Author: Luke Bouma
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XUMO Tops 3.5 Million Active Viewers
This week the free streaming service XUMO announced that they have hit 3.5 million active viewers. This is one more in a growing list of free streaming services to see explosive growth. According to XUMO, their viewership has seen a 325% increase compared to 2016. With over 200 streaming services available in the United States…
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DIRECTV NOW Brings Back Their Old Apple TV Deal
Last week AT&T contacted Cord Cutters News and informed us that they intended to change their DIRECTV NOW Apple TV deal. The deal would switch from prepaying for 3 months of DIRECTV NOW to get an Apple TV to prepaying for 4 months. Why the sudden change to keep the deal at 3 months instead…
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Roku is The 3rd Largest “Cable TV” Company In The United States
So how big and successful is Roku? If you look at it as a cable TV company, it would be the 3rd largest provider in the United States. Larger than Spectrum with Roku falling just behind Comcast and AT&T. Look for Roku to someday top Comcast and AT&T according to as reported by Ophir Gottlieb According to their…
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Malware is Infecting Fire TV Devices
Do you sideload apps on your Fire TV? Well, it may be installing a malware that is using your Fire TV or Fire TV Stick to min for cryptocurrency. The new ADB.Miner software spreads by downloading and sideloading 3rd party apps for the Fire TV. So far there have been no reports of getting the…
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Netflix is Down For Some Users
Update: Netflix is now reporting that they are back online for all subscribers. Is Netflix not working for you? Right now worldwide on select accounts and devices, Netflix is down right now. When you try to log in you get a message saying this title is not available. Other users are unable to even log…
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Here is Everything New on Netflix, Hulu, & Amazon For The Week of June 11th 2018
Netflix June 14 Cutie and the Boxer Marlon: Season 1 June 15 The Ranch: Part 5 Lust Stories Maktub Set It Up Sunday’s Illness True: Magical Friends True: Wonderful Wishes Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 6 Step Up 2: The Streets The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus June 16 Grey’s Anatomy: Season 14 In Bruges June 17 Club…
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fuboTV Plans to Offer New Personalized Recommendations
Ever struggle to find something to watch? Well, fuboTV wants to help you find not only the sporting event you want but the TV shows you also want. Now with over 70 live TV channels fuboTV plans to add personalized recommendations to their new “featured” section. This new featured section will promote sports, movies, and…
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Comcast Says They Remain “Committed To an Open Internet” After Net Neutrality Ends
Today marks the official end to the FCC Net Neutrality rules. Now control over regulating the internet moves from the FCC to the Federal Trade Commision FTC. Before 2015 The FTC had control over regulating the internet and it was only for the three years that the FCC had control. This change has raised fears…
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The Time Warner-AT&T Ruling is Expected Tomorrow
The AT&T-Time Warner antitrust trial has came to a close last month now it looks like we will have a ruling tomorrow. AT&T is hoping that the judge will approve their merger with Time Warner but The Department of Justice is hoping the judge will block the deal unless certain conditions are met. The Department…
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Frontier & Nokia Plan to Offer 10 Gigabit Internet Speeds in the US
Wish your internet connection was faster? This week Frontier Communications and Nokia announced a partnership to do just that. With this partnership, Frontier plans to offer 10-gigabit internet speeds over their fiber network. “We are excited to be working with Nokia on solutions that bring multi-Gigabit services to the home and quickly scale to 10…