Author: Luke Bouma
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Amazon’s New Fire Max 11 Tablet is On Sale For Just $179.99 – A Great Tablet to Watch Disney+, Amazon, & More on The Go
Looking for a tablet to watch movies and TV shows. Amazon’s most powerful and largest tablet, the new Fire Max 11, is on sale right now for $179.99, that’s $50 off the list price of $229.99. This new Fire Max 11 tablet that offers 14 hours of battery life, 125GB of storage, and a 2000…
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Pluto TV Is Adding a New Channel from CBS Sports
Today Pluto TV and CBS Sports announced a new channel called Champions League that is dedicated to featuring highlights from the UEFA Champions League. “UEFA Champions League represents the absolute best soccer in the world, and this new channel delivers fans an always-on venue to relive the special moments, sensational goals, iconic players and storied…
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Comcast Now Charges $45.45 a Month in Fees For ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, & Your Local RSN On Top of the Advertised Price in Some Areas
Are you ready to pay a lot in fees to watch “free” over-the-air television? On April 1, 2024, Comcast released a new rate card and Cord Cutters News received a copy of the San Francisco rate card that shows local TV stations like ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC now cost $26.70 a month and local…
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Cord Cutting Today: T-Mobile & Verizon Are Becoming the New Cable TV Giants, Bounce TV Could Soon Be Sold, & More
Today in Cord Cutting Today for April 26, 2024 we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting including: T-Mobile & Verizon Are Becoming the New Cable TV Giants Replacing Comcast & Spectrum. You can find links to each story we talk about below this video: T-Mobile &…
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Spectrum Lost Over 405,000 TV Customers & Lost 72,000 Internet Customers in The 1st Quarter of 2024 as Cord Cutting Continues to Grow
Today we learned that Charter Communications, the parent company of Spectrum, has once again lost 405,000 TV customers in the 1st quarter of 2024. This is on top of the 320,000 TV customers it lost in the 4th quarter of 2023. Spectrum did also lose for the second quarter in a row it lost 72,000…
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Paramount is Reportedly Close to a Deal to Merge With Skydance, But Spectrum Cable TV is a Major Hurdle
Over the last month, news has been flying that Paramount is getting closer to a deal to be sold to or merge with Skydance. This comes as, for months now, Paramount has been in talks with multiple companies for a potential sale or merger. This includes talks with Warner Bros. Discovery, Apollo Global Management, and…
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Roku Is Still Losing Money, But It Narrowed Its Losses And Added 1.6 Million New Users in The 1st Quarter of 2024
Today Roku annoucned its 1st quarter 2024 earnings with some good news as the company stills struggles with a weak admarket. Revenue was up to $882 a 19% jump year over year. This comes as Roku added 1.6 million new active accounts now with over 81 million active accounts at the end of March 2024.…
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T-Mobile Added More Than 405,000 5G Home Internet Customers as Cord Cutting 2.0 Grows
2023 was a breakout year for 5G Home Internet providers led by T-Mobile and Verizon. Now, according to a report from the Leichtman Research Group, these two companies alone added more than 3.6 million new 5G Home Internet customers in 2023. Now cord cutting 2.0 is continuing to grow in 2024 as T-Mobile has reported…
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The FCC Has Voted To Impose Net Neutrality Rules on Comcast, Spectrum, & Others
The Federal Communications Commission today voted to bring back the net neutrality rules that were removed in 2017. “After the prior administration abdicated authority over broadband services, the FCC has been handcuffed from acting to fully secure broadband networks, protect consumer data, and ensure the internet remains fast, open, and fair,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel…
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Bounce TV Could Soon Be Up for Sale as Its Owners Explore Options
This week CNBC learned that E.W. Scripps, the owners of the Bounce TV network, had hired a bank to evaluate a potential sale of the network. This comes after a failed effort to sell BET last year by Paramount Global. A deal that may not be completely dead, according to reports. Bounce TV offers shows…