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Amazon’s New Internet Service Will Make Cord Cutting 2.0 Easier, Putting Pressure on Comcast & Spectrum
As cord cutting has matured and helped millions save money on TV now cord cutters have new ways to save money. Now cord cutting has come for internet services and will make it easy to save money with cord cutting 2.0. Last week, Amazon launched the first satellites for its new internet service that will…
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Walmart Rolls Out A New Subscription Program to Match Amazon’s Subscribe and Save Feature As The Two Companies Fight
After Walmart quietly launched its subscription program two weeks ago, the retail giant has gotten a lot louder about its version of Amazon’s Subscribe & Save – particularly with Walmart+ customers. Walmart’s program lets shoppers “subscribe” to various items on the store’s website and set up auto-deliveries. The feature is targeted towards “everyday essentials.” It’s…
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Forget Halloween Frndly TV & Philo Are Ready For 24/7 Christmas Movies
Great American Family is ready to skip Halloween and get right to Christmas movies. Starting today Great American Family will be airing 24/7 Christmas Movies until the end of 2023. The channel is available to cord cutters on Frndly TV and Philo. This year’s Christmas movies will include well-known stars like Candace Cameron, Danica McKellar,…
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Prime Video’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ Ratings Surge as Taylor Swift Boosts Surging Live Sports Streaming
Amazon’s latest Thursday Night Football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos saw the largest year-over-year gain in viewership — a boost likely helped by the Taylor Swift effect. The TNF broadcast on Prime Video averaged 13.8 million viewers, up 57% over a year ago’s Commanders vs. Bears game. It’s the third most-watched…
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Pac-12 Schools Must Pay $72 Million to Comcast & The Pac-12 After Overpayment Scandal
Pac-12 schools are facing a $72 million overpayment scandal after Comcast overpaid the athletic conference’s regional sports network with $50 million owed to Comcast and $22 million owed to the Pac-12 conferance. The company realized it was overcharged for licensing fees from 2012 through 2016. Now Comcast wants its money back, and Pac-12 schools are…
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After Massive Streaming Success on Netflix, Could a Suits Spinoff Series be in The Works?
A new series expanding on the world of streaming sensation Suits is rumored to be in early development with creator Aaron Korsh back at the helm, this time working with NBCUniversal. The show will bring on new faces in a new setting, though still residing in the realm of the Suits universe, according to Deadline.…
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The Live TV Service Vidgo Has Been Down 2 Weeks But Has a New Update
Vidgo, a live TV streaming service offering ESPN, FS1, and more, has been down for almost two weeks now, leaving many to wonder if the service will shut down. Cord Cutters News confirmed with Vidgo that the outage is caused by a vendor dispute. The vendor suddenly changed the terms of the contract, resulting in…
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Plex Adds 8 New Free Channels
Free live TV streaming service Plex reached a deal to expand its content lineup with the addition of eight live channels for the last week in September 2023. Plex now offers more than 50,000 on-demand titles and hundreds of live channels and has slowly grown into one of the largest free ad-supported streaming services on…
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Bally Sports Shuts Down Its Arizona Channel
Last week, Bally Sports Parent Company asked the judge overseeing its bankruptcy for permission not to pay the Arizona Coyotes contract. This will allow Bally Sports to end its TV contract with the company. This comes as Diamond Sports Group, the parent company of Bally Sports, says it would like to shut down the Bally…
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MLB Says It Expects Bally Sports To Cancel One Team’s TV Contract Soon
This week, the MLB asked the court overseeing Bally Sports’ bankruptcy to push the regional sports network to offer a new TV contract for its teams. In that filing, we learned that the league is expecting Bally Sports to drop at least one team after the end of the 2023 season. This comes as Bally…
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Microsoft Officially Closes Activision Blizzard Deal Bringing Hit Gaming Franchises Under Xbox Umbrella
Microsoft officially owns Activision Blizzard and King, marking the largest gaming deal in the U.S. to date. Hit franchises like Pitfall, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Candy Crush Saga and Farm Heroes Saga will be more formally part of the Xbox family. The deal closed ahead of Microsoft’s estimated original October 18 date. “Together, we’ll create new worlds…
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Best Buy Confirms It Will Stop Selling DVDs & Blu-rays, Leaving Walmart and Amazon as Some of the Last Options For Physical Media
Last night, news broke that Best Buy would stop selling DVDs and Blu-rays in the first quarter of 2024, according to The Digital Bits. Now Best Buy has confirmed that it will stop selling DVDs and Blu-rays in 2024. “To state the obvious, the way we watch movies and TV shows is much different today…
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Starlink To Offer Texting From Space Starting in 2024
SpaceX plans to enable direct-to-cell capabilities for its satellite internet provider, Starlink, starting with texting support next year. The company’s website also said voice and data will roll out in 2025 along with IOT. Starlink’s direct-to-cell will work with existing LTE phones “wherever you can see the sky” without extra hardware, software or special apps.…
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FTC Continues To Fight Spam Calls as it Wins a Court Case Against a Company That Made 40 Million Illegal Sales Calls
Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it won a court case against a telemarketing company that bombarded job seekers with millions of illegal, unsolicited calls. The FTC said Day Pacer, LLC and Edutrek LLC purchased consumers’ contact information from websites claiming to help people find jobs, and use the data to make 40 million…
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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Effectively Blends Mystery and Mega Monsters
Typically, mega-monster plots demolish buildings and people rather quickly; however, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters takes more of a slow-build approach to the genre. It creates an immersive reality where monsters are a real, known threat and pairs it with a conspiracy led by a global organization known as Monarch that is somehow behind all the…
