MCN Newswire: Xfinity Mobile Subs Tick Up; OTT Viewing Nears 5 Billion Hours in Q1; Pay TV's Affordability Plummets

Multichannel Newswire   April 26, 2018     Today's Top Stories       Comcast Adds 197K Xfinity Mobile Customer Lines in Q1 Service ends period with 577K customer lines READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The Q1 additions were just a tick ahead of the 187,000 lines that Xfinity Mobile tacked on in the previous quarter.   Over-the-Top TV Viewing Up 114% in Q1, Conviva Says Total viewing hours reach nearly 5 billion READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The measurement firm said Apple TV saw 709% growth in viewing hours over the first quarter, outpacing all other devices by almost two times.   Kagan: Multichannel Affordability Plummets Rising cost of pay TV driving OTT popularity READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Traditional pay TV homes spent an average of $1,211.58 on multichannel service last year, compared with an average of $698.30 in 2000, Kagan said, while average real U.S. income increased 0.3% annually, or a total of 4.7%, over the same time period.   More Top Stories       Sky 'Welcomes' Comcast Bid Despite Video Losses, Comcast Has Strong Q1 April 27 Is Next Net Neutrality Rule Rollback Milepost Charter Brings Spectrum Internet Gig Service to 14M More Homes Sinclair Deals Dozen TV Stations to Minority Owners Colorado Net Neutrality Bill Tabled Lifetime Sets 'Live PD' Spinoff A+E Networks Goes With WideOrbit's Ad Sales Platform IPG Study Finds Roku Ads More Effective Than Linear Pop Tells Ad Buyers More About Its Grown-Up Audience more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Facebook Video Streams in AV1 Support As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen: Adopting a 'Cyber-Posture' to Fight Digital Assaults MCN Guest Blog, Allison Metcalfe: Traditional TV and Digital: Narrowing the Divide   Events     Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit June 5-6, 2018 | Tampa, FL Learn More The Programmatic TV Summit June 7, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More OTT & Video Distribution Summit August 2, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA Learn More   News Technology Summit September 26-27, 2018 | Baltimore, MD Learn More   16th Annual Hispanic Television Summit October 4, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More   Streaming Tech Leadership Summit October 22-23, 2018 | Atlanta, GA (SCTE) Learn More   NYC Television Week October 29-November 1, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More   Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Awards, part of NYC TV Week October 29, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More   NYC Television Week's 40 Under 40 Awards October 30, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More TV Data Summit, part of NYC TV Week October 31, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Advanced Advertising Summit, part of NYC TV Week November 1, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Next TV Summit, part of NYC TV Week November 1, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More   more events »   Jobs     Executive Producer/Director of TV Public Broadcasting Atlanta, Atlanta, GA   TV Producer/Editor Public Broadcasting Atlanta, Atlanta, GA   Chief Engineer WOOD TV, Grand Rapids, MI   Broadcast Engineer (TV) Public Broadcasting Atlanta – Atlanta, GA, United States   more jobs » News Blogs Events Images Tech   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2018 NewBay Media, LLC

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