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YouTube TV is Rolling Out a Fix to Its Apple TV App
Yesterday YouTube TV rolled out an update to the library and live guide. These improvements sadly come with some issues for Apple TV users. According to multiple reports and confirmed by YouTube TV on Twitter, the live TV guide on the Apple TV is broken. Update: YouTube TV reached out to Cord Cutters News on…
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Netflix’s Founder & CEO Reed Hastings is Stepping Down
Today it was announced that Reed Hastings, the founder of Netflix, is stepping as CEO and will become the Executive Chairman at Netflix. This news came as Netflix announced its 4th quarter 2022 earnings. Netflixed missed on earnings but got more new subscribers than expected. In Reed Hastings’s place, Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters will…
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AT&T Must Pay $166 Million in Damages For Infringing Mobile Patents Jury Rules
According to a ruling from earlier this week, AT&T Mobility LLC must pay $166.3 million in damages for violating Finesse Wireless LLC’s patents. This affects but AT&T’s LTE and 5G networks that ran on Nokia’s stations. At issue here, are how AT&T’s networks reduced wireless-signal interference using technology owned by Finesse, according to a report…
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DIRECTV STREAM is Offering $120 Off Your First Year For New Customers
Been thinking about trying out DIRECTV STREAM? Right now, if you sign up, DIRECTV NOW will give you $120 off your first year of service from them. This deal is offered as $10 off a month for one year on select plans, including ENTERTAINMENT, CHOICE, ULTIMATE, PREMIER, or OPTIMO MÁS. To take advantage of this…
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A New Study From Roku & Magna Show Ads on Streaming Are Better Than Cable TV
Today Roku and MAGNAls industry-leading research released a report showing that ads on streaming are more effective than traditional TV ads. This report called “Beyond the :30” tested multiple formats and showed that streaming helped brands grow their top-of-mind awareness by 57% vs. just 43% with traditional cable TV ads. Three new “Beyond the :30”…
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DISH is offering $25 a Month for Life Unlimited Talk, Text, & Data Plan from Boost Mobile
Earlier on in 2022, DISH announced plans to offer a $ 25-a-month wireless phone plan with unlimited talk, text, and data from its Boost Mobile service. Now DISH has started to roll out the plan called Boost Infinite. With Boost Infinite, you will get unlimited talk, text, and 30GB of data before your speeds slow…
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Amazon Secures $8 Billion Loan to Help Cover Costs
Recently it was announced that Amazon would be laying off 17,000 employees in 2023. (Link to story.) Now Amazon has agreed to an $8 billion term loan to “help support capital expenditures, debt repayments, acquisitions, and working capital needs,” Amazon said in a statement to Reuters. This move comes as a growing number of companies…
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Cord Cutting’s Growth Spikes as 3,786 Households Cancel Cable TV Every Day In The 3rd Quarter of 2022
Right now is a bad time to own a traditional TV company. According to MoffettNathanson, pay TV distributors like Comcast and Charter lost 655,000 pay-TV customers in just three months. This works out to be about 3,786 households canceling cable TV every day. This is up from just 93,000 households canceling cable TV during the…
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Apple is Reportedly Working on A New Apple TV to Launch in 2024
Already sick of your 2022 Apple TV 4K and want something newer? According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly looking at launching a new Apple TV in the first half of 2024. According to reports, this new Apple TV will have a new faster chip but past that, it will be almost unchanged.…
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EXPIRED – Deal Alert! Amazon’s Fire Tablets Are Up to 50% Off Today!
Want a cheap but powerful tablet to stream your favorite TV shows, movies, and more? Right now, the Amazon Fire HD 8 and Amazon Fire HD 10 tablets are on sale for up to 50% off! This means you could, for example, pick up the Fire HD 8 Plus tablet with 32GB of storage for…
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The FCC is Cracking Down on Robocall Scammers
Over the last few years, the FCC has been targeting robocallers who are trying to scam Americans. Most recently, the FCC is going after scammers who are using robocalls to trick Americans into giving up personal information or pay a fee to get student loan debt relief. To do this, the FCC has asked telecom…
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DISH Lost 268K Pay TV Subscribers on Satellite & Sling TV in The 4th Quarter of 2022
The tough time for TV companies is continuing as DISH today announced that it has lost 268,000 subscribers in the 4th quarter of 2022. This works out to be about 2,913 subscribers canceling their accounts every day. As inflation grows, more Americans have been turning to cord cutting to help cut their TV costs. Increasingly…
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Apple Announces a New HomePod With Improved Sound & Intelligence
Apple’s competitor to Amazon’s Alexa Powered Echo devices is its HomePod, and now it is getting a bit better sound quality and a little smarter. Today Apple announced a new HomePod with what they call a breakthrough in sound and intelligence is meant to take on Amazon. This updated HomePod includes support for Spatial Audio…
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DIRECTV STREAM is Offering $10 Refunds to Customers Affected By a Recent Contract Dispute But Only If You Ask
Since October 2022, DIRECTV and Mission Broadcasting have been in a contract dispute. Now DIRECTV has announced that customers affected by the blackout will receive a one-time $10 credit. The catch is DIRECTV, U-Verse TV, and DIRECTV STREAM customers have to apply for the one-time credit as it will not be automatically included. If you…
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Roku Dominates Cord Cutting with Over 70% of Cord Cutters Using Roku Players
Earlier this month, Cord Cutters News surveyed over 2,000 of our readers about how they cut the cord. From the survey, Roku is the clear leader in the world of cord cutting and is almost twice as popular as its next competitor, the Amazon Fire TV. In our survey, we asked our readers to list…
