{"id":5,"date":"2016-01-06T18:13:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T18:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thetripleplay.net\/?p=5"},"modified":"2023-09-27T12:31:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:31:16","slug":"satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite TV Costs Could Rise: Ways to Reduce Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many households will see an increase in programming fees this coming. These increases will come this year but there are still ways to reduce your subscriber fees.<\/p>\n<p>Companies like DirecTV and Dish provide customer discounts when you elect for auto-bill pay.\u00a0 And now with the merger of AT&amp;T with DirecTV customers can link their AT&amp;T bill and get even bigger discounts.\u00a0 Overall subscribers should see a 6% increase in fees over the next year.\u00a0 If you have been a longtime customer it never hurts to call up your service provider and ask for discounts and\/or bundles.<\/p>\n<p>If you like premium channels but are agnostic to premium brand switching from Showtime to HBO could provide even more savings depending on your TV provider.\u00a0 For example, you will save $7 by switching to HBO this year with Comcast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/directvs-newsweather-mix-channel-offers-real-time-coverage-of-winter-storm-in-mid-atlantic\/directv-packages-5-300x200\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3662\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DirecTV-Packages-5-300x200-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Satellite TV Costs\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most all providers offer streaming services similar to Netflix which could help decide if you want eliminate that service altogether.\u00a0 Doing a simple cost analysis is always beneficial since most people don\u2019t realize how little they actually use a service until they keep track of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many households will see an increase in programming fees this coming. These increases will come this year but there are still ways to reduce your subscriber fees. Companies like DirecTV and Dish provide customer discounts when you elect for auto-bill pay.\u00a0 And now with the merger of AT&amp;T with DirecTV customers can link their AT&amp;T [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[244],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Satellite TV Costs Could Rise: Ways to Reduce Bill | Blog - Reviews, Comparison &amp; Latest News on Internet, Phone and Cable Service Providers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Satellite TV Costs Could Rise: Ways to Reduce Bill | Blog - Reviews, Comparison &amp; Latest News on Internet, Phone and Cable Service Providers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many households will see an increase in programming fees this coming. These increases will come this year but there are still ways to reduce your subscriber fees. Companies like DirecTV and Dish provide customer discounts when you elect for auto-bill pay.\u00a0 And now with the merger of AT&amp;T with DirecTV customers can link their AT&amp;T [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog - Reviews, Comparison &amp; Latest News on Internet, Phone and Cable Service Providers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Triple-Play-518047355193566\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-06T18:13:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-27T12:31:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DirecTV-Packages-5-300x200-1-300x200.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"thetripleplay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TriplePlayDeals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TriplePlayDeals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"thetripleplay\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"thetripleplay\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6df3ffde09ee20cb795ef4f81f653c18\"},\"headline\":\"Satellite TV Costs Could Rise: Ways to Reduce Bill\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-06T18:13:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-27T12:31:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Satellite TV Costs\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/\",\"name\":\"Satellite TV Costs Could Rise: Ways to Reduce Bill | Blog - Reviews, Comparison &amp; Latest News on Internet, Phone and Cable Service Providers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-06T18:13:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-27T12:31:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Satellite TV Costs Could Rise: Ways to Reduce Bill\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Reviews, Comparison & Latest News on Internet, Phone and Cable Service Providers\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Thetripleplay\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/logo.png?fit=272%2C67&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/logo.png?fit=272%2C67&ssl=1\",\"width\":272,\"height\":67,\"caption\":\"Thetripleplay\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Triple-Play-518047355193566\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TriplePlayDeals\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6df3ffde09ee20cb795ef4f81f653c18\",\"name\":\"thetripleplay\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03ee86f57d482af47f5450234c6bd5e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03ee86f57d482af47f5450234c6bd5e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"thetripleplay\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Satellite TV Costs Could Rise: Ways to Reduce Bill | Blog - Reviews, Comparison &amp; Latest News on Internet, Phone and Cable Service Providers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Satellite TV Costs Could Rise: Ways to Reduce Bill | Blog - Reviews, Comparison &amp; Latest News on Internet, Phone and Cable Service Providers","og_description":"Many households will see an increase in programming fees this coming. These increases will come this year but there are still ways to reduce your subscriber fees. Companies like DirecTV and Dish provide customer discounts when you elect for auto-bill pay.\u00a0 And now with the merger of AT&amp;T with DirecTV customers can link their AT&amp;T [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/","og_site_name":"Blog - Reviews, Comparison &amp; Latest News on Internet, Phone and Cable Service Providers","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Triple-Play-518047355193566","article_published_time":"2016-01-06T18:13:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-27T12:31:16+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DirecTV-Packages-5-300x200-1-300x200.jpg"}],"author":"thetripleplay","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TriplePlayDeals","twitter_site":"@TriplePlayDeals","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"thetripleplay","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/"},"author":{"name":"thetripleplay","@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6df3ffde09ee20cb795ef4f81f653c18"},"headline":"Satellite TV Costs Could Rise: Ways to Reduce Bill","datePublished":"2016-01-06T18:13:35+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-27T12:31:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/"},"wordCount":196,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["Satellite TV Costs"],"articleSection":["Latest News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/","name":"Satellite TV Costs Could Rise: Ways to Reduce Bill | Blog - Reviews, Comparison &amp; Latest News on Internet, Phone and Cable Service Providers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-01-06T18:13:35+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-27T12:31:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/satellite-tv-costs-could-rise-in-2016-ways-to-reduce-bill\/5\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Satellite TV Costs Could Rise: Ways to Reduce Bill"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/","name":"Reviews, Comparison & Latest News on Internet, Phone and Cable Service Providers","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#organization","name":"Thetripleplay","url":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/logo.png?fit=272%2C67&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/logo.png?fit=272%2C67&ssl=1","width":272,"height":67,"caption":"Thetripleplay"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Triple-Play-518047355193566","https:\/\/twitter.com\/TriplePlayDeals"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6df3ffde09ee20cb795ef4f81f653c18","name":"thetripleplay","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03ee86f57d482af47f5450234c6bd5e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03ee86f57d482af47f5450234c6bd5e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"thetripleplay"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}