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Hulu is Expected to Lose $1.5 Billion This Year
Yesterday, Disney announced that it expects Hulu to lose $1.5 billion in 2019. The good news is Disney expects Hulu losses to stop and the service to be profitable in 2023 or 2024. So, why is Hulu losing $1.5 billion? Disney did not go into it, but recently Hulu has been spending big to get…
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Comcast’s Xfinity TV Price Just Increased $10 a Month
This week there has been a lot of talk about YouTube TV and DIRECTV NOW going up $10 a month. What slid under the radar is that Comcast also went up the same amount in some markets. That means if you live in a Comcast market you are saving the same amount this year as…
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Amazon & Roku Are Locked in a Price War As The 50″ 4K HDR Fire TV Edition Smart TV is Now Just $249.99
For over a month now Amazon and Roku TVs have been fighting it out over price. Amazon today once again cut the price of its 55″ Toshiba 4K HDR Fire TV Smart TV and is extending the sale on the 50″ Fire TV Smart TV. Now Anow you can get an Insignia Fire TV Edition…
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The FCC Plans Spend $20.4 Billion To Expand Broadband Internet to 4 Million Rural Americans
Today the FCC announced plans to spend $20.4 billion on efforts to bring broadband to 4 million rural American homes. To do this the FCC is creating a new Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. This new Rural Digital Opportunity Fund will be used to help roll out infrastructure to rural Americans in peroration for 5G technologies according…
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EXPIRED: Amazon’s $2.99 Movie Rental This Weekend is Bumblebee
Amazon often offers a movie rental of the weekend for $2.99. This weekend that movie is the 2018 Bumblebee movie that typical rents in HD for $4.99 this weekend only it is just $2.99 in HD for rent. The one catch is that you have to be an Amazon Prime member. (You have 30 days…
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BBC Programming is Now FREE From Your Public Library Thanks to hoopla digital
Today BBC Studios and hoopla digital announced a deal to bring BBC programming to the free streaming services hoopla digital. Over 45 titles are now available on hoopla digital, including signature classics Robin Hood, Absolutely Fabulous, Inspector Lynley, Upstairs Downstairs and Waking the Dead. More BBC series will be available on hoopla digital later in…
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AT&T Watch TV Adds 4 New Viacom Channels But Still Costs Just $15
A few weeks ago AT&T and Viacom struck a new deal to keep Viacom networks on DIRECTV and U-verse TV. Last week AT&T added some Viacom channels to DIRECTV NOW and today AT&T added some Viacom channels to AT&T Watch TV. Starting today AT&T Watch TV customers will now find MTV, Nick, TV Land, and…
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Comcast vs. YouTube TV: Which is the Better Deal?
With the YouTube TV price hike this week, we’ve seen some comments from those that are wondering if going back to Comcast is the right move. In this post, we’re breaking down the channels, costs, and features of each to compare and find out which is the better deal. For the sake of a fair…
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Here is Everything You Need to Know About Disney+
Yesterday Disney finally officially announced Disney+. We learned a lot in a presentation that went over an hour. Now that I have had a full night to break down everything Disney said, I wanted to clearly lay out it out for our readers. When will it launch? Disney+ will launch on November 12, 2019. How…
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6 Ways Cable TV Tries to Trick Cord Cutters into Going Back to Cable
Cable TV companies have been working overtime to make cable look like a better deal than cord cutting. They have been using both new and old tactics to trick cord cutters into wanting to go back. So, today, we are going to look at the top 5 ways cable TV tries to trick cord cutters…
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Hulu Announces That Most Live TV Customers Who Canceled Because of The Recent Price Hike Went to On-Demand
Today Disney opened up about their plans for Hulu now that Disney owns the majority of Hulu. Now that Disney has the ability to do pretty much whatever they want and now we got our first update about Hulu since the Fox and Disney merger. Here is what we learned during Disney’s Hulu presentation: Hulu’s…
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Disney Officially Announces Disney+
Back in November of 2017, we let you know that Disney had created a website for their upcoming streaming service, Disney+. Today Disney officially announced the service along with the launch date and price. “Disney+ marks a bold step forward in an exciting new era for our company – one in which consumers will have…
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Cord Cutting Today #30 – YouTube TV Price Hike, TiVo’s Prototype ATSC 3.0 DVR, NAB Show Floor, ATSC 3.0 Tuners, & More
Recently we started a new daily YouTube video. Cord Cutting Today will look at the biggest Cord Cutting stories from the past 24 hours in about five or so minutes. We will post these Monday through Friday in an effort to help keep you up to date on everything happening in the world of cord…
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Stringr Launches a Premium Livestreaming Service Used By The Weather Channel
Last week, Stringr announced the launch of their new premium live streaming function. The feature will allow users to request live video from the 75,000+ professional and amateur videographers across the country. In a press release from the company, we learned that the live streaming works by giving Stringr customers the ability to request live…
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Disney Will Unveil Details of Disney+ Today at Investor Day Event
This afternoon, Disney is hosting an Investor Day event and we can finally expect to hear more details about the Disney+ streaming service. The event will start at 5 p.m EST today. Since we first heard about Disney+ in late 2017, we’ve gotten some details about what we might see from the service. We heard…
