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Cord Cutting This Week #84 – What Internet Should Cord Cutters Get? Apple TV+ Originals, Don’t Buy a Fire TV Right Now, & 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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AT&T Declined Nexstar’s Offer to Keep Its Locals on DIRECTV NOW, DIRECTV, & U-verse TV
On the 4th of July AT&T removed over 100 Nexstar owned local affiliates from DIRECTV NOW, DIRECTV, & U-verse TV. Now Nexstar is claiming that AT&T has turned down their offer to keep Nexstar owned stations live as talks continue. Here is part of the statement Nexstar has posted online. “Nexstar has been negotiating in…
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Roku is Expanding its Lead Over The Fire TV & Apple TV in The US
According to research from Strategy Analytics, reported by Engadget, Roku is continuing to dominate the streaming world with over 41 million content streaming devices in use across the country. At 41 million, Roku has 15.2% of the market. After our survey of over 3000 people, it looks like our readers agree, saying that the device…
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You Can Now Take Your Amazon Returns to Kohl’s Stores & UPS Stores For Free No Box Needed
Ever buy a Roku or Fire TV from Amazon to find out you got the wrong device? Now Amazon has made it easier to make returns by just bringing your products to any Kohl’s store in the United States. Amazon and Kohl’s had already tested this system in a handful of stores now it is…
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Corus Launches StackTV for Live and On-Demand Content on Amazon for Canadian Cord Cutters
Corus Entertainment has launched a television package made up of 12 networks for Amazon Prime Channels in Canada. The package includes entertainment, drama, lifestyle, and kid friendly channels with both live and on-demand content. This is a big move for both Corus and Canadian cord cutters, as the company previously only had the Global TV…
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Viacom Promotes John Curbishley to Oversee Viacom’s New Business Unit within Viacom’s Distribution and Business Development Team
This week Cord Cutters News had an opportunity to talk with John Curbishley, the newly promoted EVP of Distribution Strategy, Operations, and New Business at Viacom. Curbishley is now responsible for identifying distribution opportunities with new and emerging business, like streaming. Curbishley will oversee Viacom’s efforts with subscription streaming services, ad-supported streaming services, and traditional…
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YouTube TV vs. PlayStation Vue: Which is the Better Deal? We Take a Look (Updated July 2019)
With many streaming services making changes to their pricing and channel lineups, it’s a good time to revisit our streaming service comparisons. In this post, we’re looking at YouTube TV and the Core plan from PlayStation Vue, which has a similar number of channels. Plans and Pricing YouTube TV costs $49.99/month. The streaming service doesn’t…
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AT&T’s Donation to Locast Makes a Lot of Sense Now…
Over the last month, AT&T has become a huge supporter of Locast, a free with ads streaming service that gives users access to local TV channels. Recently, AT&T added Locast to DIRECTV and U-verse set-top boxes. Later, AT&T donated $500,000 to Locast to support the nonprofit group that runs it. Now the reasons behind AT&T’s…
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Here Are The Top 10 FREE Amazon Fire TV Apps As of July 2019
The Fire TV library of apps has been quickly growing to offer a range of apps giving users access to a ton of 100 percent free content; however, many of the apps are not video apps, so it can be challenging to find good cord cutting apps. So here are the top 10 free video Fire TV apps…
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Warning $0.99 Hulu Subscribers: You Could Lose Your Promotional Pricing if You Change Anything
Many Cord Cutters News readers took advantage of a great deal Hulu was offering back in November, offering a Hulu limited commercial plan for just $0.99 per month for the first 12 months. This Cyber Monday deal was available only for new subscribers and those who had not been subscribed in the past 12 months. Hulu…
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ESPN+ Is Adding More College Football & Basketball Games
Earlier this year ESPN and the AAC announced a new deal that gives rights to AAC sports to ESPN. Part of this deal includes bringing more AAC content such as a majority of AAC basketball and even a significant number of football games to ESPN. Some AAC games will still air on ESPN, ESPN 2,…
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Netflix & Amazon Dominate Cord Cutting, But Hulu Is Growing
When looking at who is dominating cord cutting it’s hard to ignore Netflix and Amazon, but Hulu is rapidly growing. To figure out who is currently leading the world of subscription video services, we asked over 3,000 of our readers what streaming services they use. According to our readers, 73.3% pay for Amazon and 70.1%…
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How to Fix Buffering on Roku, Fire TV, & Apple TV
Buffering is extremely annoying no matter when it happens. The good news is most buffering is something you can fix on your end. Today we are going to look at four tips to fix buffering on the Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV. Tip #1: Make Sure You Are Getting the Internet Speed You Are…
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AT&T’s New DIRECTV Streaming Service Will Reportedly Be Called AT&T TV & Will Soft Launch in August 2019
For months now, we have heard that AT&T was working on a new live TV streaming service. This new service would be separate from DIRECTV NOW and was being built to replace DIRECTV. AT&T reportedly wants to try to move over DIRECTV customers to a cheaper streaming version to help save AT&T money. With a…
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AT&T’s DIRECTV NOW, DIRECTV, & U-Verse TV Drops Nexstar Owned ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals
Did you wake up this morning to find your local ABC, CBS, FOX, or NBC affiliate dark? Right now AT&T and Nexstar are in a fight over fees. This fight has resulted in AT&T removing most Nexstar owned locals from DIRECTV NOW, DIRECTV, and U-Verse TV, Blackouts like this are not new and the channels…
