-
Pluto TV Is Adding 7 New Channels Today
Today Viacom announced that they will be adding seven new channels to Pluto TV’s lineup. These channels include VH1 Unscripted, VH1 Hip Hop Family, BET Her, BET Homecoming, VH1 Love & Hip Hop, VH1 Black Ink Crew, and VH1 RuPaul’s Drag Race. “We have been making a concerted effort to grow and diversify our content offerings to…
-
AT&T’s CEO Defends Buying DIRECTV & Time Warner Following Shareholder Concerns
Recently AT&T has been under fire for its TV efforts as they warn that a million TV customers could be lost int he 3rd quarter of 2019. Most noticeably was the investor group Elliott Management who is pushing for DIRECTV to be sold and new leadership be brought in at AT&T. Now AT&T’s CEO says…
-
Amazon Music Introduces Highest Quality Audio for Streaming with Amazon Music HD
Amazon has just announced the launch of Amazon Music HD. This is a new tier of Amazon Music, offering premium quality music with a library of over 50 million HD songs and millions more in UHD, the highest quality streaming audio available. Subscriptions start at $12.99/month for new subscribers. Current subscribers to Amazon Music will pay $5/month…
-
NBC’s New Streaming Service Will Be Named Peacock
NBC has just announced that their new streaming service will be named Peacock. Peacock, the ad and subscription supported streaming service, will launch in April 2020. Pricing details will be announced later, but we know that the content library will include The Office and Parks and Rec, two of the most-watched streaming series. “The name…
-
HBO Max Makes Record Breaking Deal to Stream ‘The Big Bang Theory’
HBO Max will have exclusive streaming rights for The Big Bang Theory when the streaming service launches in spring 2020. The deal gives HBO MAX exclusive domestic streaming rights to all 12 seasons of the hit show. It’s estimated that this deal for streaming and syndication cost AT&T billions of dollars. As The Hollywood Reporter…
-
New Alexa Capabilities Are Coming to VIZIO SmartCast TVs
VIZIO announced today new Alexa capabilities are coming to VIZIO SmartCast TVs. In the past, you could use Alexa to turn on and off your TV and other basic features. Now you will be able to search for movies or shows by title, genre, or cast members through a nearby Alexa Echo device. “At VIZIO,…
-
PlayStation Vue is Making Changes To its Lineup Tomorrow
Starting tomorrow September 18 2019, you may notice a few channels have moved in the PlayStation Vue lineup. Sony has announced that Destination America and the Science Channel will be moving from the basic Access Plan to the high end Elite Plan. Now MotoTrend will be moved down to the Access Plan. Exactly why these…
-
Cord Cutting Today #148 – Best Buy Sued For Selling Piracy Devices, AT&T & Disney Reach a Deal? & More
Cord Cutting Today is our daily look at some of the biggest stories happening right now in the world of cord cutting. You can find these videos posted on YouTube every Monday through Saturday. Today we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting. Including Best Buy Sued…
-
Exclusive: Amazon’s Fire TV Will Now Use Your Screensaver to Suggest Movies & TV Shows
Starting today Amazon is rolling out an updated screensaver to the Fire TV that will also suggest relevant movies and TV shows. This new feature will give Fire TV users recommendations about TV shows and movies from Prime Video, IMDb TV, Pluto TV, History, Hallmark, and YouTube with more services coming soon. “When we launched…
-
AT&T Reportedly Inflated DIRECTV NOW Subscriber Numbers According to New Lawsuit
This week AT&T is now facing a third lawsuit claiming that it misled investors over the growth of DIRECTV NOW, now called AT&T TV NOW. Pomerantz LLP and Labaton Sucharow LLP now say their investigation found that the use of fake accounts to increase DIRECTV NOW subscribers numbers was a “massive and nationwide” issue. According…
-
Conviva Launches Conviva Content Insights to Help Streaming Services Engage and Retain Viewers
Conviva, the global leader in streaming media intelligence, has announced the launch of Conviva Content Insights and the next generation of Conviva Experience Insights. The purpose of this new venture is to help companies with content strategy, promotion, and monetization by offering real time insights into how, when and what viewers are streaming. Contiva Content…
-
Amazon, SpaceX, & 5G May Make Fully Cutting The Cord On Comcast & Spectrum a Reality
For years cord cutting detractors have pushed the idea that you can’t cut the cord if you get your Internet from a cable or DSL provider. The argument is if you are still paying a company that also owns a traditional pay-TV service its not real cord cutting. But now a growing number of companies…
-
Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix and Hulu For The Week Of September 16th, 2019
Coming to Netflix this week: September 17 Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives The Last Kids on Earth Netflix Family September 18 Come and Find Me September 19 Océans September 20 Between Two Ferns: The Movie Netflix Film Criminal Netflix Original Daddy Issues Disenchantment: Part 2 Netflix Original Fastest Car (Season 2) Netflix Original…
-
The FCC Has Approved The Merger Between Nexstar & Tribune Owned ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals
Today the FCC approved the merger between Nexstar and Tribune. This $6.4 Billion deal would merge Tribune’s ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC stations into Nexstar. Last month, the DOJ approved the sale of Tribune-owned locals to Nexstar as long as Nexstar sells one or more local stations in 13 markets. Now with the FCC’s approval,…
-
Google is Working on A New Android TV Device Called “Hero”
For years many have wondered if Google would ever make its own Android TV device. When Android TV first launched, The Nexus was Google’s flagship Android TV device built in partnership with Asus. But since that died in 2018 there has been no official Android TV device from Google. Now that seems to be changing.…
Disclaimer: To address the growing use of ad blockers we now use affiliate links to sites like http://Amazon.com, streaming services, and others. Affiliate links help sites like Cord Cutters News, stay open. Affiliate links cost you nothing but help me support my family. We do not allow paid reviews on this site. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.