And why I’m better off without it. Why do people drop their cable subscriptions? If the answer is to save money, then a product that offers live TV over the Internet, at a lower cost than cable, should be a huge hit. Enter Sling TV, a new offering from Dish …
When critics asked Tina Fey how her new series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt would be different now that it’s airing on Netflix instead of NBC, she had quite the zinger ready. “I think season two’s gonna mostly be shower sex,” Fey said during a press conference last week, drawing laughs. But she also …
To most Americans, Sunday is a fairly relaxing day. Not so for 31-year-old Chris Sweeney. He’s one of the millions who has dumped television and the cable set-top box for an Apple laptop and Netflix — and so lacks a reliable way to watch live sports. So come NFL Sunday, …
For shoppers who bought TVs during Black Friday sales, bigger was definitely better. Consumer research firm NPD Group found that over Thanksgiving week, sales of TVs that are 32 inches or smaller fell 50 percent compared to last year. Meanwhile, sales rose 21 percent on 33-to-49-inch TVs and soared more than 35 percent …
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are turning away from live TV on the tube and tuning in to streaming services, a Nielsen report says. That’s bad news for cable and satellite TV providers. Americans are increasingly watching TV shows and movies on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon streaming and other services. CBS …
Downton Abbey and Sherlock, plus local versions of Big Brother and The X Factor, are opening up a potentially huge market The fact that subtitled episodes of Downton Abbey are watched by 160 million viewers shows just what a love affair the Chinese have developed with foreign television shows and formats remade …
The same reason so many people watch NCIS or Law and Order: It’s all a procedural. • They want granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. They want a finished basement and an en suite bathroom. They want (original) hardwood flooring and His-and-Hers vanities. They want it for less than fair market value and in their …
The summer of 2014 will likely go down in American journalistic history as one of the most news-heavy summers in decades. Ukraine, Gaza and now Ferguson have gripped the attention of those who cover and consume the news. For those who consume news through comedy, it is no different. This …
NEW YORK (AP) — Manjula Stokes has twice sworn off television, once throwing a set off her deck in a fit over an ex-husband’s sports obsession. Now she’s a devotee of programs like “Downton Abbey,” ”Mad Men,” ”Survivor” and “Masters of Sex.” The teacher from Santa Cruz, California, illustrates a …
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As he descends a staircase in the opening scene of “Vicious,” a new comedy making its PBS debut on Sunday, Ian McKellen overhears his lover, played by Derek Jacobi, reacting to bad news he received on the telephone. “For a moment, I thought those high-pitched, piercing shrieks were coming from a gaggle of …
It’s become a cliche: “Why am I forced to buy more cable channels I never watch?” Now, new data show the common consumer complaint is true. Last year, U.S. cable subscribers got a record average of 189 channels in prepackaged bundles but watched only 17 of those channels, according to …