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AT&T is Cracking Down on Robocalls With New Spam Call Warnings
Today AT&T announced that they are cracking down on robocalls by rolling out a call validation display system. Now when someone calls you from a spoofed number you will get a warning that it is not a valid number and could be a spoofed call. “This is another step to tame annoying, unwanted robocalls,” said…
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Amazon is Testing a Free to Me Filter for Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video is making it easier to find the content you’re looking for. Since launch people have complained about Amazon mixing paid and free content together in the Prime Video app. Now in the newest version of the app in the Play Store, you’ll find a few new features to make it easier to…
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Hulu’s Live TV Service Now Costs $54.99 After a $10 Price Hike
Today the price of Hulu’s live TV went up to $54.99, This price change will take effect today for all new customers and will affect all Hulu with live TV customers on their next bill. At this time the price for on-demand commercial-free and Hulu with limited commercials is not going to change. “Price changes…
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NBC News Is Expanding Its Free News Service for Cord Cutters
Last year NBC News launched a free streaming news service called NBC News Now. We recently learned that the service would be expanding to a 24/7 live news streaming service targeting cord cutters. To do this, NBC is staffing up to be ready for the launch of 24/7 streaming news. NBC News Now currently offers…
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BYUtv Has Free Family Friendly Content for Cord Cutters
BYUtv is a commercial free TV network, owned and operated by Brigham Young University. With the app, you can watch family friendly content for free. While the network does describe itself as a “value based television network,” this isn’t just a channel for the church (though the network does air LDS General Conferences and some…
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YouTube TV Will Add Additional PBS Stations in 2020
Yesterday, YouTube TV added over 100 PBS stations. Now Google has confirmed that YouTube TV will add additional PBS stations will be added in 2020. This is good news for anyone who found themselves without PBS on YouTube TV. PBS has over 330 member stations but less than 150 of them are live on YouTube…
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Comcast Will Start Selling Smaller $10 TV Packages to Fight Cord Cutting in 2020
Sick of huge TV packages from Comcast? It seems that they have heard you and will soon be offering packages starting at $10 a month. These new packages are part of what Comcast calls their Comcast Vision 2020. This is an effort to draw cord cutters back to cable TV. Cord Cutters News has confirmed…
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Cord Cutting Today #220 – IPTV Services Make Millions From Piracy, DIRECTV’s $20 Price Hike, & More
Today in CCT #220 we talk about: IPTV Services Make Millions From Piracy, DIRECTV’s $20 Price Hike, Roku, Amazon, & More. Story #1 Amazon’s Black Friday Pricing is Back on The Fire TV Recast DVR https://cordcuttersnews.com/amazons-black-friday-pricing-is-back-on-the-fire-tv-recast-dvr/ Story #2 AT&T’s DIRECTV Price Has Gone Up Almost $20 a Month Since January 1, 2019 https://cordcuttersnews.com/atts-directv-price-has-gone-up-almost-20-a-month-since-january-1-2019/ Story #3…
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What’s New December 2019 on The Free Streaming Services FAWESOME.TV & HappyKids.tv
HappyKids.TV Christmas Trade The Nutcracker Sweet Miracle at Sage Creek Christmas Story Pete’s Christmas Christmas Bunny Small Town Santa A Child’s Christmas Dex Hamilton and the Doomsday Swarm The Aviators A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures Tad: The Lost Explorer Twinkle Toes Lights Up New York A Turtle’s Tale 2: Sammy’s Escape From Paradise The Nutcracker…
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The Weather Channel is Launching a Free Streaming Service Called Local Now Plus
Today The Weather Channel announced the launch of a free streaming service called Local Now Plus. With Local Now Plus, cord cutters will be able to stream local news, weather and even free movies without a cable TV subscription. Local Now Plus will launch this Friday, December 20th, 2019. It will include more than 150…
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NBCUniversal Considering $10 Price Point for Ad-Free Peacock
NBCUniversal is considering a $10 price point for an ad-free version of Peacock, with an ad-supported version priced at $4.99, according to sources for The Information. Previously, we heard that NBCU was looking into the possibility of making an ad-supported version of the streaming service free for all users. This would have made Peacock the…
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The House of Representatives Passed a Spending Bill to Ban Hidden Cable TV Fees Today
Today the United States House of Representatives voted to ban hidden fees on cable providers as part of a spending bill. The house had previously passed a bill called the Television Viewer Protection Act that would have done the same thing but now that it is attached to a spending bill it makes it more…
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AT&T TV NOW Adds Additional Showtime & HBO Networks
Do you use AT&T TV NOW to subscribe to Showtime or Cinemax? You may have noticed some additional networks just appeared in your channel list. AT&T has quietly added Showtime 2, Showtime Extreme, HBO2, and Action MAX to their add-ons. In the past, if you wanted to access content from these networks you would have…
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Hulu is Adding 1080p 60 FPS Streaming to Its Live TV Streaming Service & is Adding a Chrome App
Today Hulu announced that they are adding 1080p 60 frames per second (also known as FPS) to their live TV streaming service on the Xbox One and Apple TV (4th generation or later.) Hulu says additional devices will be getting 1080p support soon. What is FPS? Frames per second (FPS) tells you how many times…
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OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is Now Available on YouTube TV
Earlier this year we learned that OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network would be coming to YouTube TV by the end of 2019. And true to reports, OWN is now officially live as part of YouTube TV’s core line up, nationwide. “Fifteen years ago, I wrote in my journal that one day I would create a television…
