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Discovery Joins Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE)
Today the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) announced that Discovery, Telefe and Channel 5 have joined the anti-piracy group. ACE was founded in June 2017 by 30 creative companies who sought to expand “ongoing, cooperative efforts to reduce the threat and prevalence of online piracy.” ACE members include Amazon, AMC Networks, BBC Worldwide, Bell…
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Court TV Releases a Trailer Promoting its Relaunch As A Free OTA TV Network
Back in December, it was announced that Katz Networks was relaunching the crime network Court TV. First launched back in 1991 the network was relaunched as truTV in 2007. Now in May 2019 the channel will once again return this time as a free over the air TV network. “Court TV was a top-20 cable…
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EXPIRED: Amazon’s 49″ Fire TV Edition Smart TV’s Are On Sale For Just $199.99
Want a dirt cheap TV with a Fire TV built in? RIght now you can get a 49″ Toshiba HD Fire TV Edition Smart TV for just $199.99. Want a 4K HDR 50″ Fire TV Edition Smart TV? Right now you can get a 50″ 4K HDR Fire TV Edition Smart TV from Toshiba for…
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The FTC is Examining The Privacy Practices of AT&T, Comcast, Google Fiber, Verizon, & More
Today the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to investigate the privacy practices of seven internet providers including AT&T, Comcast, and Google. The FTC has given them 45 days to hand over documents about how they protect your privacy. “The orders seek information about the companies’ privacy policies, procedures, and practices. The orders were sent to: AT&T Inc.,…
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The Free Streaming Network STIRR Adds The Law&Crime Network
STIRR is a new free live TV streaming service with content from a growing number of providers. This service will give access to on-demand and live linear networks including Comet and Charge for free with ads. At launch, the services gave access to both local news and live networks like Comet, Charge, BUZZR, Stadium, and…
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DAZN Announces Monthly Plan and New Pricing Structure
In September 2018, UK streaming service DAZN (pronounced Da Zone) expanded to the US market, streaming content including boxing and mixed martial arts. DAZN streams over 70 fights each year without commercials. The major draw of the service is that there are no paywalls after signing up. You’ll instantly get access to every event DAZN…
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As Cord Cutting Grows More Americans Stream Online Video Than Watch Cable TV
For the first time ever, the number of Americans paying for online video services has surpassed the number paying for cable or satellite TV. Deloitte released data, reported by Fortune, showing that 69% of consumers are paying for internet video services while 65% are paying for cable or satellite TV services. These numbers are the…
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Pluto TV Loses CNBC But Adds Content From The Weather Channel
Late last week CNBC ended their long partnership with Pluto TV resulting in Pluto TV losing access to CNBC videos. In the past, you could get a collection of clips and shows from CNBC streamed as a 24/7 channel. This was not a live feed of CNBC but a collection of CNBC videos streamed back…
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EXPIRED: T-Mobile is Once Again Going to Giveaway FREE MLB.TV Starting Today
Are you an MLB fan who wants access to every out of market MLB game? Starting today T-Mobile is giving away free MLB.TV accounts to T-Mobile subscribers but you need to hurry as this deal will end April 1st, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. To get this deal you will need to use the T-Mobile…
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Roku is Dominating The World of Cord Cutting Far Ahead of the Apple TV & Amazon Fire TV
This week Cord Cutters News held our annual cord cutting survey of over 3,000 of our readers. The survey covered a wide range of cord cutting-related topics including what devices you use. According to the survey, Roku once again dominated with over 69.6% of American readers using a Roku streaming player. That is more than…
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YouTube Says it Still Plans to Make Original Content As it Competes with Netflix and Prime
This morning a report from Bloomberg stated that YouTube is no longer focusing on creating original scripted programming and has dropped shows including “Origin” and “Overthinking with Kat and June.” YouTube responded to the story, as reported by TechCrunch, stating that while the service has dropped those two shows, the company is still investing heavily…
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fuboTV Launches 3 New Bundles
Today fuboTV quietly rolled out 3 new bundles to their live TV streaming services. Sadly no new channels have been added but you can now take advantage of easy bundles of previously offered add-ons to make fuboTV even better. fuboTV still offers their $44.99 a month package that comes with 84 channels, 30 hours of…
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DIRECTV NOW Adds Boomerang to Grandfathered Plans (For a Limited Time)
Last week AT&T quietly added Boomerang to grandfathered DIRECTV NOW plans. It seems that AT&T is taking advantage of the new Warner Bros. Entertainment owned channels to expand the DIRECTV NOW lineup. Boomerang was already on some DIRECTV NOW plans now DIRECTV NOW has expanded it to all DIRECTV NOW grandfathered plans for a limited…
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PBS is In Talks With Hulu, PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, YouTube TV, & More
Last year PBS announced efforts to launch on live TV streaming services like Hulu and YouTube TV. They carefully warned though that while PBS owns the rights to many of the syndicated shows the local content is owned by 350 plus member stations that PBS as a parent company does not own or control. This…
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Apple Officially Announces Their Apple TV Channels & Apple TV+ Streaming Services With Roku & Fire TV Support
Today Apple officially announced their long-rumored streaming service. The service will work on Apple devices and any device that supports AirPlay 2 allowing you to watch Apple’s original content and subscribe to third-party services like HBO, Showtime, and Starz. Apple TV Channels will be rolled out in May of 2019. If you have used Amazon…
