Author: Luke Bouma
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PlayStation Vue May Soon Lose HBO & Cinemax
Today Sony warned PlayStation Vue subscribers that they soon may lose Cinemax and HBO. This news comes as Dish recently dropped HBO from both DISH and Sling TV packages. AT&T reportedly demanded a price hike and asked Dish to guarantee a minimum number of HBO subscribers. Dish pushed back saying they didn’t want to force…
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Spectrum, Altice, & Cable One Have an Internet Monopoly in Over Half of Their Markets
Over the last few years, we have seen a growing number of services try to launch high-speed Internet options to compete with traditional cable and DSL Internet. The hope has been to offer true competition for home Internet. Now according to a report from Grounded Reason, we get an idea of why more competition is…
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Pluto TV Adds This Old House & Roblox to Its Growing Library of Channels
Yesterday Pluto TV added 9 new channels. We already announced 7 of them as Pluto TV added VH1 Unscripted, VH1 Hip Hop Family, BET Her, BET Homecoming, VH1 Love & Hip Hop, VH1 Black Ink Crew, and VH1 RuPaul’s Drag Race. The two additional channels are This Old House and Roblox. Here is how Pluto…
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Roku Announces a More Powerful Roku Ultra, a Smaller Roku Express, & More
Today Roku announced a new and improved Roku Ultra along with a smaller Roku Express. The best part is Roku is keeping the pricing the same with the Roku Ultra costing $99.99. Roku is even releasing a cheaper version of the Roku Ultra called the Roku Ultra LT that would be slightly stripped down and…
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Amazon is Reportedly Testing Automatic Commercial Skipping On The Fire TV Recast DVR
Next week Amazon is holding a big event to announce new hardware. Today though it seems Amazon may have started to test a new feature for their Fire TV Recast DVR according to reports from Cord Cutters News readers. Reports are beginning to come in that Amazon has updated some Fire TV Recast DVRs to…
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Giveaway! Enter Now to Win a Channel Master Stream+ DVR, Smartenna+ Antenna & a $100 Hulu Gift Card!
Today we are very excited to announce that Cord Cutters News has teamed up with Channel Master o offer a great cord cutting giveaway. Right now you can enter to win a Channel Master Stream+ Media Player and OTA DVR, a Smartenna+ Antenna, and a $100 Hulu Gift Card. A special thank you to Channel…
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AT&T is Reportedly Considering Selling DIRECTV’s Satellite Service
UPDATE: CNBC is now disputing this story. You can read more here. Today The Wall Street Journal reported that AT&T is entertaining the possibility of selling its DIRECTV satellite service. According to the report, AT&T is “exploring parting ways with DIRECTV.” This comes a day after Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen said that a merged DIRECTV…
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AT&T & Dish Could Soon Drop NBC Sports Chicago on Sling TV & AT&T TV NOW
This week NBC Sports Chicago posted a warning that it could go dark on October 1, 2019 on Dish and AT&T. For cord cutters, this means you may soon lose NBC Sports Chicago if you use Dish, DIRECTV, AT&T TV NOW, Sling TV, U-verse, and more. A Dish spokesperson sent Cord Cutters News the following…
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Court TV is Launching a Second Free OTA TV Channel as Escape Rebrands
Today E.W Scripps Company announced that they will rebrand the free OTA TV network Escape to Court TV Mystery on Monday September 30th 2019. This new network will work with Court TV and offer top-rated crime series like The First 48, Forensic Files, American Greed, FBI Files, Crime Watch Daily, Unsolved Mysteries and more. “Court TV Mystery will…
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PlayStation Vue Adds a 24/7 ABC News Channel
Today PlayStation Vue quietly added a 24/7 ABC News channel to their lineup. Now PlayStation Vue subscribers can get ABC News when they want it no matter what time of the day it is. From the looks of it, this is the free ABC News feed you have been able to watch through The Roku…