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Amazon’s New Fire HD 8 Tablet is a Powerful Portable TV With AI Built In
Amazon has unveiled its latest generation of Fire HD 8 tablets, boasting significant performance upgrades and innovative AI-powered features designed to enhance productivity and entertainment. The new Fire HD 8 lineup features 50% more RAM than its predecessors, delivering smoother performance for streaming, gaming, browsing, and downloading content. This boost in power allows users to…
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YouTube TV vs DIRECTV STREAM vs Hulu vs Fubo vs Sling TV vs Philo What is The Best Option For Cord Cutters? – Updated October 2024
It is October 2024, and the world of cord-cutting has changed a lot over the last year. In the last few months, a lot has changed. Prices for several services have changed as have the channels they offer. With all of these changes in cable TV companies and streaming, you may be looking for a…
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Do You Have 5 Minutes to Help Cord Cutters News? (Fall 2024 Survey)
Could you help Cord Cutters News with 5 minutes of your time? Every few months, we try to do a survey to help keep in touch with our readers and what is happening in cord cutting. With fall 2024 here, we thought this would be a good time to do a quick survey about the…
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DIRECTV Is Buying DISH & Sling TV But What Is Next and When Will It Happen? – Ask Luke
This week DIRECTV made it official that it will buy DISH and Sling TV for $1 from its parent company Echo Starr. With this deal, DIRECTV will also take over billions in debt from DISH, including an almost $2 billion payment due in November. Recently we have been flooded with questions about what is next…
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A New Law Will Protect Your Digital Online Purchases Including Movies From Being Taken Away – Cord Cutting Today
Today in Cord Cutting Today for October 4, 2024 we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting including: Bally Sports Dead? 11 MLB Teams Are Leaving The Troubled RSN. You can find links to each story we talk about below this video. Bally Sports Will Drop TV…
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Crackle, One of the Original Cord Cutting Services, Just Shut Down – Here Is Its History & Why
Crackle, the free ad-supported streaming service, has a history that stretches back to the early days of online video. It was one of the first cord cutting services and now it has shut down. Here is brief history of Crackle and what happened. Early Days as Grouper (2004–2006) Crackle’s origins lie in Grouper, a company…
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Amazon Prime Video to Ramp Up Ads in 2025
Amazon Prime Video is set to increase its advertising presence in 2025, signaling a potential shake-up in the streaming advertising market. This move comes after the platform introduced ads for all Prime subscribers earlier this year, a decision that instantly positioned it as the world’s largest ad-supported subscription streaming service. While the exact nature of…
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Tubi to Pay $19.99 Million to Settle Privacy Lawsuit Over User Data Sharing – Here is How to Claim Your Money
Tubi, the popular free ad-supported streaming service, has agreed to a $19.99 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging that it violated user privacy by sharing personal information with third parties without consent. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, claimed that Tubi’s data sharing practices violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), a…
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QVC is Turning Into a Sports Channel With a New Pickleball Deal
QVC, the home of live shoppable entertainment, is diving headfirst into the world of pickleball with a multi-year partnership with USA Pickleball, the sport’s national governing body. This dynamic duo is set to bring the fastest-growing sport in the U.S. to an even wider audience through a unique blend of live coverage, engaging content, and…
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Five Cable TV Networks That Are Most Likely to Shut Down, Spectrum Adds More Streaming, & More – Cord Cutting Today
Today in Cord Cutting Today for October 3, 2024 we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting including: Five Cable TV Networks That Are Most Likely to Shut Down. You can find a link to each story we talk about below this video: Five Cable TV Networks…