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Cablevision announced on March 16 that it has reached an agreement with HBO to become the first cable partner for the premium network’s new streaming service called HBO Now. All Optimum Online broadband subscribers in the United States will automatically gain access to HBO’s archive of television shows, movies, and comedy specials when the service launches in April.
HBO is known for its television shows such as True Detective, Game of Thrones, and Veep. However, the price of a monthly subscription to HBO can be costly. HBO has now agreed to offer a cable-free online streaming service that is only $15 dollars per month, which is scheduled to start in April.
With tax season upon us, everyone is generally scrambling until the mid-April deadline to find old receipts, analyze spending habits, and maximize their refunds. Though tax season doesn’t need to be so daunting—it can actually be a cathartic time to clean out the files from last year and plan for better spending habits for the future. By following a few simple guidelines, taxpayers can get their maximum refunds, lower their spending, and minimize their interest payments on their credit cards—all in one easy month.
Ever since its existence, the internet has been labeled as free and open. Anyone can gain access to the internet for a nominal fee, or visit locations that provide free WiFi, and the internet up until now has been unregulated for the most part. Lately, there has been a lot of controversy regarding whether this will change. And today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to implement new net neutrality rules that will make sure Internet service providers will treat legal content equally. This is considered a win for most people as the internet will now stay fast, fair, and open.
It wasn't that long ago that the phrase 'Too Big to Fail' became words of common vernacular among the general public, the idea that there are corporations so large that their well-being is directly tied to the well-being of ordinary people who imagine themselves to be totally separate from those entities. These corporations continuously amassed their largesse over time, gaining a bigger and bigger share of the market, pushing out competitors or swallowing them up entirely through merger and acquisition.
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.
In what is being considered a major shake-up, the Federal Communications Commission’s chairman Tom Wheeler announced plans to propose new rules intended to block all wireless and internet providers from slowing, blocking, or showing discrimination against any consumer and their right to access any particular website they choose.
In an effort to battle Dish Network’s launch of their $20-a-month OTT service, DirecTV is now offering a $19.99 bundle for new subscribers. DirecTV’s new online advertising campaign, “Dish’s Sling TV: Gamechanging or shortchanging?” is aimed toward new customers who find the $20-a-month price point attractive. In fact, this low monthly subscription price is now in direct competition with Internet or Online streaming services, and is certainly a price and package that traditional cable cannot offer at this time.
The rise in the price of everything around the world is not a shock to anyone. The rise of prices on wanted commodities should not be surprising, either. DirecTV is going to raise prices on the NFL Sunday Ticket for the next season. Someone who has been subscribing to the package might think that they are finally going to have to drop the service, but they need to consider what they are paying for.
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