Author: Luke Bouma
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Amazon Has a New Reward Card Offering 5% Back for Americans with Bad or No Credit
Have bad or no credit but want to get 5% back on all eligible Amazon.com purchase? (Must be an Amazon Prime member to get 5% back.) Amazon has a new credit card that is perfect for you. Amazon’s Prime Store Card Credit Builder is aimed at American’s with no or bad credit. This card is…
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Comcast Adds Pluto TV to Their Xfinity X1 Platform
Today Comcast added the free streaming service Pluto TV to the Xfinity X1 platform. Now cable subscribers will be able to see even more of the great 100% free content available streaming online. “The launch of Pluto TV on Xfinity X1 is a pivotal moment for Pluto TV, expanding our reach to a whole new audience in search of free streaming…
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AT&T’s DIRECTV NOW Is Likely to Be Killed Off as It Is Merged with WarnerMedia: Here is What Current Subscribers Need to Know
Late last week AT&T’s CEO of Communications announced that DIRECTV NOW would likely be merged into WarnerMedia’s new streaming service. This has raised many concerns from DIRECTV NOW subscribers about what this means for them. Here Is What We Know According to AT&T’s CEO of Communications, AT&T plans to EVENTUALLY merge DIRECTV NOW into the…
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HDHomeRun Just Launched an Official Roku Channel
Earlier today we reported that SiliconDust the parent company behind HDHomeRun was working on a Roku Channel. Now SiliconDust just officially released an HDHomeRun beta Roku Channel that you can install and test out. This will let you stream your antenna from your HDHomeRun box to your Roku. “Today, we are excited to announce, after…
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EXPIRED: Amazon’s 43″ 4K HDR Fire TV Smart TVs Are On Sale For Just $199.99
Looking for a cheap 4K HDR TV? Right now Amazon has their Insignia 4K HDR Fire TV Edition Smart TV on sale for just $199.99. Typically this TV costs $300 on Amazon or at Best Buy. Right now you can get it for just $199.99. You can find this deal on Amazon’s website HERE. About…
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Locast Says The Philadelphia Market Will Be Back Soon
Earlier today Locast removed Philadelphia from their website and according to some of our readers, they refunded donations to customers in the Philadelphia market. Now Locast has confirmed to Cord Cutters News that the Philadelphia market only had a short term outage caused by an outage with their ISP. Now Locast has re-added Philadelphia to…
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As Cord Cutting Grows One More Cable TV Company Is Shutting Down Its TV Service
If you live in Montana and use 3 Rivers Communications for your TV service, we have bad news for you. In October, 3 Rivers Communications will shut down its TV service and only offer Internet and phone services. Currently, 3 Rivers Communications has 15,000 customers but only about 1,800 pay for TV. Now 3 Rivers…
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Starry The 5G Internet Provider is Offering Two Months of Free Service to New Subscribers
Starry is a startup from some of the team behind Aereo, which has slowly been rolling out 5G fixed wireless home Internet. Currently Starry offers 5G home Internet in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington DC for $50 a month with no data cap. Last month this $50 a month 5G home internet service…
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Update: Locast Plans to Return to The Philadelphia Market
Update: Locast has confirmed to Cord Cutters News that the Locast outage in Philadelphia is a temporary one. Reportedly the ISP they used in Philadelphia has failed and they are working to get internet back to restore service in Philadelphia. “To our members and supporters in Philadelphia, I personally apologize for the service interruption that…
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STARZ Extends It’s $5 a Month Sale Until Tuesday June 18th 2019
STARZ had originally announced that their $5 a month sale would end last Monday. Now STARZ has announced that they have extended their STARZ’s $5 a month for the first 3 months deal until June 18th, 2019. I wouldn’t plan on this sale being extended again it is very likely that Tuesday, June 18th, 2019…