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ABC Announces Their Mid-Season Premiere Dates
Its that time of the year again as mid-season premieres start kicking off. Today ABC announced their mid-season premieres Here are all the big dates you need to know: Grey’s Anatomy spinoff will premiere on Thursday, Mach. 22. (As best I can tell there is still no name for the new show.) The final four episodes of Scandal…
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David Letterman’s New Netflix Show Premieres This Week
This week David Letterman’s new Netflix Original show will premiere on January 12 with President Barack Obama as his first guest. The “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” show will feature David Letterman and one guest in interviews that take place both inside and outside a studio setting. The show will include segments outside the…
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Haier Announces a New Line of Android TV Powered Smart TVs
For the second time today we have an announcement of a new Android TV powered smart TVs this time from Haier. At this time Haier didn’t announce pricing for their new Android TV powered smart TVs, but did note that the new line of TVs will include models that support 4K resolution and integration of the…
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What to Look For Today From CES 2018
Today is the real kickoff of CES 2018, and some of the biggest names in cord cutting will be holding press conferences. So here are a few companies to watch today as CES 2018 gets started. (Note: Cord Cutters News will be at all of these events.) LG Today at 8 AM PST LG will…
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Today at CES Vewd (formally Opera TV) Announced Their New Smart TV OS Called Vewd
According to Vewd, their new smart TV is the first smart TV OS that “truly leads with video, offering an immersive, dynamic and cinematic viewing experience directly from the homescreen.” A Vewd rep went on to say smart TVs with their new OS will not need to download apps. “Vewd OS offers thousands of popular…
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Westinghouse Announces a New Line of 4K Android TV Powered Smart TV
Last night Westinghouse Electronic announced a new line of Android TV-powered smart 4K Ultra HD televisions. This new line of Smart TVs is powered by Android TV and includes features like voice search along with Google Cast. Westinghouse’s new Android 4K Ultra HD TVs will be available in Q2 2018 and come in sizes ranging from…
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Channel Master Announces a New 60-Mile “Smart Antenna”
Today Channel Master, the company best known for their line of OTA DVRs, announced a new smart antenna called the SMARTenna+. This 60-mile indoor antenna uses a new Active Steering technology from Ethertronics. With this Active Steering feature the antenna will automatically maximize TV channel reception. The SMARTenna+ does this by scanning for over-the-air TV…
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Hulu Wins Their First Golden Globe
Tonight Hulu won their first Golden Globe for their original series, The Handmaid’s Tale. Not only did Hulu win one Golden Globe but Hulu nabbed a total of two awards at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards. The Handmaid’s Tale won the Golden Globe Awards for: Best Television Series – Drama Best Performance by an Actress In Television Drama –…
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Deal Alert: NHL.TV Season Pass Just $49.99 (Limited Time Deal)
Typically a season pass of NHL.TV costs $139.96 for out of market games. Right now for a limited time a season pas of NHL.TV for all out of market games costs just $49.99. Compare that to the monthly $29.99 deal that they are still selling and it is a steal. The single TV deal has…
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Facebook Will Live Stream the “Golden Globes Preshow” For FREE
This weekend the awards season kicks off with the “2018 Golden Globe Awards” on NBC. If an antenna is not an option for you and you want a free option to watch the award show, you may want to check out Facebook. This year Facebook and Dick Clarke Productions have teamed up to stream the…
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Amazon Shuts Down Their Anime Streaming Service
This week Amazon quietly shut down Anime Strike, their anime streaming service that was part of Amazon Channels. Anime Strike was a $5 a month service that you could add to your Amazon Prime membership as part of Amazon’s Channels service. According to Amazon, the content currently on Anime Strike is being moved to Prime…
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5 Cord Cutting Trends to Watch For During CES 2018
CES 2018 officially gets kicked off in a few days, but the unofficial start is tonight with the kickoff of the first CES press event. Cord Cutters News is already at CES meeting people, companies, and looking at the newest products hitting the market. Before everything gets crazy busy, I wanted to list a few…
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For The First Time Ever The Golden Globes Will Be Live Streamed
Last year if you wanted to stream the Golden Globes legally you found yourself out of luck. NBC made it clear that their contract with the Golden Globes did not allow them to stream the award show. This year you will be about to stream the Golden Globes on NBC’s website at http://www.nbc.com/live You will also be…
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Hulu Added 6 NBC Affiliates This Week – Now Has 446 Live Locals
This week Hulu added 6 new NBC affiliates. This brings Hulu’s total number of locals up to 446. Here are all the NBC locals Hulu added this week as sent to us by Hulu: NBC Affiliate DMA KCRA Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto WTMJ Milwaukee WLTZ Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL) KBMT Beaumont-Port Arthur WGEM Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk WRGX Dothan Here are…
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The New 3.0 OTA TV Standard Will Be Announced at CES 2018
A few months ago, the FCC approved the move to a new 3.0 OTA standard. With this move over-the-air TV will now have 4K, more channels, better coverage, and more. However, there still has yet to be a standard set of rules for companies to start building tuners and transmitters to use the new 3.0…
