Digital TV News: Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable begins TWC TV Roku trial in New York
Nov 10, 2015 – Time Warner Cable (TWC) has launched The TWC TV Roku Trial in New York City, its first IP-only video trial. Participants will experience TWC’s video service using a Roku Streaming Player rather than leasing a traditional set-top box.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Roku, Peter Stern, Apps, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Charter residential video customers up 12,000 in 3Q 2015
Oct 29, 2015 – Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) has reported results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. Residential video customers increased by 12,000 in the third quarter of 2015, versus a loss of 9,000 in the year-ago period.
News categories: Charter Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Time Warner Cable residential video subscribers down 7,000 in 3Q 2015
Oct 29, 2015 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) has reported results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2015. Residential video net declines in the quarter were 7,000 – the best third quarter since 2006.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Rob Marcus, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

US pay TV subscribers decline in 2Q15, but ARPU is up
Aug 20, 2015 – According to Strategy Analytics, the reversal of fortune for the digital television operators in North America continued into the second quarter of 2015, as service providers in the US and Canada posted significant subscriber losses.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Jason Blackwell, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Time Warner Cable residential video subscribers down 45,000 in 2Q 2015
Jul 30, 2015 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) has reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2015. Residential video net subscribers declined 45,000 in the quarter – the best second quarter since 2008.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Cable broadband equipment market off to mixed start in 2015
Jun 10, 2015 – As MSOs continued major upgrades to their broadband networks, cable DOCSIS channel shipments grew to 1.8 million in the first quarter of 2015, a 14 percent sequential increase, and a gain of 48 percent from the year-ago first quarter, according to IHS (NYSE: IHS).
News categories: Infonetics, Jeff Heynen, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Market Research, Worldwide

Charter to merge with TWC and acquire Bright House
May 26, 2015 – Charter Communications (Nasdaq: CHTR) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Charter to merge with Time Warner Cable.
News categories: Charter Communications, Time Warner Cable, Bright House, Tom Rutledge, Robert D. Marcus, Steve Miron, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, USA

Pay TV providers embrace OTT video and 'skinny' bundles
May 21, 2015 – The global pay TV services market, including cable TV, satellite TV, telco TV and over-the-top (OTT) video, totaled $237 billion in 2014, up 7 percent from the previous year, according to the 2015 IHS Infonetics Pay TV Services and Subscribers report.
News categories: Infonetics, Jeff Heynen, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, TV Everywhere, Worldwide

TWC has first quarter of positive video net additions since 2009
Apr 30, 2015 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) has reported results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2015. Residential video net additions in the quarter were 30,000 – the first positive quarterly net additions since the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, USA