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The US Senate Just Voted to Restore Net Neutrality
Today the United States Senate voted to restore the FCC Net Neutrality rules through the CRA rules. Through the Congressional Review Act the Senate can force the FCC to reverse their ruling on the net neutrality rules, and only 51 votes will be needed to restore the FCC rules. The vote just barely passed with 52 senators voting…
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Tubi’s CCO Sees An Ad-Supported Future For Streaming
Recently Cord Cutters News had the opportunity to sit down with Adam Lewinson, the Chief Content Officer for Tubi. Tubi is a free streaming service that gives viewers access to the largest library of movies and TV shows compared to any other free streaming service. During our talk, Adam opened up about his thoughts on…
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Sling TV Adds REVOLT and Cinemoi to Their Lineup
Today Sling TV announced that they have added two new networks to their lineup with the addition of REVOLT and Cinemoi. “At Sling TV, we’re always looking to add new and unique content to our service, and now, Slingers everywhere have access to more music and movie channels with today’s launch of REVOLT and Cinémoi.”…
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Hulu Is Rolling Out Picture in Picture, Stop Suggesting, & Other New Features
Today at the Denver Pay TV Show, Hulu’s VP of Product Richard Irving made several announcements including Picture in Picture, Stop Suggesting, Remove, and out of home network. Here are some highlights of what was announced: Stop Suggesting & Remove Hulu announced that they have added “Stop Suggesting” programming and “Remove” from Watch History. With…
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PlayStation Vue Has 670,000 Subscribers Far Behind Sling TV and DIRECTV NOW
Today at the Pay TV show in Denver Joel Espelien a Senior Analyst at TDG gave a detailed report on the state of the TV industry with a heavy focus on streaming services. During the talk, we got an updated look at live TV streaming services One of the most interesting things was a report…
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DIRECTV NOW is Looking For New Roku Beta Testers
A couple of weeks ago AT&T stopped sending out invites to test the DIRECTV NOW app beta on Roku players. Now it looks like DIRECTV NOW is once again looking for more Roku Beta testers and are mass emailing DIRECTV NOW subscribers asking you to test out the Roku beta. If you do not have…
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Comcast is Charging a $90 Installation Fee Even When No Installation is Needed
Well, it looks like Comcast has a new way to make money. Charge as much as $90 in installation fee even if they don’t have to do anything. Recently ArsTechnica did some research oComcast’sts installation fee and found that it varies wildly but if your area has a $60 or $90 installation fee you have to…
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Amazon Confirms Thursday Night NFL Football Will Stream For Free on Twitch
Yesterday at the Pay TV Show in Denver, Cord Cutters News was able to interview Rich Au the director of Amazon Channels and one of the leads on Amazon’s sports deals. We had the opportunity to chat about some of the questions we hear from our readers. One of the main things we talked about…
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Philo’s CEO Reconfirms Apple TV & Fire TV Plans & Chats with CCN About the Service
Yesterday at the Pay TV Show in Denver, Cord Cutters News had a great opportunity to interview Philo’s CEO, Andrew McCollum. Not only did we get to ask about the Apple TV and Fire TV plans but we also learned more about Philo. During our talk, McCollum reconfirmed their plans to launch Philo on the…
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Roku is Having Technical Issues
Right now Roku is having issues with Netflix and YouTube TV on some Roku Players and Roku TVs. Now when some Roku users open their Netflix or YouTube you find a FBI warning issue. We are aware of a technical glitch affecting certain channels on your Roku player or Roku TV. We hope to have…
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T-Mobile’s VP of Home Entertainment Opens Up About Their New Live TV Streaming Service
Today at the Pay TV show in Denver Jeff Binder T-Mobile’s VPE of Home and Entertainment opened up about their new live TV streaming service. Well, Jeff still refused to answer many of the questions cord cutters want to know we still got some very interesting details from the Keynote. According to Jeff Binder, T-Mobile’s live…
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Sky Says Their Live TV Streaming Service Has Been Very Successful For Them
Yesterday at the Pay TV Show in Denver, Andrew Olson, the executive vice president for strategic innovation, talked about the success of Sky’s live TV streaming efforts. During the talk, Olson opened up about the Now TV streaming service Sky launched in the UK. According to Olson, the service is very successful both in a…
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DIRECTV NOW Officially Release Their DVR, Expands On-Demand, & More
Earlier today we reported that DIRECTV NOW’s DVR was now live for everyone. Now DIRECTV NOW has officially announced the new details and given more details on the new service. According to AT&T starting today the following devices will get the new DIRECTV NOW app with DVR: Apple iOS 10+ Apple TV (4th gen & higher running…
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AT&T Plans to Launch a Streaming Version of DIRECT BY The End of The Year
Today at the MoffettNathanson Media & Communications Summit AT&T CEO John Donovan announced they plan to release a streaming-only version of their DIRECTV satellite service. Now, this won’t be DIRECTV NOW but almost a one for one copy of DIRECTV streaming online. So why make this move well it is far cheaper to add a new streaming…
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DIRECTV NOW’s DVR is Now Live Their Site & You Can Get Extra Streams For $5
Today DIRECTV NOW updated their website and added their new DVR. Well, the apps have yet to be updated the DIRECTVNOW.com website now includes the ability to access the DVR. Hopefully, the apps will soon also be updated. Update: DIRECTV NOW just officially announced the new DIRECTV NOW app, DVR, & More. You can learn…
