Author: Luke Bouma
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Comcast Promises to Be Good After Net Neutrality Repeal
Tomorrow the FCC will vote on repealing Net Neutrality. Today Comcast wanted to make it clear that they won’t abuse their powers as an ISP in a blog post by David L. Cohen Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer. In the blog post Comcast promised the following points: Will Comcast broadband customers still be…
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YouTube Adds 4K Support to The Xbox One
This week Google updated their Xbox One app with 4K support and says HDR support is on the way. 4K HDR support will be added to the Xbox One S and the Xbox One X. Currently the ability to watch 4K video is limited to the Xbox One and the Xbox One S. If you…
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Cox Is Raising Their Prices
Earlier this week we learned that Comcast was raising their prices. Today we learn that Cox will also be raising the price of their pay-TV service. Recently Cox started informing customers that their rates will be going up on January 7, 2018. Core packages are going up as much as $5 a month, but Cox…
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T-Mobile is Launching a “Disruptive” TV Service in 2018
Well, add one more live TV service for cord cutters to the list. Today T-Mobile announced that they plan to take on cable and satellite TV with their own TV service. Here is the announcement from T-Mobile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=90&v=hZJDAJDD-uw “People love their TV, but they hate their TV providers. And worse, they have no real choice but…
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Sling TV Adds The Hallmark Drama Channel
Today Sling TV announced that they have added the Hallmark Drama channel to their Lifestyles Extra add-on for $5 a month. The Hallmark Drama channel joins the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in the Lifestyle Extra add-on. Hallmark Drama is available beginning today and features original movies like “Second Chances,” “Honeymoon for One” and…
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Sam’s Club Announces Special TV & Deals (This Saturday Only)
Today Sam’s Club announced a One Day Only Savings Event for this Saturday, December 16th 2017. The best part is they are giving us a early look at some of the deals you can get in stores and online starting at 7 am local time with online sales starting at 12:01 AM Eastern only at…
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Report: Disney Will Own 60% of Hulu Starting Tomorrow
Hold on to your hats as TV and movies may soon never be the same. CNBC is reporting that on Thursday Disney and Fox will announce a deal for Disney to buy most of Fox. According to reports, Disney is expected to acquire the 20th Century Fox film and television studios, channels such as FX…
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Fewer Americans Are Buying & Renting Movies
Americans are becoming addicted to streaming services that give them access to a ton of movies for a flat monthly fee. According to a recent study from TiVo that talked to over 3,000 Americans, all of the major services that sell or rent movies saw a drop in popularity. In the report Amazon, Redbox, iTunes,…
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DIRECTV NOW Adds Support For Showtime Anytime
Back in September when DIRECTV NOW added Showtime as part of their deal with they announced that Showtime Anytime will be accessible in the coming weeks. Well, it took a little longer than a few weeks but today you can now use your DIRECTV NOW login to access Showtime Anytime as long you are a…
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Over 17% of Americans Are Now Cord Cutters
Cord cutting is continuing to grow, and today we get some hard numbers on how many Americans are now cord cutters. Today TiVo released their quarterly study of American viewing habits. In this study TiVo talked with over 3,000 adults 18 years old or older. The study was conducted by a leading third-party survey service…