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Nexstar Launches Commercial Free 24 Hour Live Local News Service for The Bay Area
Nexstar affiliate KRON has launched a 24/7 local news streaming service, called KRON-ON. KRON-ON is the Bay Area’s only commercial-free 24/7 local digital news platform. The focus is on localism and keeping Bay Area residents in the loop about what’s happening in their area at all times. In a press release, Tim Busch, President of…
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Facebook Plans to Add New Tab for News Videos
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, discussed plans to create a new tab on Facebook, dedicated to news content, according to a report from Variety. Zuckerberg says that the decision is based on the success of the current Facebook Watch tab, which has been gaining interest from publishers, many of whom are creating content exclusively for…
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Verizon is Now Rolling Out 5G Wireless For Smartphones
Earlier today Verizon launched 5G mobile internet for smartphones in Chicago and Minneapolis. This is not their home internet service but 5G for mobile. This new services will offer average download speeds of 450 Mbps with peak speeds of nearly 1 Gbps to mobile phones that support 5G. “Verizon customers will be the first in…
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Spectrum’s $14.99 Streaming Service Is Now Live in Select Markets
In February, Spectrum announced that they are launching a new live TV streaming service in late March for Spectrum Internet customers called Spectrum TV Essentials. This new service will cost $14.99 plus tax, and Spectrum says it will have no additional fees or installation charges. For that price, the service will offer 60 channels targeting customers who…
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5 Tips to Help You Stay Under Your Data Cap With Cord Cutting
Data caps have often been called an attack on cord cutters; however, don’t let them scare you away from becoming a cord cutter. You can be a cord cutter even if your Internet service provider (ISP) has a data cap. When my family became cord cutters we had a data cap from our DSL provider…
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T-Mobile TV Partners With Viacom For a New TV Service
Today T-Mobile and Viacom announced a deal to bring Viacom channels to the new T-Mobile TV that will launch later this year. “Viacom represents the best of the best, most-popular brands on cable, so they are an amazing partner for us!” said John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile. “TV programming has never been better, but consumers…
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AT&T is Being Sued Over Misleading Investors About DIRECTV NOW
Yesterday the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announced a class action lawsuit targeting AT&T over what it claims to be misleading investors over DIRECTV NOW. The issue seems to be a question about if AT&T knowingly mislead investors when it said that DIRECTV NOW’s growth would continue. This comes a few months after we…
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EXPIRED: Amazon’s 50″ 4K HDR Fire TV Smart TVs From Insignia Are On Sale For Just $249.99 (A New All Time Low Price)
Need a new cheap TV? Also, want a Fire TV? Right now you can get a Fire TV Edition 50″ 4K HDR smart TV from Insignia for just $249.99. Want something bigger? Right now you can get a 55″ 4K HDR Fire TV Edition smart TV for just $329.99. As best we can tell this…
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EXPIRED: Right Now You Can Get a Month of Philo For FREE (Limited Time Deal)
Been thinking about trying Philo? Right now you can get a month-long trial of the live TV streaming service Philo for free from Groupon. You need to hurry though as this deal could end any day now. You can find this deal on Groupon’s website HERE. About Philo: With the basic package, you can watch…
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Sling TV’s AirTV Player/DVR is 60% Off Today
Been thinking about trying Sling TV’s AirTV streaming player and antenna DVR? Right now LivingSocial has them on sale for 60% off. Typically $149.99 for the player and USB tuner now on sale for just $59.50. Here is our review of the AirTV Player: (Note: This review was recorded before the antenna DVR software went…
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Cord Cutting Today #23 – More Americans Are Satisfied With Cord Cutting Than Cable TV, Whats New on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, & 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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YouTube TV is Working on Improving Its Ads
Ever run into an ad block on YouTube TV that is just a blank screen or just an image on the screen that says commercial break? (ESPN is the most notorious channel for having blank ad breaks.) Now YouTube TV has announced that they are working on dynamic ad insertions to fix this issue. With…
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Fox News’s New Streaming Service is Seeing Strong Subscribe Growth
Last year Fox News’s new streaming service Fox Nation launched offering access to exclusive content not available on Fox News. Now it seems like they have a hit on their hands as Fox News announced that 85% of people who try the service with a free trial become a paying customer. According to Fox News,…
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Tivo is Working on Automatic Commercial Skipping
Ever hate having to fast forward through commercials on your DVR recordings? Now TiVo is rolling out automatic commercial skipping feature for DVRed recordings according to a report from Dave Zatz. According to screenshots that Tivo now removed there is an automatic commercial skipping feature in the works for TiVo DVRs for programs that have…
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Almost Half of All Cord Cutters Exclusively Stream Everything They Watch
Over the weekend, we posted a survey asking readers about some of their cord cutting habits. One thing we wanted to know was whether you’re still using DVDs, watching movies exclusively through streaming, or a combination of both. 49.7% of the 3000+ readers who responded say that they’re only streaming movies and are no longer…
