DAYTON -- Cable bills and satellite bills always feel like they're going up.In fact , just watching your favorite TV shows probably eats up a big chunk of your monthly budget. Autumn Cokins feels the pain of high monthly bills.I pay around $125.00 a month, she said.Cokins is a single mother, with two kids under the roof and pays all the bills herself.I have DPL, Vectren, cable, water bill, and I pay for trash, she said.We asked her what her highest bill is, probably my cable bill actually, she said.At the end of last year, the every day American spent an average of 34 hours a week in front of a television. Those monthly bills add up. The average American household pays around $800.00 dollars a year for cable and around $1,000 for satellite. But, with satellite you get a lot more channels with itStudies show prices will continue to go up for both.Studies show by 2020 the average bill to pay for any kind of subscription will be more than $200.00.There are other ways to get your shows that many people are now turning to.First., get an over the air antenna which you get for like $20.00. That will get you all your network shows.Many cable networks like TBS stream their shows through an app and services like Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime or Netflix also allow you to watch many of your favorite shows. All for about ten bucks a month. Finally, devices like Roku, Apple TV or Google TV allow you to watch those shows easily on your tv. And it'd cost around $100.00 one time.But, you may be like Cokins you want to cut the cord, but you don't know how.Its easier just to keep it, to try to take the time to find different company or cheaper prices, or find a better way to do that. And they know that, said Cokins.You may risk a few shows, but you may find new shows at a cheaper price.Most TV shows are also sold individually iTunes or apps for iPads or tablets. You can buy a show around at an average of $15.00.You'll need some kind of internet connection to stream those shows, we've set up a spreadsheet so you can see which plan works best for you. To view that spreadsheet, click here.
