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fuboTV Will Add ESPN to Its Lineup on August 1st
Last month, fuboTV announced that it had finally reached a distribution deal with Disney to bring a slate of new channels to the streaming platform. The list included ABC, Disney Channel, ESPN, FX, National Geographic, and more. While there was talk about the addition of the channels on the sports-centered streaming service in August, an…
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Why Do Viewers Subscribe and Unsubscribe to YouTube Premium?
With streaming services including Netflix and Hulu doubling down on their efforts to release original content, YouTube continues to scale back. Without originals to pull in views, what’s attracting subscribers to the premium service and are they sticking around? Flixed surveyed 1,122 people to learn more about why they subscribed to YouTube Premium, what their…
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Pluto TV Removes Dash Radio Channels
Pluto TV has removed the lineup of Dash Radio channels from its free streaming platform. Cord Cutters News readers began reporting that the channels were missing earlier this week. Dash Radio is a digital radio platform with over 80 music stations, all commercial free. Pluto TV added a lineup of the stations to its streaming…
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Orby TV is Bringing Back Its $99 Deal This Weekend
Orby TV is back again with its three-day weekend deal for new customers. From July 17-19, you can get a standard dish receiver, dish, digital local antenna, and professional installation, all for $99. After those initial installation and equipment costs, Orby TV service costs $40/month with no taxes or extra fees and comes with free…
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Cord Cutters News Summer 2020 Survey
Update: the CCN Summer Survey is now closed. Stay tuned for the results. Every few months we like to do a survey to help keep in touch with our readers and stay up to date on what’s happening in the world of cord cutting. Now that summer is here, we thought it would be a…
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Netflix Adds 10.1M Subscribers in Q2
In its earnings report today, Netflix announced that it added a record 10.1 million subscribers for the second quarter, compared to 2.7m in last year’s Q2. In Q2, revenue grew 25% year over year, while quarterly operating income exceeded $1 billion. The streaming service now has 192.9 million subscribers. “We live in uncertain times with…
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Amazon Fire Users Could Lose HBO Access at the End of July
The launch of HBO Max had one major flaw – the app wasn’t available on Roku or Amazon Fire devices. Those viewers were left with the HBO Now app with a much smaller content library. Recently, WarnerMedia announced that the HBO Go app will be retired at the end of this month. At the same…
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Celebrate The Hoff’s Birthday Friday, July 17 on Charge!
Note: this is a sponsored post – all opinions of The Hoff and birthday parties are our own. The man, the myth, the legend, David Hasselhoff, is turning 68 on July 17 and Charge! is celebrating with an all day marathon of Knight Rider, staring at 10 am. In Knightrider, Michael Knight is a man…
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WOW! Expands WOW tv+ to Chicago, Evansville & Detroit
WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone announced today that it will offer its IP-based video platform in Chicago, Evansville and Detroit. WOW! tv+ is currently available in Columbus, Ohio, Cleveland and mid-Michigan markets. Now, consumers in Chicago, Evansville & Detroit will have more choices when it comes to how they consume entertainment as well. WOW! tv+ is an Android TV based platform…
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Nearly 30% of HBO Now Subscribers Didn’t Make the Switch to HBO Max
AT&T launched HBO Max in May with hopes that HBO Now subscribers would shift to the new streaming service. A new report is showing that 29% of HBO Now subscribers have not made the switch. Reelgood shared data from its 2 million+ users, showing that 71% of users who were HBO Now subscribers have upgraded…