Author: Luke Bouma
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Roku is Adding Pandora Holiday Music Playlists to Featured Free on Roku Players & Roku TVs
Today Roku announced that they are adding holiday music playlists to the Featured Free section of Roku Players and Roku TVs. Now you will be able to listen to free holiday music thanks to Pandora. “Streamers, this news is going to be music to your ears. Featured Free is bringing you a whole new genre…
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Why You May Want to Keep PlayStation Vue Until It Shuts Down in January
Recently we learned that Sony is shutting down its live TV streaming service PlayStation Vue. The good news is PlayStation Vue will not close down until the end of January 2020, but many have already started to jump ship to a new streaming service. If you are a PlayStation Vue subscriber, you may want to…
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SiriusXM is Free This Week in Your Car or On Your Amazon Echo & Fire TV
Been thinking about getting SiriusXM but not sure if you want to pay for it? This week SiriusXM is free for everyone in the United States until December 3rd, 2019. This means you can get access to more than 100 channels including The Beatles Channel, LL COOL J’s Rock The Bells, SoulCycle Radio, Bruce Springsteen’s…
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Pluto TV Adds a 24/7 Cake Boss Channel
Do you love the hit TV show Cake Boss? Today Pluto TV added a 24/7 Cake Boss channel with all the Cake Boss episodes a fan could enjoy on Pluto TV channel 301. Here is how TCL describes the Cake Boss show: Buddy Valastro’s family-owned business, Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken, N.J., is booming, and it’s…
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Comcast Confirms a December Price Increase on Cable TV & Internet Customers
Last Saturday, Cord Cutters News broke the news that Comcast was going to be raising prices on TV and internet customers in December. Now Comcast has confirmed the price increase that will go into effect on December 18, 2019. “Rising programming costs — most notably for broadcast TV and sports — continue to be the…
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Disney+ Re-Adds a Continue Watching Option
When Disney+ launched, it faced several technical problems, with customers taking to social media to share that they weren’t able to login to their accounts. To address this issue, Disney removed many features from the app to help it stand up against the 10 million customers who signed up in just over 24 hours. Now…
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Hulu is Reportedly Now The Fastest-Growing Live TV Streaming Service
Back in August Disney made the claim that Hulu was the fastest growing live TV streaming services in the United States. Now we have some numbers from the research group MuffettNathanson that supports Disney’s claim. MoffettNathanson reports that Hulu recently added over 400,000 new subscribers and now has 2.7 million subscribers. This not only makes…
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Cord Cutting Today #202 – The End of MLB Blackouts? The IRS Goes After IPTV, Black Friday, & More
Today in CCT #202 we talk about: The End of MLB Blackouts? The IRS Goes After IPTV, Black Friday Roku, ViacomCBS, New Roku TVs, & More. Don’t Forget! Enter Now For a Chance to Win a 2019 Fire TV Cube & a $100 Hulu Gift Card! https://cordcuttersnews.com/dont-forget-enter-now-for-a-chance-to-win-a-2019-fire-tv-cube-a-100-hulu-gift-card-2/ Story #1 Amazon’s $19.99 Fire TV Stick Black…
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YouTube TV is Investigating Buffering Issues With Roku Players & Roku TVs
Starting last weekend we started to receive a growing number of reports that YouTube TV was experiencing unusual buffering. Now YouTube TV’s official Reddit account posted that they are investigating these reports. Here is the post YouTube TV’s Community Manager made on Reddit: The team has received a lot of reports of this behavior on…
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CBS & Viacom Will Merge Into a Single Company Next Week
Today CBS and Viacom announced that they will complete their merger on December 4th, 2019 into ViacomCBS. This merger will once again bring the two companies back together after they broke up over 10 years ago. CBS and Viacom have agreed to a leadership deal to make Viacom’s CEO the new leader of a combined…