Author: Luke Bouma
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Sinclair Now Owns The Fox Regional Sports Networks & Fox College Sports
A few weeks ago we learned that Sinclair and Disney had agreed to sell the Fox Regional Sports Networks to Sinclair. Now this $10.6 billion deal has been completed and Sinclair now owns the Fox RSNs. With this deal Sinclair will have ownership over the Fox Sports Arizona, Fox Sports Detroit, Fox Sports Florida, Fox…
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AT&T Says Grandfathered DIRECTV NOW Customers Will Keep Grandfathered Pricing & to Ignore What That Email or Notification Said
For the last few weeks, AT&T has been sending out notifications to grandfathered DIRECTV NOW informing them that their pricing will be coming to an end soon. A few weeks ago emails went out about the end of the promotional pricing and this week the MyATT app notified grandfathered subscribers about that their promotional pricing…
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Exclusive: Comcast is Moving Some Channels to More Expensive Packages
Been thinking about getting Comcast TV? You may want to wait as some of the channels you want may soon be more expensive. Today Cord Cutters News has confirmed that Comcast is moving some of its channels to more expensive packages. Some of these changes have already happened while others will soon happen, as Comcast…
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The American Electric Power Service Corporation Sues The FCC Over New Rules to Speed Up 5G & Fiber Roll Out Now
Recently the FCC announced new rules that would help speed up the rollout of 5G. Now the American Electric Power Service Corporation has sued the FCC with the hopes to block the new rules in order to get a court review of the changes the FCC has made. These new rules would allow fiber and…
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Roku is Rolling Out a New User Interface For Its Stock Roku Channels
This week, Roku announced a major overhaul of its stock Roku Channels with the introduction of the SceneGraph Developer Extensions 2.0, also known as SGDEX 2.0. With SGDEX 2.0, Roku gives developers creating new Roku Channels a template to build from that is a huge step forward from where Roku has been in the past.…
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Disney Announces ‘One Day at Disney’ Documentary for Disney+
Today Disney announced that on December 3rd 2019 they will release a new series that will focus on the people who work at Disney. This new documentary series will be released on Disney+ and will include 52-episode short-form episodes called One Day at Disney, launching with a feature-length documentary. This new series takes an in-depth…
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Cord Cutting Today #127 – New Roku Scams, Apple TV+ vs Netflix, Spectrum TV, & More
Cord Cutting Today is our daily look at some of the biggest stories happening right now in the world of cord cutting. You can find these videos posted on YouTube every Monday through Saturday. Today we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting. Including New Roku Scams…
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PlayStation Vue is Making a Change to BTN Resulting in All BTN DVR Recordings Being Removed
Today Sony announced that because of a “signal change” all existing BTN and BTN Alternate recorded programming being removed. Sadly if you had a DVRed a show on BTN before August 21st all recordings are now lost. The good news is you will be able to record BTN programming going forward. Here is the notice…
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Exclusive: Comcast’s Xfinity Stream is Coming to Some LG Smart TVs
Comcast recently started to roll out a live TV streaming service called Instant TV that includes locals and add-ons. You need Comcast Internet, and you need to live in a Comcast market that offers the service, but you could get your locals for $20 from Comcast streaming online. Or for $25 you could add sports…
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The FCC Announces $4.9 Billion to Expand Rural High-Speed Internet in 13 States
Today the FCC announced plans to expand high-speed internet to 455,334 homes in the United States. To do this the FCC will spend $4.9 billion as it helps cover the cost of the roll-out of high-speed internet. “With this commitment to broadband on Tribal lands over the next decade, carriers get the predictable support they…