Author: Luke Bouma
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Amazon Announces New Prime Day Deals Including $1.99 Movie Rentals & $0.99 Echo Dot With Audible Membership
We are just 2 weeks away from Amazon’s yearly summer sale called Prime Day. Details are still thin but Amazon announced a new set of early Amazon Prime Day Deals. Some deals are live now like $100 off the Fire TV Recast but others like the $1.99 movie rentals have not started yet. Here is…
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Are Closed Captions Required for Cord Cutting Services? Yes & No…
In the past, the FCC only required closed captions for broadcasters. In 2012, the FCC extended these rules to content streaming online. Now if a program aired on traditional TV with closed captions, streaming services must also offer it with closed captions with a few limitations. These new rules are meant to make streaming more…
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Pluto TV Adds 11 New Spanish Networks
Today Pluto TV expanded into Spanish programming with the addition of 11 new Spanish language networks. These new networks will offer over 2,000 new hours of programming and help Pluto TV expand its market to even more viewers. “We have always envisioned Pluto TV as a destination with global appeal, where diverse audiences can find…
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Update: PlayStation Vue Seems to Have a New Deal With AMC, Discovery, NBC, & Turner
July 1st, 2019 is here, and it seems that Sony has a new deal with AMC, Discovery, NBC, and Turner to at least keep the networks on PlayStation Vue for now. For now, no agreement has been announced, but all of these networks are still live on PlayStation Vue this morning after Sony warned that…
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PlayStation Vue vs Sling TV vs YouTube TV vs DIRECTV NOW vs FuboTV vs Philo vs Watch TV vs Hulu – Updated July 2019
NOTE: To see a more recent update on this topic from September 2019, click HERE. June 2019 was a busy month full of changes for several live TV streaming services. PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, and others all made changes to their lineup and device support in June. So today we take a look at Sling…
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EXPIRED: Amazon is Offering 4 Months of Amazon Music For Just $0.99 As an Early Prime Day Deal
Looking for a really good deal on a ton of new music? Right now if you are a new Amazon Music Unlimited customer you can get 4 months of Amazon Unlimited Music for Just $0.99. ($7.99 a month after that.) Want something to watch? Amazon says they will be offering 05% off popular movie rentals…
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EXPIRED: The Amazon Fire TV Recast DVR is On Sale Starting At Just $129.99 (A New All-Time Low Price)
Been thinking about getting a Fire TV Recast OTA DVR for your antenna? Right now Amazon now has The Fire TV Recast DVR again on sale for a new all-time low price. You can get the Fire TV Recast DVR 500GB version for $129.99 typically $229.99. The best part is Amazon just added the ability to…
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4th of July Giveaway! We Are Giving Away a Roku Ultra, $100 Netflix Gift Card, & a $100 Hulu Gift Card
As we get ready to celebrate the July 4th in the United States we want to help you celebrate your freedom from cable TV. So starting today we are giving away a Roku Ultra, $100 Netflix gift card, and a $100 Hulu gift card to one lucky follower to help you cut the cord. (Netflix,…
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CCTW #83 – Philo Now on Android, NBC Merges Apps, Amazon Prime Day Deals, & More
Did you know we have a daily YouTube cord cutting newscast? Cord Cutting Today look sat the biggest Cord Cutting stories from the past 24 hours in about five or so minutes. We will post these Monday through Friday in an effort to help keep you up to date on everything happening in the world…
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YouTube TV Posts an Update On a Known Apple TV Bug
A few days ago, the team behind YouTube TV posted a new list of known YouTube TV bugs. This includes a new issue with the Apple TV that can prevent restarting a video after you pause it. If you pause a video you are watching on YouTube TV you may find that you can’t restart…