--- description: Increasing costs of programming is a big factor. title: Why Your Cable and Satellite Bill is About to Go Up image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Why Your Cable and Satellite Bill is About to Go Up by [Marcia Breen / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Marcia Breen / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 22, 2015 9:59 PM CUT by [Marcia Breen / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Marcia Breen / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 22, 2015 9:59 PM CUT The cost of pay TV is heading higher for many subscribers, with several of the nation’s biggest cable and satellite TV companies recently announcing rate hikes that will take effect in the new year. DirecTV and AT&T’s Uverse, which are now a part of the same company, announced last week that their rates will go up starting Jan. 28\. The increases will vary for customers, but different base packages, channel bundles and premium channels will see increases ranging from $2 to $8 per month. New year rate hikes for DirecTV have become an almost annual occurrence, with the company raising fees by as… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/cable-satellite-tv-costs-will-climb-again-2016-n484531?cid=par-time%5F20151222 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4159525/cable-bill-2016/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4159525/cable-bill-2016/"},"headline":"Why Your Cable and Satellite Bill is About to Go Up","datePublished":"2015-12-22T21:59:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:35:54.491Z","description":"Increasing costs of programming is a big factor","url":"https://time.com/4159525/cable-bill-2016/","keywords":["Television","Technology & Media","Cable","satellite"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Marcia Breen / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4159525/cable-bill-2016/","name":"Why Your Cable and Satellite Bill is About to Go Up"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Tech School: Which TV Streaming Service is Right for You?","description":"With several new TV streaming options available, it can be hard to decide what to choose. Here's what you need to know if you're thinking of ditching cable.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dooN9OJv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-15T17:59:39.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dooN9OJv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4159525/cable-bill-2016/","duration":"PT2M39S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4159525/cable-bill-2016/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```