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Pokémon is Crashing Roku TVs & Roku Players But a Fix is Rolling Out
Do you have a Roku Player or Roku TV and own a Nintendo Switch? You may have noticed your Roku TV and Roku Player is randomly crashing and rebooting while you try to play the Pokémon Sword and Shield game. The strange thing is you don’t even need your Nintendo Switch to be connected to…
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Disney+ Adds a New Mickey Short Celebrating Mickey Mouse’s 91st Birthday
Today Mickey Mouse turns 91 and Disney+ is getting in on the fun. Available today is a new Mickey Mouse short called Happy Birthday, Mickey! You will also find a huge new collection of Mickey Mouse shorts and classic Mickey Mouse movies listed on the home page of Disney+. This news comes as Disney announced…
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Sam’s Club is Selling Discounted Gift Cards to Sling TV, CBS All Access, Spotify, & More
Right now, Sam’s Club is offering a small discount on certain streaming gift cards. Most of the discounts are for up to $5 off $100, which probably isn’t enough to make you want to signup for the streaming services, but it’s worth saving 5 bucks if you’re already a subscriber. Sam’s Club members can get…
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No YouTube TV is Not Raising Its Price, That was Just a Bug Says Google
Over the weekend several Cord Cutters News readers received a billing update from YouTube that included a $10 price hike. There was even a post on Reddit about the same issue that is now getting a lot of attention. Now Google is telling customers who received these emails that it was a mistake and YouTube…
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Offline Ad-Supported Downloads Could Bring in $3 Million Monthly to Services Like Pluto TV According to Penthera
Recently, we learned that ad-supported downloads will be coming to streaming services in the beginning of 2020. In an interview with Cord Cutters News, president and chief operating officer of Penthera Dan Taitz explained how offline viewing will benefit both consumers and distributors. The benefit to distributors is clear. Offline ads create an opportunity for…
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XUMO Adds ABC News Live Channel to Its Free Streaming Service
The free streaming service XUMO has launched the ABC News Live channel to its ad-supported platform available in the US and Canada. This addition will bring the channel’s 24/7 news coverage to viewers for free, including ongoing 2020 election coverage, Democratic debate analysis and more. “ABC News Live offers exceptional, world-class coverage of the most…
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T-Mobile’s CEO is Stepping Down Next Year
Today it was announced that T-Mobile CEO John Legere will be stepping down as CEO on May 1st 2020. He will be replaced T-Mobile’s current President and COO Mike Sievert, who is also on the Board of Directors. ‼️ I’ve got some important news! On May 1, I’ll be handing the magenta CEO reigns over…
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AT&T TV NOW Is Raising Its Price to $65 a Month Starting Tomorrow
If you want to try out AT&T TV NOW for just $50 a month, you need to act today. AT&T has announced that starting tomorrow, November 19th, 2019, the price of AT&T TV NOW will be going up $15 to $65 a month for AT&T TV NOW Plus. If you want AT&T TV NOW Max,…
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The Free Streaming Service Tubi is Launching a New Not On Netflix Website
Tubi is an excellent free, ad-supported streaming service that offers a massive collection of movies and TV shows. Now Tubi has announced a new set of commercials and a new Not on Netflix website to promote the service. This new website will promote all of the content Tubi offers that you won’t find on Netflix.…
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As Hulu, AT&T TV NOW, & More Raise Their Price Cord Cutters Are Moving to Cheaper On-Demand Only Services
Research firm MoffettNathanson shared a report today titled Q3 2019 Cord-Cutting Monitor: Live Is Dead. The report focuses on the rise of video on-demand services as a replacement for live TV. “The live TV model for entertainment programming is being displaced by SVOD and AVOD much more rapidly than the cord-cutting numbers alone would suggest.…
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4x More People Are Trying to Cancel Disney+ Than Netflix
When Disney+ launched the talk was all about how this would take a huge bite out of Netflix subscriber numbers. Now according to the research group LightShed Partners, right now four times as many people are googling how to cancel Disney+ than they are searching for how to cancel Netflix. The question now is as…
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AT&T Re-Adds 4 Local CW & NBC Affiliates to DIRECTV & AT&T TV NOW
Today it was announced that AT&T and MPS Media have agreed to a new deal after being dark on DIRECTV and AT&T TV NOW for six months. This deal will bring WTLF Tallahassee, WNBW Gainesville, WSWB Wilkes Barre, WFLI Chattanooga are back on DIRECTV, and in the case of WNBW back to AT&T TV NOW.…
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The Live TV Streaming Service Vidgo is Giving Away a 32” Vizio Smart TV
Vidgo is currently hosting a giveaway for a free 32” Vizio TV to spread the message of Social TV. Haven’t heard of Social TV? With this Vidgo feature, you can create Hangs, watch parties with your friends and family, so your favorite groups of people can watch the same content, at the same time, in…
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Here’s AMC Sundance Now’s December Lineup
AMC’s streaming service Sundance Now has announced its programming schedule for December, and we’re here to give you a first look. Full of engrossing true crime series, films, and captivating documentaries, dive into Sundance Now’s lineup this December. You can watch Sundance Now on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Roku, Xbox One,…
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As Cord Cutting Grows Frontier Communications May Soon Go Into Bankruptcy
For years now cord cutting has slowly been eating into cable TV. Now it seems Frontier Communications is struggling and according to analysts, Frontier may consider Chapter 11 Bankruptcy as early as the first quarter of 2020. According to Bloomberg, creditors are pushing Frontier for a plan to pay off its $17.5 billion in debt.…
