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CW Seed Acquires Streaming Rights for Schitt’s Creek
Free, ad-supported streaming service CW Seed has acquired streaming rights for the first four seasons of Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek. “We love everything about Schitt’s Creek – the comedy acting, writing as well as the show’s binge-ability. All of which are perfect for the CW Seed audience,” said Rick Haskins, Executive Vice President, The CW. “We’re excited…
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Over Half of Hulu Viewers Watch Little or No Traditional TV
Hulu has released research results showing that more than half of Hulu viewers are either light linear viewers or non-viewers of TV. The research made it even more clear that as cord cutting continues to grow, viewers are increasingly more likely to never start a cable subscription, viewing TV only through streaming services. Hulu’s cordless…
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How to Watch ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise on Roku, Fire TV, iOS, Android, & Apple TV
Tonight ABC will premiere Bachelor in Paradise as it builds on its hit show. Starting at 8 PM Eastern on August 5th, 2019 and airing every Monday and Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern.. The good news is as a cord cutter you have many options to stream the show on your Roku, Fire TV, Android,…
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Comcast Now Charges $20 a Month to Stream HD Video With its Xfinity Mobile Service
In the past, with Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile service you could stream in HD. Now though if you want to do that you will need to pay an extra $20 a month HD Pass on your plan. This means if you don’t pay you will be limited to SD 480p streaming on Xfinity’s $45 a month…
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Amazon is Asking The FCC For Permission to Test a New Internet Service
Amazon has for some time now been looking at ways to offer high speed internet. We know Amazon is working on putting satellites into space to offer high speed internet from space. Now though, Amazon seems to be looking to build out a wireless network on the ground using the 3.5 GHz band according to…
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In the Changing TV Market, Nielsen Struggles to Find a Buyer
Nielsen Holdings, the company known for its TV ratings reports, cannot find a buyer and is reportedly considering selling the company in pieces. Private equity group Blackstone had been in talks with Nielsen about potentially buying the consumer research firm for months before backing out in March. Another potential buyer, Apollo Global Management, also lost…
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Apple TV+ Will Likely Charge a Fee, Even for Apple TV Users
Comments during Apple’s fiscal third quarter call suggest that Apple will be charging a fee for Apple TV+ rather than offering it as a free service for those with an Apple TV device. During the call, Apple CFO Luca Maestri mentioned that there would be trial periods available, nothing that “the road to monetization takes…
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YouTube TV Updates Its App to Improve “New in Your Library”
One of the main complaints about the YouTube TV app has been the fact that the New in Your Library area had a few issues. One of the main issues with the New in Your Library area was that unless you watched the full show or movie it would stay in that area. This means…
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Amazon’s 2nd Gen Fire TV Box is Once Again For Sale From Amazon
Officially the Fire TV box was discontinued back in 2017 when the Fire TV pendant version was released. Now though it seems Amazon has a few of these boxes lying around as Amazon is once again selling the 2nd Gen Fire TV Box with 4K for $89.99. This box comes with a 2 GHz dual-core…
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Scammers Are Targeting Roku Owners, Especially New Roku Owners
For years now we have been warning Roku owners that scammers have been trying to target them. One of these scams has been targeting new Roku owners and, for some reason, in the last week scammers have once again been focusing on new Roku owners. We have been getting a growing number of complaints from…
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EXPIRED: Best Buy’s $14.99 Fire TV Stick Sale Ends Today!
Did you miss out on Amazon Prime Day? Good news Right now Best Buy has the Fire TV Stick on sale for its Black Friday pricing! Right now you can get the Fire TV Stick on sale for just $14.99 down from $39.99. Want the Fire TV Stick 4K? The Fire TV Stick 4K is…
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Cord Cutting This Week #111 – HOA’s Illegally Try to Block Antennas, IPTV Lawsuits, Locast, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also…
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CBS All Access Plans to Release a Dozen Originals in 2020
CBS wants to air at least 12 original series next year on CBS All Access and Marc DeBevoise, president and chief operating officer of CBS Interactive, says there maybe even more, as reported by Broadcasting + Cable. During the Television Critics Association (TCA) press event, DeBevoise said that original programming is a “tremendous driver” for…
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Amazon Now Allows You to Disable Human Review of Alexa Recording from the Fire TV & More
Since Amazon launched Alexa-powered voice search, privacy has been a major concern. Earlier this year, it was revealed that Amazon had employees listen to Alexa recordings as part of its development to ensure Alexa was properly identifying what you asked it to do. Now Bloomberg has reported that Amazon has added an option to tell…
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Here is Everything We Know About AT&T TV, AT&T TV NOW, & AT&T Watch TV
On Tuesday, AT&T launched a website for the AT&T TV streaming service. With the site launch, emails from AT&T to customers, press releases, and interviews, we’ve gathered a lot of information about all of AT&T’s streaming services. These are the key points that we’ll dive into detail about below: DIRECTV NOW is rebranding as AT&T…
