Author: Luke Bouma
Recent Post:
-

AT&T is Raising The Price of U-verse TV For The Second Time in 12 Months on Some Customers
This week we learned that for the second time in 12 months, AT&T is raising its price on U-verse TV, AT&T Phone and AT&T Internet busniess customers but this time it is to cover AT&T’s property taxes. Recently AT&T started to notify customers that it will be raising its “Cost Assessment Charge” on their TV…
-

Cord Cutting Today #164 – Roku Adds a New Data Saver Mode For Users With Data Caps, FCC’s New Rural Internet Plan, & 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 Roku’s New Data…
-

EXPIRED: Amazon is Offering Half Off of Philo For 2 Months But The Deal Ends Today
Been thinking about trying out Philo? If you act now you can get half off of Philo for 2 months when you buy a Fire TV. The best part is you can pair this Philo deal up with the Fire TV Stick 4K sale happening right now for just $24.99! Now Amazon’s Fire TV Stick…
-

Amazon Removes Tablo DVRs From Its Store For “Copyright Infringement”
This week Amazon removed most Tablo DVRs from its Amazon store. Right now the only Tablo DVR sold on Amazon is a listing for refurbished DVRs sold by Amazon Renewed. According to an email Amazon sent sellers of the Tablo DVR, they removed the DVR for copyright infringement. Cord Cutters News received a copy of…
-

AT&T TV NOW, U-verse TV, & DIRECTV Re-Add 18 Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC TV Stations After A 7 Month Blackout
Today Northwest Broadcasting and AT&T announced a deal to end an almost 8-month long blackout. With this deal, AT&T has agreed to re-add 18 ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC stations that are owned by Northwest Broadcasting to DIRECTV, U-verse, and AT&T TV NOW. AT&T has also reached a deal with GoCom to re-add one station.…
-

Roku Adds a “Bandwidth Saver” Mode to Auto Stop Streams For Customers With Data Caps
One of the biggest requests for streaming players has been a sleep timer that will auto stop your stream to help customers with data caps. Now Roku has finally added an option like this called Bandwidth Saver as part of its Roku OS 9.2 update. When you turn on Bandwidth saver, if you have not…
-

Here Are The Top 10 FREE Amazon Fire TV Apps As of October 2019
The Fire TV app library has been quickly growing to offer a range of apps giving users access to a ton of 100 percent free content; however, many of the apps are not video apps, so it can be challenging to find good cord cutting apps. So here are the top 10 free Fire TV…
-

Plex Adds More TV Shows to Its Soon to Launch Free Streaming Service
Recently we learned that Plex, Warner Bros. and Lionsgate have teamed up for its new ad-supported free streaming service. Now Plex has announced that they’ve partnered with Legendary Television Distribution, LLC to bring some of its content to Plex’s new free streaming service. Legendary Television Distribution is the company behind titles like Colony, The Looming…
-

Amazon Music is Now Available on The Apple TV
Today Amazon announced that they have launched an Amazon Music Apple TV app. With Amazon Music you can access music you have purchased, or access hundreds of songs for free if you are a Prime Member. Want even more? If you buy Amazon Music Unlimited you can get access to thousands of songs through the…
-

The FCC Just Awarded $61 Million to Help Expand High-Speed Internet to Rural Americans
Today the FCC announced that it has awarded over $61 million in new funding to help bring high-speed Internet to rural Americans. This award will help expand Internet to rural Americans in Washington, Massachusetts, Minnesota, California, Montana, Iowa, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, and Kansas. Funding for this initiative comes from the Universal Service…
