-
Dish & T-Mobile Reportedly Have Reached a Deal to Sell Dish Some of T-Mobile Assets
Last month we learned that DISH was reportedly bidding on buying Boost Mobile. According to Bloomberg DISH was offering $6 billion to buy Boost. CNBC is reporting that Dish has reached a deal to buy assets from T-Mobile. According to CNBC, this deal was reached in hopes of getting approval for the T-Mobiel Sprint merger.…
-
Sling TV Announces a Fix For a Cloud DVR Bug That Affected Some Users Adding the Total TV Package
Update: After several reader comments that they’re still having issues with the DVR feature, we reached out to Sling TV and got the following response: “For clarity, the issue with Cloud DVR and the Total TV Deal has been resolved for customers who purchase the Total TV Deal going forward, and we are currently looking…
-
Thinking About Buying an Amazon Fire TV? You Might Want to Wait
With Prime Day coming up on July 15 and 16, we’ve been sharing some great deals that Amazon has been introducing, leading up to the main event. Last year, some of the best Prime Day deals we saw were for Amazon Fire TV devices. In fact, the deals were so good that Amazon sold over…
-
How Does Sling TV’s New Deal Compare with DIRECTV NOW, YouTube TV, Hulu, & More?
On July 1, Sling TV announced a new subscription bundle for new and existing users. The Total TV Deal includes adds seven Extras, including 50 hours of Cloud DVR, to a Sling plan for just $20. With both Sling Orange and Sling Blue regularly priced at $20/month each, this new deal gives you a huge…
-
Some PlayStation Vue Subscribers Can Get a One Time $10 Credit
Today Sony announced a $5 price hike to its PlayStation Vue live TV streaming service. Later in the day, it started contacting subscribers and offering some a one time $10 PSN credit. Now how people are getting selected for the $10 credit is unknown as many subscribers who have been a subscriber since the start…
-
AT&T Wants to Reboot TGIF With New Versions of ‘Step by Step’, ‘Perfect Strangers’ & ‘Family Matters’
If you grew up in the 1990s, you likely remember TGIF as must-watch TV every Friday night. Now AT&T is reportedly working on bringing back TGIF classics like Step by Step, Perfect Strangers, its spinoff Family Matters to its new WarnerMedia streaming service. It seems that AT&T is hoping to copy Netflix’s success with Fuller House a reboot…
-
Here is Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime in July 2019
Available July 1 Designated Survivor: 60 days Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore Astro Boy Caddyshack Caddyshack 2 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Cheech & Chong’s Up in Smoke Cloverfield Disney’s Race to Witch Mountain Frozen River Inkheart Kill the Irishman Lady in the Water Little Monsters Mean Dreams Mean Streets…
-
Get Ready for a Flood of Anti-Cord Cutting Stories Starting Later Today That Ignore Cable TV’s Recent Price Hike
There is an old saying that goes “look at who they attack, and you will find out who they are afraid of.” This seems to be very true as a growing number of media companies line up to attack cord cutting. Get ready for a new flood of these attacks as today PlayStation Vue announced…
-
PlayStation Vue is Raising Their Price & Adding The NHL Network
Today PlayStation Vue raised its price by $5 a month on all of their plans. Now PlayStation Access costs $49.99 a month. This all comes after Sony reached new deals with AMC, Discovery, NBC, and Turner to keep their channels on PlayStation Vue. Now the Access package costs $49.99, the Core package costs $54.99, Elite…
-
TCL is Celebrating National Cut The Cord Day With 7 Huge Roku TV Giveaways
July 7th, 2019 is national Cut The Cord Day a celebration of all things cord cutting. This year to celebrate TCL is having seven big giveaways full of great cord cutting gear. Starting today, TCL will have a new giveaway each day for the next seven days. This gives you multiple chances to win some…
-
Sling TV is Offering Seven Add-ons & Its Cloud DVR For Just $20 Including the Sports Extra Package
Today Sling TV announced that they are launching a new deal called the Total TV deal to offer seven add-ons and the cloud DVR feature for just $20 a month. For $20 a month you will get the Sports Extra, Kids Extra, News Extra, Lifestyle Extra, Heartland Extra, Hollywood Extra, Comedy Extra, and Cloud DVR.…
-
Amazon Announces New Prime Day Deals Including $1.99 Movie Rentals & $0.99 Echo Dot With Audible Membership
We are just 2 weeks away from Amazon’s yearly summer sale called Prime Day. Details are still thin but Amazon announced a new set of early Amazon Prime Day Deals. Some deals are live now like $100 off the Fire TV Recast but others like the $1.99 movie rentals have not started yet. Here is…
-
Are Closed Captions Required for Cord Cutting Services? Yes & No…
In the past, the FCC only required closed captions for broadcasters. In 2012, the FCC extended these rules to content streaming online. Now if a program aired on traditional TV with closed captions, streaming services must also offer it with closed captions with a few limitations. These new rules are meant to make streaming more…
-
Pluto TV Adds 11 New Spanish Networks
Today Pluto TV expanded into Spanish programming with the addition of 11 new Spanish language networks. These new networks will offer over 2,000 new hours of programming and help Pluto TV expand its market to even more viewers. “We have always envisioned Pluto TV as a destination with global appeal, where diverse audiences can find…
-
Update: PlayStation Vue Seems to Have a New Deal With AMC, Discovery, NBC, & Turner
July 1st, 2019 is here, and it seems that Sony has a new deal with AMC, Discovery, NBC, and Turner to at least keep the networks on PlayStation Vue for now. For now, no agreement has been announced, but all of these networks are still live on PlayStation Vue this morning after Sony warned that…
