Author: Luke Bouma
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Philo Now Lets Subscribers Log In Apps from HGTV, DIY, Food Network, & More
A few weeks ago we reported that Philo was working on adding support to allow their subscribers to log in to network apps. Now it looks that has become a reality. Back in January 2018, Philo’s CEO Andrew McCollum talked about adding network app support: “We got a lot of requests for enabling logins on…
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ESPN’s New Streaming Service Will Costs $4.99 a Month
For over a year we have known that Disney was working on a streaming service for ESPN. The service will be caused ESPN+, and now we know the price. “The third feature is a plus service, we’re calling it ESPN Plus, that will include an array of live programming that is not available — live…
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Amazon is Working on a Conan The Barbarian TV Series
Today it was reported that Amazon is developing a drama series called Conan. The show will be based on the books by Rober E. Howard and the project comes from the Colony co-creator Ryan Condal, Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik, Fargo and The Handmaid’s Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield, Pathfinder Media and Endeavor Content. Deadline was the first to break the news and according to…
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Discovery Gets European Commission Approval to Buy Scripps Networks
Today Discovery is one step closer to buying Scripps Network the company that owns many popular channels like HGTV, The Travel Channel, Food Network, and more. Today the European Commission has approved Discovery’s proposed acquisition of Scripps Network. “We are pleased with the positive decision of the European Commission,” said Discovery CEO David Zaslav. “We believe…
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First Look: DIRECTV NOW Roku Beta
A couple of weeks ago AT&T started rolling out invites to test the DIRECTV NOW app beta on Roku players. Now, this is just testing the app, not the DVR. According to the emails going out, the DVR will come later. “The True Cloud DVR is not available for Roku devices yet. We’ll let you…
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Zyxel Multy X, Our Pick for Best Whole Home Wi-Fi Router for Cord Cutters
If you have followed Cord Cutters News for some time, you may have seen our review of the Netgear Whole Home Wi-Fi router. In that review, I talked about how I purchased it for my home use but ended up returning it. Recently Zyxel reached out to Cord Cutters News to offer to send us…
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fuboTV Tops 150,000 Viewers During The Super Bowl
Last October, fuboTV announced that they had topped 100,000 paid subscribers. Now it looks like they have continued to grow. According to a memo from fuboTV CEO David Gandler about the success fuboTV had during the Super Bowl, he states that fuboTV had over 150,000 viewers of the game. Although still lagging behind services such…
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How to Watch the 2018 Winter Olympics on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, & More
The 2018 Winter Olympics kick off this week with the opening ceremonies getting started on Friday, February 9th 2018. The good news for cord cutters is for the first time you can enjoy the Winter Olympics without missing anything. Many of the biggest events will be 100% free on NBC with an antenna, but an additional…
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Tablo DVRs Now Support Samsung Smart TVs
Today Nuvyyo, the maker of Tablo DVRs, announced a new native app for Samsung smart TVs that run the TIZEN OS and are built from 2015 to today. “Tablo offers the widest breadth of fully functional DVR app support of any over-the-air TV solution on the market,” said Grant Hall, CEO at Nuvyyo, the makers…
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The FCC Is About to Release $2 Billion for Rural Broadband
Last week, the FCC took the final steps in a plan to release $2 billion in federal funding for new broadband infrastructure in rural areas. This plan is called the Connect America Fund II, and its goal is to subsidize work in underserviced areas. These areas are picked by the FCC, and companies will be…