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Cord Cutting This Week #224 – AT&T’s DIRECTV Could Lose Locals, Comcast’s $10 TV Service, & More
Today in Cord Cutting This Week #224 we talk about: AT&T’s DIRECTV Could Lose Locals, Comcast’s $10 TV Service, & More. Story #1 AT&T Warns That DIRECTV Could Lose Local Channels After STELA Expires https://cordcuttersnews.com/att-warns-that-directv-could-lose-local-channels-after-stela-expires/ Story #2 beIN Sports Launches a Free OTA Sports Channel in 15 Markets https://cordcuttersnews.com/bein-sports-launches-a-free-ota-sports-channel-in-15-markets/ Story #3 The Weather Channel’s New…
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How to Save Money on Spectrum TV By Cutting the Cord
The most recent Spectrum price hike was in October, which was the third price increase for Spectrum broadcast TV in just 12 months. Spectrum TV customers now pay $13.50 a month for broadcast TV fees, up from $11.99 a month. This adds up to $162 a year to your bill just to watch free over-the-air…
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Amazon’s IMDb TV vs Crackle: Two Great Free Streaming Services Compared
Most of us know about the paid TV streaming services, but do you know about the options for watching content for free? In this post, we’re looking at two streaming services with everything from blockbuster films to original series, Crackle and IMDb TV. Crackle Crackle is bringing major titles from its partner networks as well…
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President Trump Has Signed a Bill to Ban Hidden Cable TV Fees
Late last week President Trump signed a spending bill that included a provision to ban hidden fees on cable providers as part of a spending bill. These reforms will go into effect six months from now unless the FCC grants a six-month extension. “People across the country are fed up with all of the extra…
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Amazon’s Home Internet Service Is Facing Legal Challenges from SpaceX
Recently Amazon asked the FCC for waivers so it can launch a home Internet service from space. Amazon wants to launch over 3,000 satellites into low earth orbit to beam down Internet from space. Now SpaceX is lobbying the FCC against Amazon’s request for waivers complaining that rules Amazon is asking to not follow are…
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Disney+ Release a Free Fun Holiday Craft, Courtesy of Star Wars
Looking for a quick, fun craft to do during this holiday break from work and school? Star Wars has you covered. On Twitter, Jon Favreau shared this easy craft project from an artist on The Mandalorian. Just print out the template, cut it out, tape it together, and you’ll have the world’s cutest Christmas tree…
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Here is Everything Coming to Amazon Prime Video in January 2020
Here is everything coming to Amazon Prime Video in January 2020. January 1 Amores Perros (2000) Arbitrage (2012) Captivity (2007) Cinderfella (1960) The Conspirator (2011) Crisscross (1992) Cube (1998) Cube 2: Hypercube (2003) Cube Zero (2005) Dangerous Curves (1988) Danny Collins (2015) Dracula 3000 (2004) Drop Dead Sexy (2005) Edge Of Darkness (2010) Golden…
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Roku is The Most Popular Cord Cutting Streaming Player, Beating Out Fire TV and Apple TV (Cordie Award 2019 Winners)
While there isn’t one streaming device that works for every cord cutter, some are recommended and chosen over others. In this category, we asked you which streaming device you prefer over all others. According to Cord Cutters News readers, the best streaming players/TVs of 2019 are Roku devices with 59.3% of the vote. Fire TV…
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How to Watch the NFL Network Fire TV, Roku, & Apple TV
Want to catch today’s big NFL games on the NFL Network? The good news is you now have several options to stream NFL Network and the NFL Redzone without cable TV. So here is how you can watch the NFL Network & NFL Redzone on Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV. Sling TV Sling TV…
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Britbox Announces Its January 2020 Lineup
Here is everything new on Britbox in January 2020: January 1, 2020: Wallander, Seasons 1-4 (North American Exclusive Premiere) – Based on the award-winning Wallander novels by Henning Mankell, this award-winning series is set in the dramatic and beautiful landscape of southern Sweden. The show is fronted by its titular character, Kurt Wallander (Kenneth Branagh), a brilliant detective who takes…
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Vidgo DVR Support is Coming at the Beginning of 2020
Yesterday, we announced the official launch of Vidgo’s Live TV streaming service. One question kept coming up in comments, along with on our Facebook page and in emails. Readers wanted to know why the service didn’t include a DVR. Vidgo has now confirmed that the DVR feature is coming. While we don’t have an exact…
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Sling TV Adds a Free DVR
Today Sling TV added a free DVR to all customers. This DVR is limited to just 10 hours but is free for all Sling TV subscribers. You can still pay $5 a month for 50 hours of DVR storage if you want extra storage. You don’t have to do anything to get this DVR it…
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Comcast, Spectrum, & AT&T May Need to Crack Down on Piracy After a $1 Billion Judgement Against Cox
This week, Cox was found liable for piracy infringement and will now pay $1 billion in damages to Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and EMI. The lawsuit against Cox was filed in July 2018, alleging that Cox wasn’t stopping piracy on its network. As a result, there was piracy infringement on over…
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Pluto TV Now Has 247 Free Channels & Thousands of On-Demand Titles
Recently Pluto TV has been adding new channels bringing it’s total channel count to 247, all of them free. This is up from just over 200 Pluto TV channels back in September 2019. This comes as Viacom has recently been adding a growing amount of Viacom and non-Viacom content to Pluto TV. So what is…
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Cord Cutting Today #223 – Congress Bans Cable TV Fees, Apple Launching an Internet Service? & More
Today in CCT #223 we talk about: AT&T’s DIRECTV Could Lose Locals, Vidgo Launches, The Weather Channel, Netflix, IMDb, & More. Story #1 The 2019 Roku Ultra is On Sale for $69 (Arrives Before Christmas) https://cordcuttersnews.com/the-2019-roku-ultra-is-on-sale-for-69-arrives-before-christmas/ Story #2 Vidgo Launches a Live TV Streaming Service with 60 Channels at Just $39.99/Month for Cord Cutters https://cordcuttersnews.com/vidgo-launches-a-live-tv-streaming-service-with-60-channels-at-just-39-99-month-for-cord-cutters/…
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