Comcast’s Xfinity service placed second with 706 points and DirecTV finished third with 699 points.

In total, you should expect to pay about 85.98/month, after adding in their RSN Fee. This plan includes local channels, 25 of the top 35 cable channels, and regional sports networks (RSNs). Live TV streamers (and their customers) are therefore the beneficiaries of the imbalance and can be seen as providing more value for the subscription dollars spent.”ĭish was the top ranked cable and satellite service provider nationally for the fifth year in a row, with a score of 720. fuboTV is a live TV streaming service with about 90 channels for 74.99/month. This is a whopping 35 more than Sling TV s Orange and Blue. Operating the needed networks and equipment for cable and satellite TV from start to finish versus streamers who can use those networks for middle and last-mile delivery for hundreds of thousands of concurrent streams, are vastly different at a product level regarding cost. That includes 10 simultaneous streams at home, over 160 channels and 1000 hours of Cloud DVR. “Highest quality content is quite costly to produce or acquire for all providers. Power managing director Ian Greenblatt in a press release. “Delivering video to myriad devices both in-home and mobile is actually pretty difficult and yet the service providers in cable, satellite and streaming all make it look easy, creating ever higher customer expectations,” said J.D. Cable and satellite video service providers charged an average of $110 per month while streamers charged an average of $68 per month, according to the survey. Power said consumers picked price as the deciding factor in choosing a TV service provider.

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