Author: Luke Bouma
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The FCC Announces $1.488 Billion to Expand Rural Broadband to 700,000 Homes & Small Business
Today the FCC announced $112.2 million in new funding to help expand rural broadband. This brings the FCC’s total funding to expand rural broadband to $1.4888 billion over the next 10 years. The FCC hopes this will expand broadband to 700,000 unserved rural homes and small businesses nationwide. “Today, we take another step towards ensuring…
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Disney+ Will Include Classic 90s Disney Afternoon Shows
We have known for some time now that Disney+ would include classic Disney and Marvel content. Now we know that it will include Disney’s 1990s Classic Disney Afternoon programmings like DuckTales, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers and more. Nobody: Us: OUR IDEAL AFTERNOON SCHEDULE IS 3:00 pm – DuckTales 3:30 pm – Chip ‘n Dale…
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Walmart’s Vudu Streaming Service Adds a New Kids Mode With Powerful Parental Controls
Today Vudu announced that they have added a new Kids Mode that gives parents the ability to have more control over the content their kids see. With these changes, parents will now have more control over what their kids watch. Not only to block some movies and TV shows but to also skip over or…
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Cable TV is Ramping Up Its Attack on Cord Cutting & Once Again is Going Back To an Old Argument
Yesterday Apple announced that Apple TV+ would be $4.99 a month or free for the first year if you buy a new Apple product. As you would expect, many cable TV advocates have jumped on the idea that this, combined with subscriptions to other streaming services, now makes cord cutting add up to more than…
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PlayStation Vue is Reportedly Struggling to Gain Market Share As It Falls Behind Philo – We Take a Look at What is Happening
PlayStation Vue was the second live TV streaming service to launch targeting cord cutters. Over the last few years, it has built an extremely loyal and dedicated fan base. But for some reason, it has failed to compete with newcomers like YouTube TV, Hulu, AT&T TV NOW, and has always been in the shadow of…
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The Winner of HDHomeRun Scribe Quatro DVR, a Roku Ultra, & a $100 Netflix Gift Card is…
Today I am very excited to announce the winner of the HDHomeRun Scribe Quatro DVR, a Roku Ultra, and a $100 Netflix Gift Card. First a special thank you to SiliconDust for donating the HDHomeRun Scribe Quatro DVR. About the HDHomeRun Scribe Quatro DVR: • 4 -Tuner OTA device with storage to watch and record…
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Disney+ is Now Live & Free In The Netherlands (For a Limited Time)
Back in July, we reported about Disney doing some beta testing for Disney+ in The Netherlands. Now Disney has opened up Disney+ on Android, Xbox One, PS4, and iOS to be free for all in the Netherlands until the official launch in November according to a report from Droidlife. Sadly this only works if you are…
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AT&T Expects to Lose Over 1 Million TV Subscribers & Have More Blackouts in the 3rd Quarter of 2019
Today, AT&T sent shareholders an update for its 2020 goals. In that letter, AT&T warned that they could lose over 1 million subscribers in the third quarter of 2019. AT&T went on to say that there could be more blackouts as contracts come up for renewal. “Coming into the year, the company expected some tough…
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Cord Cutting Today #144 – Comcast, Disney & More Sue to Block A La Carte TV (Plus $24.99 Fire TV Stick 4K)
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 Comcast, Disney &…
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AT&T Says HBO Max Will Be Different From Disney+ & Apple TV+
Recently Apple and Disney have been pushing forward with their new streaming services. AT&T also has a new streaming service in the works called HBO Max but has been far more quiet about its plans. But now, AT&T’s CFO John Stephens said in an interview with Deadline that HBO Max will be “different” from what…