Author: Luke Bouma
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YouTube is Testing a Free Pluto TV Like Service
Free streaming services like Pluto TV have become very successful in recent years, inspiring many imitators. By offering a cable-like guide of live channels full of free ad-supported content, Pluto TV has gained a huge following of dedicated fans. Now YouTube reportedly wants in on the fast-growing free ad-supported market. According to reports from The…
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Disney+ & Paramount+ Are Still Not Profitable
This may surprise many as Disney+ and Paramount+ are extremely popular, but both services are still not profitable. Disney+ currently has about 76.7 million subscribers as of the 3rd quarter of 2022. Paramount+ has about 46 million subscribers as of the 3rd quarter of 2022. The problem, for now, is the high subscriber acquisition costs…
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EXPIRED – Deal Alert: The Echo Show 8 A Great Kitchen TV is On Sale For Just $79.99
Want to watch TV on your Echo in your kitchen or bathroom? With the Echo Show 8, you can do just that and get a vast range of features thanks to the built-in Alexa. With the Echo Show 8, you can watch Hulu (Including Hulu with Live TV), Netflix, Tubi, Food Network Kitchen, Red Bull…
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Amazon Renames EPIX to MGM+ & Announces New Programing
Back in May 2022, Amazon purchased MGM in an $8.5 billion deal. Now Amazon has started to move forward with its plans to change MGM and take advantage of its new content. Starting off with the name change of Epix to MGM+. “It’s a new beginning for our service, as we introduce MGM+ and its…
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Apple Reshuffles Leadership at Apple TV+
Back in 2019, Apple launched a subscription TV that was meant to take on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. The service has released some critically acclaimed shows and movies, but Apple TV+ hasn’t had the same subscriber success as Paramount+ or HBO Max, for example. Now Apple is reshuffling the leadership over at Apple TV+. According…
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The Most Affordable 4K Streaming Players of 2023 – Roku, Fire TV, & Google TV
Is 2023 the year you jump into streaming TV? Or do you just need a cheap affordable 4K streaming player? We have a quick breakdown of some of the best but also most affordable streaming players available in 2023. Why buy a 4K streaming player vs HD streaming player? So why get a 4K streaming…
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PBS is Now Streaming Live For FREE Online With the Local Now App
Correction to an earlier version of this story said PBS is now on Local Now. PBS is coming into the service in the upcoming months. PBS is one of the last major TV networks to join the cord cutting revolution and offer its content live and online. In the past, if you cut the cord,…
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DIRECTV Has Lost Over 47% of Subscribers Since AT&T Bought It
In the mid and late 2010s, AT&T was doubling down on TV by buying up TV companies. One of the first big deals was DIRECTV, but now DIRECTV is less than half the size it was when it was purchased in 2015. Because of this, AT&T has offloaded DIRECTV in an effort to limit its…
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Nexstar Ends Free Live Streaming of Local News on ABC, NBC, FOX, & CBS Owned Stations
For years Nexstar owned local stations streamed their local news and lifestyle programs for free, live as they aired. Nexstar has announced they will no longer offer their local news streamed live for free. Instead, you will have to wait two hours to watch them online. Nexstar says you will be able to see a…
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Do You Have 5 Minutes to Help Cord Cutters News? (Winter 2023 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 Winter 2023 here we thought this would be a good time to do a quick survey about the…