The company says that the average Yarn subscriber (pricing starts at $2.99 per week) spends 50 minutes reading in the first week.
Sure, the revenue that Netflix brings in is not the sum of all the dollars spent on home entertainment each year; but, given that it is a pretty significant hunk of money, and that Netflix perhaps aids sales of movies by allowing its users to "watch before they buy," it is worth keeping an eye on how the subscriber price hike affects their user base.
These per-subscriber prices assume that a Hughes deal gets done.
Time Warner is all, "But, you can get these channels for free over the air, and many times online, why should we pay you (and raise our subscribers' prices)?" So, rather than pony up the cash so far, at least Time Warner is telling its subscribers how to watch these networks online for free.
The companies offer subscribers price breaks when they buy bundled services, as opposed to à la carte.
Even when Time Warner cut the per-subscriber price to less than $4, the answer was still no.
Today's muddled decision by the Federal Communications Commission on how to regulate local phone networks will likely lead to higher digital subscriber line prices in the short term, better broadband networks in the long term and continued regulatory battles for years to come.
As a long time subscriber, a price hike would put a frown on my face, but I would still re-subscribe.
As a long time subscriber, this price hike puts a frown on my face, but I still plan on resubscribing re-subscribe.
But for some AOL subscribers, the price increase alone is enough.
