TV / cable users: trending steeply down

littleman · January 16, 2014, 07:05:02 AM

I could get pretty much anything I want to watch on my TV with a Roku plus Plex.
https://plex.tv/

rcjordan · January 16, 2014, 04:21:36 PM

What do you use plex to do, LM?

Drastic · January 24, 2014, 08:28:46 PM

Amy and I had lunch a few days ago with 2 other couples. No one at the table had cable any more. Probably a first.

I hear some people just use torrents to get any movie or tv show they want at blu ray quality, sometimes before it even airs.

littleman · January 24, 2014, 08:59:25 PM

Yeah, I think this is the real reason for the push against net-neutrality.

>What do you use plex to do, LM?

Plex is a server that can stream from a PC to any device in the house -- tablet, smart phone, Roku, & other PCs. There are a bunch of plugins that make it able to access shows that aren't available via regular channels on Roku, for instance I like watching the Daily Show and new shows aren't availible for Roku, but they are for the PC. With the Plex I can stream the show from my PC to my TV via the Roku. Plex also lets you stream any media you have on your harddrive. There is a version for all the major operating systems, including Linux.

rcjordan · January 24, 2014, 10:14:55 PM

>that aren't available via regular channels on Roku

That's what I figured. My son-in-law has been on it probably since its earliest days. I see him slowly moving away from it as Apple TV, Chromecast, and the like have become so mainstream.

rcjordan · July 20, 2015, 01:46:32 PM

note time warp:

Renewed emphasis on buried trends. This isn't just a cordcutting issue. We've noted major shifts in consumption habits among ages 20-30-somethings and less interest in sports is one of them.

>>I see another trend buried in this one; the decline of sports.

>Yep, but it was interesting they didn't mention the NFL.

ESPN has lost 7 percent of its subscription base since its peak of about 100 million homes in 2011. And the trend is accelerating: 3.2 million subscribers have left since May 2014.

http://www.npr.org/2015/07/19/424447488/once-immune-to-cord-cutting-king-of-live-sports-finds-throne-shaken

Brad · July 20, 2015, 02:32:33 PM

I only see ESPN in bars and food joints, but every time I see it, it just has a bunch of guys in really bad suits sitting around talking pre-game or post-game gossip like a bunch of old hens. That's all I ever see and I think "People pay to watch this?"

I'm pretty content to see the cable guys become dumb pipes for delivering Internet.

rcjordan · July 20, 2015, 03:14:15 PM

>sports

Total waste of bandwidth

rcjordan · May 01, 2017, 12:39:54 PM

<tick-tock> update:

QuoteDish said it lost about 143,0000 net pay-TV subscribers in the quarter, compared with a loss of 23,000 a year earlier. Analysts had estimated a loss of 72,000 subscribers

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-dish-network-results-idUSKBN17X1HM

Brad · May 01, 2017, 03:53:07 PM

I heard on NPR radio yesterday that the reason for the big firings of on air talent at ESPN was because of cable cutters. The whole industry is feeling the pinch they thought they could ignore.

rcjordan · November 10, 2017, 01:57:06 AM

<tick tock>

>ESPN has lost 7 percent of its subscription base since its peak of about 100 million homes in 2011. And the trend is accelerating: 3.2 million subscribers have left since May 2014.

ESPN will lay off more than 100 staffers after Thanksgiving

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/09/espn-will-lay-off-more-than-100-staffers.html