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Facebook Will Live Stream the “Golden Globes Preshow” For FREE
This weekend the awards season kicks off with the “2018 Golden Globe Awards” on NBC. If an antenna is not an option for you and you want a free option to watch the award show, you may want to check out Facebook. This year Facebook and Dick Clarke Productions have teamed up to stream the…
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Amazon Shuts Down Their Anime Streaming Service
This week Amazon quietly shut down Anime Strike, their anime streaming service that was part of Amazon Channels. Anime Strike was a $5 a month service that you could add to your Amazon Prime membership as part of Amazon’s Channels service. According to Amazon, the content currently on Anime Strike is being moved to Prime…
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5 Cord Cutting Trends to Watch For During CES 2018
CES 2018 officially gets kicked off in a few days, but the unofficial start is tonight with the kickoff of the first CES press event. Cord Cutters News is already at CES meeting people, companies, and looking at the newest products hitting the market. Before everything gets crazy busy, I wanted to list a few…
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For The First Time Ever The Golden Globes Will Be Live Streamed
Last year if you wanted to stream the Golden Globes legally you found yourself out of luck. NBC made it clear that their contract with the Golden Globes did not allow them to stream the award show. This year you will be about to stream the Golden Globes on NBC’s website at http://www.nbc.com/live You will also be…
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Hulu Added 6 NBC Affiliates This Week – Now Has 446 Live Locals
This week Hulu added 6 new NBC affiliates. This brings Hulu’s total number of locals up to 446. Here are all the NBC locals Hulu added this week as sent to us by Hulu: NBC Affiliate DMA KCRA Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto WTMJ Milwaukee WLTZ Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL) KBMT Beaumont-Port Arthur WGEM Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk WRGX Dothan Here are…
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The New 3.0 OTA TV Standard Will Be Announced at CES 2018
A few months ago, the FCC approved the move to a new 3.0 OTA standard. With this move over-the-air TV will now have 4K, more channels, better coverage, and more. However, there still has yet to be a standard set of rules for companies to start building tuners and transmitters to use the new 3.0…
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DIRECTV NOW Went Down After a New Build Was Pushed Out
For the second time, this week DIRECTV NOW is down according to several of our readers and posts we found on Reddit and has been for a few hours according to reports for our readers. This outage is happening shortly after AT&T pushed a new build of the beta app out and it is possible…
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fuboTV Adds 15 New NBC & CBS Affiliates
fuboTV had a busy week this week as they quietly added 15 new NBC & CBS affiliates. With these new locals, fuboTV now has 126 local affiliates across the United States. Here are all the affiliates added this week: NBC WESH – Orlando, FL KSHB – Kansas City, MO WTMJ – Milwaukee, WI KSBY –…
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Today Apple Announced a Documentary Series About Homes to Its Original Programming Lineup
Today Apple added a new original documentary series called “Home” to their lineup according to Variety. The show will give an inside look at extraordinary homes from around the world and feature those who built them. Apple has signed on to produce 10 one-hour episodes of Home but no release date has been announced. “Home” joins…
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The Streaming Service Cheddar Makes The Jump to Comcast’s X1
Today Cheddar one of the best streaming options for news just struck a major deal to bring their content to Comcast’s X1 streaming platform. This move marks one more major streaming service to team up with Comcast along with Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, and more. “It’s amazing and validating to turn on the TV and see…
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Sony Announces Plans to Develop a 3.0 OTA Guide For The Phoenix Test Market
Today Sony and Pearl TV announced plans to work together to build an on-screen television program guide that will work with the new 3.0 OTA standard that is going to be tested by 10 Phoenix TV stations. To our knowledge, this is the first time a major TV manufacturer like Sony has committed to joining…
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CBS All Access Arrives On Amazon Channels
Today CBS and Amazon announced a deal to bring CBS All Access to the Amazon Channels platform. With this deal, you will be able to use Amazon to manage your subscription to the commercial-free version of CBS All Access and access the CBS content through the Amazon app. (CBS said the $5.99 limited commercial plan…
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200 Mbps Fixed Wireless Internet For $50 Is Coming to 16 Markets in 2018
Yesterday a startup called Starry announced they will expand from its current Boston location to Los Angeles and Washington DC this month. From there they plan to launch in 14 other markets throughout 2018. “We take the privilege of being in your home and being your family’s ISP very seriously,” Starry CEO Chet Kanojia said…
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In 2017 AT&T Connected 440,000 in Rural Areas to Broadband With More on The Way
Yesterday AT&T announced that their efforts to bring broadband Internet to rural America connected more than 440,000 homes and small businesses across 18 states in hard-to-reach areas in 2017. “We’re thrilled to connect more families, businesses and communities through our leadership in bringing Fixed Wireless Internet to more places than any other company,” said Cheryl…
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Here is Everything New on Acorn TV in January 2018
Exclusive U.S. Premieres on Acorn in January 2018: Monday, January 15th DETECTORISTS, Series 3 (Acorn TV Original, Exclusive U.S. Premiere) “TV comedy treasure… deep and delightful comedy… I can’t recommend it highly enough. Brilliant… funny, touching and lovely to behold.”—Los Angeles Times Acorn TV joins as co-producer for the third series of the universally adored series, which has received ‘Best of the Year’ selections…
