It also fits a wider trend. Speaking on a separate panel here, Parks Associates President and Chief Marketing Officer Elizabeth Parks cited research that the use of home Internet/mobile bundles have grown about 8% in the past five years, covering some 20 million households, and that such bundles are boosting operator net promoter scores.
From the article, "Indie cable ops prep to launch mobile via NCTC pact" by Jeff Baumgartner.
“The $120 per month core package might cause some sticker shock among consumers. Compounding it, the fact that the consumer then also must pay a traditional operator for a robust broadband connection...
Parks breaks the numbers down like this: 63 percent of U.S. broadband households subscribe to an “over-the-top” video service like Netflix. Of those, nearly half subscribe to two or more services....
Before news broke Friday that AT&T has stopped bleeding TV customers, Parks Associates analyst Brett Sappington tried to put a finger on what sort of subscriber numbers for the company’s new streaming...
For a few hours on Sunday, Fox is nixing subscription requirements and opening its Fox Sports Go app to anyone who has cut cable from their lives or has a temperamental TV antenna. After the game ends...
