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Cord Cutting This Week 61 – DIRECTV NOW Loses 267,000 Subscribers, Hulu New Ads, Cable’s Downfall, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also let…
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PBS’s CEO Says They Are Talking With Services Like PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, YouTube TV, & More
Last year PBS announced efforts to launch on live TV streaming services like Hulu and YouTube TV. They carefully warned though that well PBS owns the rights to many of the syndicated shows the local content is owned by 350 some member stations that PBS as a parent company does not own or control. This…
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Here is Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, & Amazon in February 2019
Feb. 1 About a Boy American Pie American Pie 2 American Wedding As Good as It Gets Billy Elliot Dear Ex Final Destination Free Rein: Valentine’s Day Hairspray Hostel Jaws Jaws 2 Jaws 3 Jaws: The Revenge Personal Shopper Pretty in Pink Russian Doll Siempre bruja The Edge of Seventeen True: Happy Hearts Day Velvet…
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PlayStation Vue Adds a West Coast Feed of the Smithsonian Channel
This week PlayStation Vue quietly added a west coast feed of the Smithsonian Channel to their lineup for PlayStation Vue Core and higher subscribers. This comes just a few months after PlayStation Vue added an east coast feed of the Smithsonian Channel to their lineup helping expand the reach of the Smithsonian’s great lineup of shows…
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YouTube TV is Offering an Extended 2 Week Free Trial For a Limited Time
Been thinking of trying YouTube TV? Well right now may be the time to do it as they are offering a 14-day free trial. YouTube TV has for some time been changing the length of their free trial. At one point it was even as high as 30 days. More recently it has been a…
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AT&T Confirms DIRECTV NOW No Longer Offers ESPN3
A few months ago, DIRECTV NOW customers lost access to ESPN3 content. At the time some support agents said this was just a glitch and ESPN3 support would return shortly. Now AT&T has confirmed that ESPN3 is not coming back and should never have been part of DIRECTV NOW. In a statement on DIRECTV NOW’s…
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Here is Everything Coming to Amazon’s IMDb Freedive in February 2019
Amazon recently launched a new free ad-supported streaming service called Freedive. This service runs through the Amazon-owned IMDb website. At launch, Amazon promoted the service as being available on Fire TVs and online. Now overnight Amazon updated their Roku channel to add free ad-supported movies. “Customers already rely on IMDb to discover movies and TV…
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Comcast’s New Streaming Service Will Reportedly Not Support The Apple TV
Today reports came out that Comcast plans to not support the Apple TV for their new streaming services. A source that talked with BESTAppleTV said: “Comcast is focused on the Now TV solution as the future of its streaming infrastructure and Apple has been told this.” That source went on to say, “Apple has also been…
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EXPIRED: Amazon Echo Owners Now Get 4 Months of Amazon Music Unlimited For FREE
This week Amazon announced that Amazon Echo owners can now get 4 months of Amazon Music Unlimted for FREE. The one catch is that if you don’t cancel your subscription will auto-renew after 4 months. If you want this deal you need to hurry to claim this deal as it will end on February 5th, 2019. You…
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Here is Everything Coming to HBO NOW in February 2019
Here is Everything Coming to HBO NOW in February 2019 Series Premieres: Folklore, Series Premiere (2/1) 2 Dope Queens, Season 2 Premiere (2/8) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Season 6 Premiere (2/18) Chumel Con Chumel Torres, Season 4 Premiere (2/18) Series Finales: True Detective, Season 3 Finale (2/24) Original Programming: Song of Parkland (2/7)…
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Apple CEO is Not Ready to Talk about Their Soon to Be Launched Netflix Competitor
Yesterday during Apple’s earnings call, CEO Tim Cook talked about the future of their TV efforts. In the call he talked about the Apple TV and their AirPlay 2 efforts but when it came to original content and their plans to launch a Netflix competitor Cook declined to comment at this time. You can hear…
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DIRECTV NOW Adds Sinclair Owned CW Locals
Last night DIRECTV NOW added more CW locals to their lineup. It seems to be mostly Sinclair owned CW Networks including WCTV The CW 18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Birmingham, Alabama according to a report on Reddit and confirmed by Cord Cutters News. Update: Here are all the CW locals DIRECTV NOW added today, Atlanta, Birmingham,…
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DIRECTV NOW vs YouTube TV vs Philo vs PlayStation Vue vs Sling TV vs FuboTV vs Watch TV vs Hulu – Updated February 2019
2019 is underway and the battle for the best live TV streaming services is heating up. As we wait for newcomers like T-Mobile TV to hit the market current providers are fighting to be the best live TV streaming service. With 8 very popular live TV services it is harder than ever to pick the…
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EXPIRED: Here Are The 5 Best Deals in Cord Cutting Right Now (Updated: February 2019)
Are you looking for some good cord cutting deals? We want to highlight the top 5. These are all limited-time deals, so don’t wait because the deals can end at any time. #1 The Roku Ultra For Just $79.99 Did you miss out on Roku’s Black Friday sale? Well, right now the Roku Ultra costs just $79.99…
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PlayStation Vue is Adding More Nexstar Owned Local Channels
Back in November 2017, Nexstar announced that their ABC, CBS, and NBC owned affiliates would be coming to PlayStation Vue. Now it looks like PlayStation Vue is once again adding more Nexstar owned CBS affiliates by adding WNCN in North Carolina and KOIN in Portland to name a few of the channels added this week. This…
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