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To Address the Growth of Cord Cutting The American Cable Association Changes its Name
For years the ACA stood for the American Cable Association now cord cutting has changed that. Now the ACA is changing its names to the American Communications Associations to address how TV is becoming a smaller part of what they do. “For more than twenty years, ACA Connects members have made the necessary investments to…
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Millions of People Have Had Their Passwords to Places Like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, PlayStation Vue, & More Stolen
For years now we have been warning about people stealing Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, PlayStation Vue, and Sling passwords. Typically, they do this to turn around and sell them in both bundles of passwords and passwords to specific services. Now a new study gives us a look at how many people have had their passwords stolen.…
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Ticketmaster Is Giving Away 30 Days of Hulu Free
Have you been thinking about buying some tickets online? Ticketmaster may have a deal that makes you want to give them a try. Right now, you can get a 30-day free trial of Hulu with your purchase of a ticket from Ticketmaster. This deal is limited to new subscribers, but if you have been thinking…
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EXPIRED: Deal Alert: Buy 2 Fire TV Stick 4Ks & Get a $10 Prime Video Credit
Right now Amazon has a special deal for the Fire TV Stick 4K. Right now if you buy two and activate at least one of them you can get a $10 Amazon Prime Video credit. This is a limited time deal that will end on April 13th, 2019. Legal Details: This is a limited-time offer.…
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Cord Cutters News Is Going to NAB & Here Are 5 Cord Cutting Trends We Are Watching For
This week the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is holding their annual convention in Las Vegas. Cord Cutters News will be at the show as press to find all the new cord cutting trends and news. Want to make sure you don’t miss out on any of our NAB coverage? You can download our app…
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Cord Cutting This Week #70 – Amazon’s Home Internet Service, Cord Cutting Satisfaction, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also let…
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Pluto TV Is Now 5 Years Old
Pluto TV has quickly become one of the most popular free cord cutting services in the United States. Now they are celebrating their 5th anniversary as they continue as one of the leaders in the world of cord cutting. In a statement on Twitter, Tom Ryan, the CEO, and co-founder of Pluto TV, said: Five…
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As Cord Cutting Grows Network Ratings Continue to Drop
As cord cutting opens Americans up to new content they can’t get with cable TV, it is no surprise that TV ratings are continuing to drop. BTIG, a research group focused on topics like TV, has reported that network ratings are down on average 18% in 2019 compared to 2018. The biggest drop is ABC,…
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Amazon’s 55″ 4k HDR Fire TV Edition Smart TV is Now Just $399.99
Update: It looks like the 55″ Amazon Fire TV sale has ended and the price is now $429. You can still get the Toshiba 55″ 4K HDR Amazon Fire TV Smart TV for $399.99. Amazon’s fire sale on its Fire TV Edition Smart TV is on sale for just $329.99 a $100 savings. This comes…
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Netflix “Discontinues” AirPlay Support on iOS Devices
This week Netflix rolled out an update to their iOS devices. According to Netflix in a statement sent to MacRumors, this was done deliberately because of AirPlay’s roll out to 3rd party devices. Netflix told Macrumors: “…we have decided to discontinue Netflix AirPlay support to ensure our standard of quality for viewing is being met.…
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Cord Cutting Today #26 – Is Cord Cutting Slowing Down? Why You Need a Antenna, & More
Recently we started a new daily YouTube video. Cord Cutting Today will look at the biggest Cord Cutting stories from the past 24 hours in about five or so minutes. We will post these Monday through Friday in an effort to help keep you up to date on everything happening in the world of cord…
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Cord Cutters can Now Stream Local News With a New Service Called Strictly Streaming
In a press release this week, Strictly Streaming Entertainment Inc announced the launch of Strictly Streaming. There are other similar services like NewsON and even dedicated news apps for many stations. The good news is now with Strickly Streaming we have one more option to stream local news. Strictly Streaming is a streaming service that…
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Sling TV’s AirTV Player/DVR is On Sale For Just $54.49
Been thinking about trying Sling TV’s AirTV streaming player and antenna DVR? Typically the AirTV and USB Tuner costs $124.99 but right now it is on sale for just $54.49. Here is our review of the AirTV Player: (Note: This review was recorded before the antenna DVR software went out to the AirTV.) You can…
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Giveaway Alert! We Are Giving Away a 65″ 4K HDR Roku TV From TCL, Antennas Direct Antenna, & a $100 Sling TV Gift Card
It is hard to believe but April marks 6 years since Luke cut that cord and started posting online about it. We also just hit 61,000 YouTube subscribers this week! To celebrate Cord Cutters News has teamed up with TCL, Sling TV, and Antenna Direct to offer a huge cord cutting kit. Starting today and…
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Next Gen OTA TV ATSC 3.0 Testing Is Expanding in Phoenix
For about a year now next gen OTA TV has been tested in Phoenix. Right now, only one tower is transmitting the ATSC 3.0 OTA broadcast. A second tower is being added to expand the test as ATSC 3.0 gets closer to launch. This new test will focus on Single Frequency Network transmissions that allow…
