>>>
>>> THE
>>> THE INTERNET IS BUZZING WITH PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE4@ POSSIBLY BREAKING UP WITH HER TV
>>> THE INTERNET IS BUZZING WITH PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE4@ POSSIBLY BREAKING UP WITH HER T@
PROVIDER, NOWADAYS SOME PEOPLE
ARE DITCHING CABLE ALTOGETHER
AND JUST USING STREAMING
SERVICES.
>> SO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS OUT
TH4@ERE.
WE ARE4@ GOING TO CONNECT THE DS
TO SEE HOW THIS CAN ALL PLAY OUT
FOR YOU IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS
WITH ALL OF THESE4@ STREAMING
SERVICES ON TV PROVIDERS.
DISN4@EY PLUS HAS OFFICIALLY NOW
MADE ITS DEBUT, AND IT IS
ALREADY CREATING A BUZZ.
IT HAS MORE THAN 10 MILLION
SUBSCRIBERS ON ITS FIRST DAY
ALONE ONLINE.
SUBSCRIBERS ON ITS FIRST DAY ALONE ONLINE.4@ NETFLIX HAS BEEN AROUND4@ SINCE
THE LATE '90s BUT WITH MORE
COMPETITION IT HAS TO UP ITS
GAME.
THEY4@ ARE SPENDING4@ BILLIONS W
TO PRODUCE FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT
IN HOPES OF COMPETING WITH
DISNEY.
>>> NOW WE ADD IN THE AT&T, HBO,
NBC WHO ARE ALL PLANNING TO
LAUNCH THEIR OWN4@ STREAMING
SERVICE BY 2020.4@
EXPERTS PREDICT THESE NEW
OPTIONS WILL HAVE PEOPLE CUTTING
THE CORD.
BY NEXT YEAR IT IS ESTIMATED
THAT ONE AND FIVE ADULTS WILL
4@LEAVE CABLE BEHIND MEANING TH@
THE STREAMING WARS ARE4@ ONLY JT
BEGINNING.
LET'S SEND IT OVER TO4@ WHITNEY
SULLIVAN TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT
WHAT WE ARE SAYING, WHAT PEOPLE
ARE SAYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> Reporter: LET'S4@ CHECK ON
WHAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN SAYING ON
TWITTER.
SOME ARE ALL SAYING GOODBYE TO
CABLE, AND IT4@ STREAMING
SERVICES.
ONE TWITTER USER SAYS CUTTING
THE CORD WAS WAY MORE
COST-EFFECTIVE4@ AND NOW THEY'RE
ONLY PLAYING FOR4@ DISNEY PLUS D
NETFLIX.
ON THE OTHER HAND, TWITTER USER@
PAUL DISAGREES AND DOESN'T THINK
DITCHING CABLE WILL SAVE MONEY.
CU4@TTING THE CORD WAS NEVER GOG
TO SAVE US MONEY, IT4@4@ WOULD T
BE A FRAGMENTATION THAT WILL
COST US MORE AND MAKE IT HARDER
TO ACCESS4@ THE INTERNET.
HE ISN'T TECHNICALLY WRONG IN
HIS THINKING.
ACCORDING TO CONSUMER REPORTS HE
MAY RUN INTO4@ SOME ISSUES IF YU
DO DECIDE TO DITCH CABLE AND
CHOOSE THE STREAMING SERVICE
ROUTE.
THEY MAY ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS LIKE
NOT BEING ABLE TO H4@AVE MULTIPE
STREAMS STREAMS HAPPENING AT THE
SAME TIME.
NOT GETTING LOCAL TV OR NETWORK
SAME TIME. NOT GETTING LOCAL TV OR NETWORK@ CHANNELS LIKE HDTV AND COMEDY
CENTRAL AND PAY MORE FOR
INTERNET SINCE THEY MAY NOT BE4@
IN A BUNDLE DEAL ANYMORE.
WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S
CRUNCH THESE NUMBERS.
LET'S4@ FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH ALL
WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S CRUNCH THESE NUMBERS. LET'S4@ FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH ALLF
THIS IS GOING TO COST.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT@
INTERNET.
WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT THE
CHEAPEST PLAN4@ THAT SPECTRUM HS
TO OFFER THIS BUNDLE DEAL.
THAT WILL4@ COME TO A WHOPPING @
>> THAT IS BASIC CHANNELS AND
INTERNET.4@
>> LET ME ASK YOU THIS, IF YOU
HAVE MULTIPLE4@ TVS IN?4@
>> WHAT I HAVE TO ADD IT AS THIS
DOES INCLUDE THE FEES, TAXES ON
THE COST FOR EXTRA BOXES.
THIS IS VERY BASIC.
WE STILL HAVE CABLE AT HOME AND
THEN THEY WANT TO CHARGE YOU FOR
EACH BOX SO YOU CAN HAVE4@ IT IN
YOUR FAMILY ROOM FOR $80 PER
MONTH.
IF YOU WANTED IN YOUR BEDROOM,
YOUR CHILD'S ROOM OR ANYWHERE
ELSE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY
FOR EACH OF THOSE RECEIVERS AND
THE REMOTE CONTROLS.
>> LET'S MOVE ALREADY STREAMING
SERVICES AND INTERNET.4@
>> LET'S MOVE ALREADY STREAMING SERVICES AND INTERNET.4@4@ WE LOOKED AT THE TOP FIVE IT
STREAMING SERVICES AVAILABLE
RIGHT NOW.4@4@
WHEN YOU ADD THAT, PLUS
INTERNET, YOU LOOKING AT A
WHOPPING $90.98.4@
AGAIN, THESE PRICES CAN VARY.
THESE ARE THE BASELINE PRICES
FOR A LOT OF THESE PLACES.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT,4@ THERE IS A
DIFFERENCE, BUT MOST PEOPLE DO
NOT HAVE ALL FIVE OF THESE.4@
>> I HAVE TO SAY, WE DID GET
DISNEY PLUS AT MY HOUSE, BECAUS@
Y'ALL KNOW WE ARE DISNEY 4@CRAZ.
WE WATCHED A LITTLE LAST NIGHT.@
IT HAS ALL4@ OF THE DISNEY MOVIS
AND THEN ALL OF THE SHOWS THAT
BRADY HAS WATCHED SINCE4@ HE WAS
BORN ON THE DISNEY CHANNEL.4@4@@
>> THIS BRINGS US TO OUR
QUESTION OF THE MORNING.
WE HAVE TO KNOW WHICH ONE DO YOU
PREFER, ARE YOU TEAM CABLE AND
INTERNET, TEAM STREAMING4@
SERVICES OR DO YOU HAVE BOTH
PRAYED RIGHT NOW I HAVE BO4@TH.
WHAT ABOUT YOU GUYS?
>> WELL, I AM4@ STILL BOTH.
WE HAVE A BASIC CABLE PACKAGE
AND THEN WE HAVE NETFLIX AND NOW
APPLE PLUS.4@
>> I AM ALL STREAMING.
WE HAVE APPLE TV, NETFLIX, AND
THEN THE YOUTUBE TV AND THAT'S
HOW I GET MY LOCAL CHANNELS.
>> TELL US4@ WHAT YOU THINK.
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