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Oregon’s Governor Will Sign Net Neutrality Bill on Monday
This week it was announced that Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown will sign the Oregon Net Neutrality Bill into law on Monday. This bill will prevent internet service providers that work with public bodies, such as state and local governments and school districts, from creating “paid prioritization” for preferred services. Now it just needs the governor’s…
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MoviePass Acquires Moviefone
MoviePass, the service that lets you see a movie a day for one low monthly payment, this week announced that they have acquired Moviefone from Oath Inc, a Verizon Company. “This natural alignment between MoviePass and Moviefone will help us grow our subscriber base significantly and expand our marketing and advertising platform for our studio and brand…
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YouTube TV Is Adding The Weather Channel’s Local Now Service Next Week
Last week as part of an announcement about Local Now, the new owners of The Weather Channel listed YouTube TV as one of the services offering The Weather Channel’s Local Now service. Local Now is a hyperlocal channel that will show local weather, sports, news, traffic, and more based on your IP address. In the…
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YouTube TV Adds Support for Firefox Browsers
YouTube TV has had a busy week. First, they added the Decades Network and more FOX, CBS, and Telemundo affiliates. Next, it was reported that YouTube TV is testing as many as six new channels from digital publishers including Cheddar, Tastemade, The Young Turks Network, & More on YouTube TV according to DIGIDAY. Now YouTube TV has quietly…
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Sling TV Is Offering Half Off the Roku Ultra Or a FREE Roku Express
Been thinking about getting the 2017 Roku Ultra or the 2017 Roku Express? (Note the 2017 Roku Ultra and Roku Express are the most current models.) Also looking at trying Sling TV? Right now may be the moment you have been waiting for. Right now Sling TV has great device deals for new customers including a…
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Report: YouTube TV Plans to Add Cheddar, Tastemade,The Young Turks Network, & More
According to reports from sources with direct knowledge of Google’s plans say YouTube TV is testing as many as six new channels from digital publishers including Cheddar, Tastemade, The Young Turks Network, & More on YouTube TV according to DIGIDAY. This comes just days after YouTube TV added Decades Network with programming from the 1950s and onward…
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Survey: Most Cord Cutters Pay Less Than $70 For Internet
Recently Cord Cutters News surveyed more than 2,500 of our readers asking them a long list of questions about their cord cutting set up and habits. One of the questions we asked is what they pay for home internet. (Home internet only not counting mobile cellular internet.) According to our readers, more than 70% of…
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Editorial: Pay TV Is Repeating the Mistakes Radio Made
If you have been following the current state of radio, you will know it’s not looking that great. Many have said that radio today is what TV will look like in a few years with major television studios going bankrupt just like radio groups such as iHeartRadio are doing now. In the late 2000s, as…
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Hulu Releases Numbers Offering a Look at Their March Madness Numbers
Yesterday Hulu gave an in-depth look at how March Madness went on their new live TV streaming service. According to Hulu Live TV, college basketball viewership spiked 67% during the tournament compared to the regular season. The total amount of college basketball hours watched jumped 235% during the first week of the tournament on Hulu.…
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LG Teams Up to Help Test 3.0 OTA TV in Phoenix
Later this year in Phoenix there will be a test of the ATSC 3.0 over-the-air TV standard. This will test the new over-the-air TV standard that offers a long list of new features including 4K support. The Phoenix test has been led by Pearl TV, a collaboration of E.W. Scripps Company, Fox Television Stations, Meredith…
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Amazon & NBCUniversal Announce a New Deal Bringing More Content to Amazon Prime
Today Amazon announced a new deal to bring more full season of popular NBCUniversal shows to Amazon Prime. With this deal, Amazon Prime members will get full episodes of popular NBCUniversal shows including “Friday Night Lights,” “Parks and Recreation,” “House” and “Eureka.” Amazon Prime members can now enjoy these shows starting today. Amazon and NBCUniversal Did…
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The Weather Channel Doubles Down on Weather & Plans to Relaunch Local Now
Recently the Weather Channel was sold to new owners and now it looks like they are making quick changes to the network and their Local Now service. The first major change is a new look with mixed-reality capabilities. “By harnessing the power of advanced, real-time graphics renderings and visual effects with Frontier powered by Unreal…
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Sling International Launches on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 Platform
Today Sling TV and Comcast have teamed up to bring Sling International to the Xfinity X1 platform. Now Xfinity subscribers can use their cable box to stream international programming in 21 languages starting at $10 a month. Sling International supported languages include Arabic, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi, Urdu, Bangla, Bengali, Brazilian, French, Italian,…
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Sling TV Adds Fuse to Their Lineup
Yesterday Sling TV announced that they have added the Fuse channel to their lineup. Fuse Networks, LLC first launched Fuse back on July 1st 1994. Fuse focuses on a wide range of music tastes with the slogan “Where Music Lives.” Fuse offers a wide catalog of programming including Trivial Takedown, Social Fabric, Music on The Road,…
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Spectrum Adds $64.89 in Fees/Taxes to One Customer’s Bundle
We have all seen the ads for crazy good cable TV deals. From deals on TV to bundle deals that just look too good to pass up. Yet what happens once you sign the deal but don’t read all the fine print? What fees are added and what can you really expect to pay? Thanks…
