so more cable subscribers are making the decision to cut the cord and paying to stream video through services like netflix and hulu. well, now some local governments are trying to make up some lost revenue by adding utility tax to video streaming sites. claudia explains how it all works. the power to tax they squeeze out one place, they pop up somewhere else. cities argue they re losing money and need to get creative. cable providers lost more than three-quarters of a million subscribers in the first three months of this year. five times more than during the same period last year. a trend that s meant to drop in utility taxes attached to cable bills. glendale, california is among those considering increasing utility taxes, which cover gas, electric, and telecom services. to make up for hundreds of thousands in lost revenue that helps pay for police and other critical services. not to tax you twice but to allow that there is a
urging passengers to show up as early as possible. we are trying to be as proactive as we can, whether it s radio spots working with uber and lyft, all sorts of ways to communicate. is and so far, it seems to be working. people are showing up in the right place. and the reason for the relocation is that delta wanted to get into two terminals set for expansion in the coming years. if there s any inconvenience in the coming days, julie, it will be well worth it. julie: will carr, thank you very much. a world war ii veteran is still looking for a way to give back decades after leaving the battlefield. how he s using his retirement to make a difference in the lives of others. plus putting a tax on your netflix account. why some local governments are considering a plan to do just that as more cable subscribers cut the cord. dear predictable, there s no other way to say this.
Transcripts for CNN Erin Burnett OutFront 20140214 00:23:15 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
money and power tonight. serious questions being asked about what comcast s proposed $45 billion takeover of time warner cable is going to mean for what you pay for your cable and your internet. comcast is already the biggest cable and internet provider in the united states, 22 million people are cable subscribers through comcast. and time warner is number two. it s a pretty far distant number two, but about 11 million additional people. so you put those two things together and you have an even bigger, bigger, bigger company. comcast is going to control cable for about 30% of the country, and up to 70% of the country would be able to use comcast for high-speed internet. cnn s senior media correspondent brian steltser joins me now. brian, let me just ask you. there s three crucial questions i have. first off, let s just talk about the price. cable prices over the past ten years have surged. is this going to make cable prices go up even more?
individual channels. the company s new set top box will deliver content to any device with an internet connection. critics say the unbundling of channels will drive costs way up for cable subscribers. i will go ahead and say this ain t gonna happen. they will not let this happen. i think i agree. there are too many regulatory hurdles and there are so many competetors. are you talking about intel the chip maker? i don t understand why they would go into this market when there is apple with apple tv and amazon and all of these other con tepts ssments. i don t think it is an intel thing. they that i want to put the tv out. i don t think disney and fox and whatever, all of the con at the present time providers, they want the content providers they want their stuff bundled. the consumer doesn t want to bundle them. all it takes is one big media company to realize it is all over. and when that when the dominoes come down, we all work for a lot less well i don t, but you do. thi