Author: Luke Bouma
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Roku Is the Most Popular Cord Cutting Streaming Player But Amazon’s Fire TV Continues to Grow
Last week Cord Cutters News surveyed over 4,000 of our readers on a wide range of cord cutting topics. One of the questions we asked was “what streaming player do you use?” (Important note: we asked “what device do you use” not “what do you own”.) Once again Roku was the leader but Amazon’s Fire…
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Cord Cutting Today #154 – Spectrum Admits The True Cost of Cable TV, The War on IPTV, & 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 Spectrum Admits The…
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The NFL is Getting Ready to for New Rights Negotiations for NFL Games & NFL Sunday Ticket
In the coming years, the NFL is getting ready for negotiations to sell its rights for NFL games and the NFL Sunday Ticket. Now the NFL is consolidating its NFL media groups from 3 groups to 2 groups according to a report from The Sports Business Daily. Recently the NFL had an option to get…
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NBCUniversal Owned TV Stations Launches Free 24/7 News Network Streaming Online & Free Over-The-Air
Today NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations announced the launch of a new news service called LX that will stream for free online and will soon be airing free with your antenna. The service targets Gen Z and Millennials to offer news and storytelling that NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations says is “stirring, straightforward and helps them feel…
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PlayStation Vue is Cracking Down on VPNs
PlayStation Vue has always officially banned the use of VPNs. Now in the last week, Sony has stepped up its efforts to block them. Over the last week, we’ve received a growing number of reports of Sony blocking VPNs from their services. Not all VPNs seem to be blocked, but Sony seems to be going…
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The New 2019 Roku Ultra & Roku Express Are Now Available For Pre-Order on Amazon
Last week Roku announced a new 2019 version of its Roku Ultra and Roku Express. Now you can pre-order both on Amazon so you can get yours when the October 11th, 2019 release date hits. Right now the more powerful 2019 Roku Ultra is on sale for $99.99 on Amazon. You can also get the…
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Comcast’s Flex Streaming Player Targets Cord Cutters But Is Not Cord Cutting Friendly
Last week Comcast made their Flex streaming player free for Comcast Internet Customers (reduced from $5 a month). Many have said this should be the Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV killer because Comcast is offering it for free. Yet if you are a cord cutter you probably want to just skip the Comcast Flex…
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Disney+ Will Come With a 7-day Free Trial
For some time we have known that Disney+ would offer a free trial. Now we can confirm that Disney+ will come with a 7-day free trial. So if you are on the fence about getting Disney+ you will be able to test it out before you pay. If you pre-order Disney+ now you can still…
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Cord Cutting This Week #153 – Amazon May Announce New Fire TV Sticks This Week, AT&T Could Lose Sinclair Locals, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now remember, these are my opinions on them and not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below.…
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Hollywood Declares War on IPTV as Multiple Services Are Shut Down
This week we saw a major network of IPTV services with over 50 million customers get shut down by a police action in Europe. Now Hollywood and the MPAA are getting into the action as they use copyright claims to take down multiple IPTV services. According to a report from TorrentFreak, multiple IPTV service domains…