CenturyLink (CTL) To Offer Consumers Flexible OTT TV Service
Zacks Investment Research | Aug 10, 2017 06:04AM ET
CenturyLink Inc (NYSE:CTL). (NYSE:T) is considering working with other established OTT (over the top) provider with a desire to offer its customer flexibility in how they want to watch the videos.
In fact, besides offering customers multiple video options, the company is also planning to earn revenues through reseller deals with OTT companies like Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) for selling services like Hulu to their subscribers.
Already, CenturyLink is reselling AT&T Inc.’s (NYSE:T) DirecTV Now satellite services, to its customers in the markets where its own Prism TV services are not present.
In late June, the company unveiled its over the top (OTT) TV service, which is a beta version of the Virtual Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (V-MVPD) service called CenturyLink Stream.
Notably, CenturyLink Stream is supported on Roku OTT devices as well as iOS and Android mobile devices. Also it is playable on the CenturyLink player, an Android TV-powered device, manufactured by LG Electronics.
The company’s OTT TV service for $45 per month has a cloud DVR that can store up to 50 hours of HD programming. It also features a broad mix of add-on programming packages And includes almost 50 channels like NBC, ABC, USA, Disney Channel, ESPN, Freeform, Bravo, Food Network, ESPN, A&E, HGTV, Travel, and History.
Going forward, the company plans to focus on the OTT service so that it can cut content acquisition costs and simplify the customer installation process. In fact, the urge to boost its broadband subscriber base while arresting the churn rate in this segment is CenturyLink’s another motive behind the service.
Price Performance
CenturyLink’s shares have decreased 10.7% in the last three months against the industry’s growth of 1.6 %.
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