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Prediction: By the End of 2018 Most Locals Will Be Streaming on DIRECTV NOW, Hulu, & More
We are now a few months into 2018 and locals are quickly being added to live TV streaming services. Hulu now has over 400 live locals and fuboTV recently topped 200 live locals. Recently Cord Cutters News has talked with people on both broadcast and streaming sides about the future of broadcast TV and streaming. According…
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Expired: Don’t Miss Out: DIRECTV NOW Makes Their 4K Fire TV Deal Even Better
Want a new Fire TV third generation? Right now if you prepay for a single month of DIRECTV NOW you can get a third gen 4K Fire TV. When the deal first went live you had to prepay for 2 months of DIRECTV NOW. There are a few rules you need to know. This deal…
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Cord Cutting Hits a New High
Earnings season is almost at an end, and we now get a new look at how fast cord cutting is growing. As we take a look, according to MoffettNathanson Research, cord cutting has hit a new high. According to reports almost 500,000 traditional pay-TV customers cut the cord and did not replace it with a…
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Expired: The Fire TV & Fire Stick Are on Sale But Time is Running Out
Right now you can still get the Fire TV and the Fire TV Stick on sale for one of the lowest prices ever. The Fire Stick can be found for just $29.99 and the Fire TV with 4K HDR is just $49.99. I wouldn’t wait to get this deal as typically these Amazon deals end…
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We Are Giving Away a $75 Sling TV Gift Card & a Roku Ultra
I am very excited to announce that we are giving away a Roku Ultra and a $75 Sling TV Gift Card! The winner can use this gift card toward any Sling TV plan you would like to subscribe to or can be applied to any existing Sling TV subscription. A special thanks to Sling TV…
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DIRECTV NOW May Include 20 Hours of FREE DVR
Yesterday we reported how DIRECTV NOW had updated their billing system adding a line for DVR cost. Now AT&T has updated their website with new details about their DVR service. According to the new DIRECTV NOW website, AT&T promotes 20 hours of DVR as being apart of the standard DIRECTV NOW bundle. This leads many…
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DIRECTV NOW Adds More FOX & NBC Affiliates
This week DIRECTV NOW quietly added more FOX and NBC affiliates. This continues DIRECTV NOW’s race to catch up with Hulu how now has over 400 live locals. Right now PlayStation Vue and DIRECTV NOW are fighting for second place in the race for live locals. The first major addition was the NBC affiliate KPRC…
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NBC Plans to Reduce Ads By 10%
In an effort to fight against cord cutting, this week NBC announced plans to cut their ads on both broadcast and cable TV networks by 10% during prime time. They went on to say they plan to reduce the number of ads per break by 20%. This all comes as cable networks and broadcast TV…
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DIRECTV NOW’s New DVR Will Cost Extra
For months we have heard DIRECTV NOW staff talk about how their new DVR will bring in extra revenue. Now we get more confirmation that DIRECTV NOW’s new DVR will cost extra. This week DIRECTV NOW sent out emails telling subscribers to ignore emails sent in error. The emails sent in error told subscribers to…
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YouTube TV Adds Comet TV & The Tennis Channel
Back in November, we learned that Comet TV and the Tennis Channel was coming to YouTube TV. Now it looks like that is a reality as in the last few week YouTube TV added Comet TV and the Tennis Channel. The Sinclair Broadcasting Group first told Cord Cutters News about the deal back in November…
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Why Do New Services Come to Major Cities First? We Explain…
Recently we have heard that AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon all plan to roll out 5G internet across the United States. One thing stood out from all the announcements: they are mostly rolling out in major cities and a few smaller ones. We saw the same thing with YouTube TV mostly rolling out in major markets…
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Meet ClearStream ECLIPSE The Wireless Streaming Antenna
Today Antenna Direct announced a new line of antennas. With the ClearStream FLEX Wireless TV Antenna and the ClearStream ECLIPSE Wireless TV Antenna. Broadcast television enthusiasts can now watch local, network programs from ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, PBS, Univision, and many more TV channels on their smartphone, tablet, and streaming media player, and have access…
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Formula 1 Announces New Details About Their Subscription Streaming Service
Ever wish you could watch the race without the commercials? Now with Formula 1, you can do just that. We have known for a bit that Formula 1 racing planned to launch a subscription streaming service, and now we know even more about it. The new service will be called F1 TV and will have…
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BritBox Tops 250,000 Subscribers
This week BritBox, the subscription streaming service from the BBC and ITV, announced that they have topped 250,000 subscribers. This comes as BritBox expanded from the United States into Canada. BritBox, home to the largest collection of streaming British content in both countries, has doubled the number of available hours since launch, exceeding 4,600 episodes…
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Viacom Confirms Plans For a New Streaming Service
Recently we learned that Viacom was planning on launching an ad-supported streaming service. Now we are learning more about what they plan to offer with this new ad-supported streaming service. This week Bob Bakish, the CEO of Viacom, opened up a bit about their new streaming service. According to Bakish, Viacom plans to use thousands…
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