Category: Blog
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The Live TV Streaming War is Heating Up & Cord Cutters Are the Real Winners
2017 has been a great year for cord cutters, and it is only getting better. New live TV streaming service competition is on the horizon with Hulu and YouTube’s services getting close to release, and the war among Sling, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV NOW heats up. Recently Sling TV fired a huge shot at DIRECTV…
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Do You Have 5 Minutes to Help Cord Cutters News? (Spring 2017 Survey)
Could you help Cord Cutters News with 5 minutes of your time? Every few months we try to do a survey to help keep in touch with our readers and what is happening in cord cutting. If you would take 5 minutes and answer the questions bellow it will help us greatly. All answers are 100%…
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What Internet Speed Do You Need for Cord Cutting?
One of the most popular questions we get is about Internet speed. A common trick ISPs use on cord cutters is telling them they need a crazy fast Internet speed to stream video. (Often at a crazy high price tag.) What speed do you need for an HD stream? Let’s take a look at what…
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Don’t Forget: We Are Giving Away a Roku Premiere+ & Netflix, Amazon Prime, Plex, HBO Swag
I just wanted to remind everyone that we are giving way a Roku Premiere+ & Swag from SXSW. As part of the giveaway you will get a Netflix bag for their new 13 Reasons Why show and a bag for HBO/SXSW. A Cozy from Plex, Amazon Prime Video wrist band, and a water bottel. Here is…
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Cord Cutters News Update: Getting Bigger & Better (We Are Hiring!)
Over the last few months Cord Cutters News (CCN) has seen crazy growth. February 2017 was the busiest month we have ever had: most page views, visitors, and comments we ever had in a single month. Even our social media is exploding with more than 1,000 new followers every week to our Facebook Page, Facebook…
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Sling TV vs DIRECTV NOW vs PlayStation Vue: App Authentication Battle
One of the big questions I get about live TV services is which services do each support authentication for. So we decided to do a head to head breakdown of what apps each service supports. Now before we do that, let’s breakdown the limitations of each service. Sling TV allows one to three streams per…
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We Are Giving Away a Roku Premiere+ & Netflix, Amazon Prime, Plex, HBO Swag
I am very excited to announce that we are giving way a Roku Premiere+ & Swag from SXSW. As part of the giveaway you will get a Netflix bag for their new 13 Reasons Why show and a bag for HBO/SXSW. A Cozy from Plex, Amazon Prime Video wrist band, and a water bottel. Here…
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Taking on the Flood of Anti-Cord Cutting Stories & How You Can Help Counter Cable Propaganda
Have you noticed the flood of anti-cord cutting stories in the last few weeks? I sure have, and I will do my best to take them on. The old saying of “people will attack those who they are afraid of” seems to be appropriate as cable companies and a host of media sites have recently…
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Internet Plus TV Is Not Cheaper Than Just Internet & Other Lies Cable Companies Tell You
If there is one thing we can say for cable companies, they are very good at being confusing. Recently in an effort to keep more video subscribers they have worked hard to make their pricing even more difficult to understand. As part of that effort they have started to make it look like getting TV…
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How to Convince Your Spouse to Be a Cord Cutter
I often hear from spouses who want to be cord cutters who cannot convince their significant other to ditch the overpriced TV bill. Increasingly I am hearing from women trying to convince their husbands to become cord cutters. So here are a few tips to help you convince your spouse to become a cord cutter.…