- DirecTV (DTV -0.5%) will increase prices by 4.4% on its base packages next year in order to keep up with rising programming costs, forecasts Nomura.
- The price hike at rival Dish Network (DISH +0.3%) is expected to be even higher at 5.5%.
- The Pay-TV operators will try to force the higher prices onto consumers amid crumbling underlying demand trends as cord-cutting in younger generations becomes more entrenched.