/pluto-tv-now-has-247-free-channels-thousands-of-on-demand-titles/

Sling TV adds a free DVR for all customers.

Today Sling TV added a free DVR to all customers. This DVR is limited to just 10 hours but is free for all Sling TV subscribers. You can still pay $5 a month for 50 hours of DVR storage if you want extra storage.
You don’t have to do anything to get this DVR it should now be added to your account. Have you noticed the new DVR? Leave us a comment and let us know.
This helps Sling TV standout from a growing field of competition as more and more live TV services launch.

How to Add Cloud DVR Free

Sling TV says the Cloud DVR Free will automatically appear starting today for new Sling customers, and will roll out to existing customers in the coming weeks, if they are not already subscribed to “Cloud DVR Plus” add-on.
If you don’t want to wait, here is how to add Cloud DVR Free yourself:

1. Sign in to sling.com/account
2. Click “Add Free Cloud DVR”
3. Review order/submit

This all comes as Sling TV recently added the ability to DVR ESPN and removed DVR limitations.

Record ESPN Channels

Sling TV subscribers are now able to record programming from ESPN, ESPN2, ACC Network, SEC Network, ESPN Bases Loaded, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Goal Line, ESPNEWS and ESPNU. So if they want to watch their favorite team winning an epic bowl game over and over, now they can!
Digital networks, including ESPN3, ACC Network Extra and SEC Network+ are not eligible for recording via Cloud DVR on Sling.
New DVR Controls on Sling TV

Sling TV has also added full DVR controls to all DVR subscribers. This means you can now pause, rewind or fast-forward through any recorded programs, and even skip the commercials. Previously, recordings on select channels would automatically redirect viewers to on-demand content, if available. This means you will now be able to fast forward through commercials on all channels that support DVR with Sling TV.


https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/sling-tv-adds-a-free-dvr/

Comcast is Cracking Down on Customers Looking For Discounts & Shaking Up its Channel Packages

Are you a Comcast customer who always calls to get a new deal when your Comcast bill goes up? Sadly, the days of threatening to cancel as a tactic to get a better rate may be coming to an end.
Cord Cutters News has talked with Comcast employees and has learned that Comcast is removing the ability for call center agents to give discounts to current customers whose promotional rates have ended. Comcast is training employees about new limitations coming in 2020 to their ability to give discounts to existing customers.
This new plan called Comcast Vision 2020 severely limits what deals phone agents and store representatives can offer for TV packages. Customers who want to get a discount will now need to sign up for a Comcast wireless phone plan or home security if they want to get a discount on TV.
Comcast will also be shaking up some of their packages with two new TV packages launching. These packages will drop some channels but still cost about the same as the current packages. From the sounds of it, at some point in 2020 as part of the Comcast Vision 2020, Comcast will make their TV packages less attractive to new subscribers by offering less but charging the same amount.

Look for these changes to start to roll out sometime after the new year. The first thing you will likely notice is phone agents will be limited in what they can do. From there it’s likely new customers will find updated packages that are not nearly as attractive as the old packages.

This all comes as next week Comcast will be raising its pricing for both TV packages and the fees that go with them.


https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/comcast-is-cracking-down-on-customers-looking-for-discounts-shaking-up-its-channel-packages/

 

Comcast December Price Increase

Comcast Prices 12_2019

https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/comcast-confirms-a-december-price-increase-on-cable-tv-internet-customers/