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Cord Cutting Today – New Net Neutrality Rules, XUMO, Commercial Skipping, DIRECTV NOW, & More
Recently we started a new daily YouTube video. Cord Cutting Today will look at the biggest Cord Cutting stories from the past 24 hours in about five or so minutes. We will post these Monday through Friday in an effort to help keep you up to date on everything happening in the world of cord…
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Disney Plans to Close on Its Deal to Buy FOX ‘Soon’
Today Disney’s CEO announced that they expect to close on its deal to buy most of 21st Century Fox “soon.” This comes from a report from Variety as CEO Bob Iger talked about the Fox and the upcoming Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge opening. With this deal, Disney will get ownership of 20th Century Fox movie and…
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Hulu Has a New Billboard Campaign Celebrating International Women’s Day
Today Hulu announced that they are taking over more than 180 digital billboards across the country including in New York, LA, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dallas. Hulu has also curated five different female-centric content collections that spotlight the world’s most breakthrough female icons, characters and creators. The collections, which launched earlier this month featuring content like original series The…
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Tablo is Making Changes to Their DVR Subscription & Cloud DVR
Earlier today Tablo DVRs posted an important update on their Tablo Guide Data Subscription and Cloud DVR. Here is what you need to now: DVR Subscription Changes: Now the first thing you need to know is that current subscribers will see no change to their DVR subscription. New subscribers though will find a few changes.…
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AT&T Announces Plans to Reorganize WanerMedia Including HBO Into 4 Different Groups
Today AT&T announced plans to reorganize WarnerMedia including Warner Bors., HBO, CNN, and more into 4 different groups. These groups include WarnerMedia Entertainment, WarnerMedia News & Sports, Warner Bros. Film, and Affiliates and Advertising Sales Groups. “We have done an amazing job establishing our brands as leaders in the hearts and minds of consumers,” said…
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Channels DVR Is Testing Automatic Commercial Skipping
Hate having to manually fast forward through commercials? Now the team behind the Channels DVR software is testing an automatic commercial skipping feature on DVR recordings. Channels is a software app that uses tuners like the HDHomeRun to record programs from your antenna and stream them on devices like the Apple TV and Fire TV.…
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XUMO Adds The Preview Channel
Yesterday XUMO announced that in partnership with Loop Media they have added The Preview Channel. This new channel will stream new film trailers and video game previews, cast and director interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from every major Hollywood film. “Loop Media is excited to announce The Preview Channel as part of its growing line of…
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DIRECTV NOW Adds Single Sign-on, Apple TV App Integration, & Enhanced Siri Support to The Apple TV
Last night AT&T rolled out a massive update to the DIRECTV NOW iOS and Apple TV app. This updated included the ability to use Siri to find movies & TV shows. You can even now use Siri to launch a channel on the Apple TV by asking Siri to tune to ESPN on DIRECTV NOW…
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Cord Cutting’s Growth Nearly Doubled in 2018
Cord cutting has been seeing steady growth recently. Now a new study from the Leichtman Research Group says cord cutting growth doubled in 2018 over 2017. According to Leichtman, cord cutting grew by 2.9 million in 2018. This is nearly double the 1.5 million that cut the cord in 2017. Now Leichtman Research Group numbers…
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EXPIRED: The Roku Stick is On Sale (Limited Time Deal)
Been thinking about getting a Roku? Right now the Roku Stick is on sale for just $46. About the Roku Stick: Powerful and portable streaming stick Voice remote with buttons for TV power and volume; Compatible with voice-enabled devices featuring 500,000+ movies and TV episodes, with voice search across 1,000+ top channels. Plus, catch hit movies, popular shows and more…
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KlowdTV Adds Classic Game Shows From Buzzr
This week the live TV streaming service KlowdTV added Buzzr. This adds even more news options to the live TV streaming service KlowdTV. This gives KlowdTV access to classic shows like Family Feud and Let’s Make a Deal. Just last month KlowdTV added two new channels: Cheddar and Euronews to their lineup to help make…
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Congress Has Proposed New Bills to Restore Net Neutrality
This week bills have been proposed in both the US Senate and House to restore Net Neutrality. The bills will also prevent the FCC from ever again reversing the 2015 Net Neutrality rules. Since the FCC switched internet services from Title II utilities status to a Title I utilities status the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…
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Netflix CEO Predicts That Broadcast TV Will Be Dead By 2030
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has for years now predicted the death of broadcast TV. This week he once again did so saying “broadcast TV will probably last until 2030.” This all comes as it was reported that traditional pay-TV services might have lost as many as 2.5 million subscribers in 2018. According to reports, the big…
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NBCUniversal Just Spent $21 Million to Buy 2 New Broadcast TV Station
Today NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations announced that they have closed on their deal to buy two new TV stations in the Sacramento and Salt Lake City area. Both of these stations are Telemundo affiliates previously owned and operated by Serestar but now will be apart of the NBCUniversal family of channels. These channels include KMUM…
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Omniverse CEO Claims to Have a 100-Year Deal With DIRECTV Making HDHomeRun, SkyStream TV, TikiLive, & More Legal
Today Omniverse CEO Jason DeMeo gave an interview with LightReading to talk about the recent lawsuit from ACE’s whos members include whose members include some of the biggest names in TV and many others his contract that allows him to offer the streaming service. According to Jason DeMeo they have a 100-year contract that allows…
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