Author: Luke Bouma
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Netflix Plans to Offer Paid Password Sharing as It Tries to Stop Freeloaders
Today Netflix reported its 4th quarter 2022 numbers. We also learned a lot about the company’s future plans, including that Netflix’s founder and CEO is stepping down as CEO. We also learned that Netflix plans to expand its paid password-sharing subscription service to more people. “While our terms of use limit use of Netflix to…
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YouTube TV is Rolling Out a Fix to Its Apple TV App
Yesterday YouTube TV rolled out an update to the library and live guide. These improvements sadly come with some issues for Apple TV users. According to multiple reports and confirmed by YouTube TV on Twitter, the live TV guide on the Apple TV is broken. Update: YouTube TV reached out to Cord Cutters News on…
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Netflix’s Founder & CEO Reed Hastings is Stepping Down
Today it was announced that Reed Hastings, the founder of Netflix, is stepping as CEO and will become the Executive Chairman at Netflix. This news came as Netflix announced its 4th quarter 2022 earnings. Netflixed missed on earnings but got more new subscribers than expected. In Reed Hastings’s place, Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters will…
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EXPIRED – Deal Alert! The Roku Ultra is Now Just $88.99 For a Limited Time
Looking for the most powerful Roku streaming player on the market? The Roku Ultra is Roku’s top of the line streaming player, and for a limited time, it is on sale for just $88.99. You can find the Roku Ultra on Amazon HERE. Here is how Roku describes the Roku Ultra:
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AT&T Must Pay $166 Million in Damages For Infringing Mobile Patents Jury Rules
According to a ruling from earlier this week, AT&T Mobility LLC must pay $166.3 million in damages for violating Finesse Wireless LLC’s patents. This affects but AT&T’s LTE and 5G networks that ran on Nokia’s stations. At issue here, are how AT&T’s networks reduced wireless-signal interference using technology owned by Finesse, according to a report…
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I’m Back! Luke Bouma Buys Back Cord Cutters News
It’s been almost three years since I sold Cord Cutters News. Last week I was able to announce I was back; now I am very excited to announce I once again own Cord Cutters News. I am extremely excited to get Cord Cutters News back to its roots of news coverage, deal finding, and to…
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DIRECTV STREAM is Offering $120 Off Your First Year For New Customers
Been thinking about trying out DIRECTV STREAM? Right now, if you sign up, DIRECTV NOW will give you $120 off your first year of service from them. This deal is offered as $10 off a month for one year on select plans, including ENTERTAINMENT, CHOICE, ULTIMATE, PREMIER, or OPTIMO MÁS. To take advantage of this…
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A New Study From Roku & Magna Show Ads on Streaming Are Better Than Cable TV
Today Roku and MAGNAls industry-leading research released a report showing that ads on streaming are more effective than traditional TV ads. This report called “Beyond the :30” tested multiple formats and showed that streaming helped brands grow their top-of-mind awareness by 57% vs. just 43% with traditional cable TV ads. Three new “Beyond the :30”…
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DISH is offering $25 a Month for Life Unlimited Talk, Text, & Data Plan from Boost Mobile
Earlier on in 2022, DISH announced plans to offer a $ 25-a-month wireless phone plan with unlimited talk, text, and data from its Boost Mobile service. Now DISH has started to roll out the plan called Boost Infinite. With Boost Infinite, you will get unlimited talk, text, and 30GB of data before your speeds slow…
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Amazon Secures $8 Billion Loan to Help Cover Costs
Recently it was announced that Amazon would be laying off 17,000 employees in 2023. (Link to story.) Now Amazon has agreed to an $8 billion term loan to “help support capital expenditures, debt repayments, acquisitions, and working capital needs,” Amazon said in a statement to Reuters. This move comes as a growing number of companies…