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Comcast Once Again Plans to Try and Buy FOX Before Disney Closes Their Deal
Recently it was announced that FOX and Disney have come to a deal to sell most of FOX to Disney. Now that deal is not done and Comcast had previously tried to buy Fox. Now it looks like Comcast is once again planning to make an all-cash offer to buy select 21st Century Fox assets before…
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We Interviewed Amazon’s VP About Amazon Prime & Thursday Night NFL Football
Last week at the Pay TV Show in Denver, Cord Cutters News had an opportunity to sit down one-on-one with Rich Au, the director of Amazon Channels and one of the leads on Amazon’s sports deals. We chatted about some of the questions we hear from our readers. Amazon Prime One of the questions we…
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Sling TV’s AirTV Exits Beta
Last year Sling TV quietly rolled out a network-based AirTV device. This device allows anyone with an antenna to stream their locals through an air TV app or inside the Sling TV app on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and iOS and Android phones and tablets. (In a very similar way to how the Tablo DVR works.) Now…
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Dish’s Lawsuit Against Kodi-Add-On Maker & TVAddons Continues
Last September Dish Network filled a lawsuit targeting the owners of TVAddons and the third-party Kodi add-on ZemTV for copyright infringement. “The ZemTV service is retransmitting these channels over the Internet to end-users that download the ZemTV add-on for the Kodi media player, which is available for download at the websites www.tvaddons.ag and www.tvaddons.org,” Dish’s…
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Sling TV Now Offers the Most Channels Per Dollar (But Does That Even Matter?)
I have recently noticed a growing trend of new cord cutters wanting to know what service offers the most channels for what they pay. Many new cord cutters are looking for the best return on their dollar. If that is what you are looking at you likely want Sling TV. For $40 you can get…
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DIRECTV NOW Officially Releases Their New DVR on Android Phones and Tablets
Last week DIRECTV NOW rolled out their new app with expanded on-demand, DVR, and a new user interface on the Apple TV, iOS, and Chromecast. Tonight DIRECTV NOW has started to roll out the new app with DVR to Android phones and tablets. Here is how AT&T is describing the new DIRECTV NOW Android app:…
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Here is Everything Leaving The Roku Channel in June 2018
In Juen 2018 21 movies will be leaving the free streaming service The Roku Channel. Here are all the movies leaving The Roku Channel in June 2018: All the King’s Men (2006) Cadillac Records (2008) Drive (2011) Godzilla (1998) The Queen (2006) The Rum Diary (2011) A Home Of Our Own (1992) Basic Instinct 2…
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Best Buy is Now Offering a $200 a Year Tech Support Service Plan
Find your sell looking for help getting your computer fixed? Don’t want to worry about a bill each time you need help? Well, Best Buy now has a $200 a year plan that will let you get all the tech support you need. The plan is called Total Tech Support and maybe perfect for that…
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CBS is At War With Their Own Stock Holders to Block a Possible Viacom Merger
Today CBS announced that they plan to challenge amendments to their bylaws made the Redstone family. These changes would prevent the CBS board from diluting the Redstone’ stake in the company. According to CBS the Redstone family who controls 79% of CBS voting stock delivered to CBS documents that stated they had amended the CBS bylaws…
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Twitter is Shutting Down Their Apps on Roku, Android TV, and Xbox
Sadly today it was announced that Twitter is pulling their apps for Roku, Android TV, and Xbox. This means you will no longer be able to view the free content on Twitter through these devices. Here is the official tweet from Twitter announcing this move: On Thursday, May 24, Twitter for Roku, Twitter for Android TV…
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Roku’s New Smart Speaker Shows Up In a FCC Filing
Back in January, we learned that Roku was working on a line of smart speakers with a Roku Assistant built in. The first version announced was a sound bar from TCL desinged to work closely with Roku TVs. Now an FCC filing from TCL has popped up at the FCC for a smart speaker with voice…
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YouTube Music is Rolling Out Today With a New Look & Price
Last week YouTube announced that they are breaking YouTube Red into YouTube Music and YouTube Premium. Today YouTube announced that they are rolling out YouTube Music in the U.S., Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. Invites will start going out later today and you can sign up to get an invite HERE. Here is how…
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Facebook Wants to Build City Wide Gigabit Wi-Fi Networks
Recently all the talk has been about 5G home internet rolling out later this year from Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T. Others like Charter, Dish, Google, and more all have their own 5G networks in development. Now Facebook has announced they also want to get into the home internet business but they want to use W-Fi.…
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Comcast is Leaking Names & Passwords of Customers’ Wifi Networks
In what is just one more example of why you should not use the WiFi router rented by your internet service provider is a report today that says they may leak your password. Yesterday ZDNet reported that Comcast had a major security breach and revealed the passwords of their Xfinity-provided wireless routers in plaintext on the…
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DIRECTV NOW is NOT Supporting Android TV
Update: The Google Play Store is no longer letting us install DIRECTV NOW on our Android TV player. Sadly this looks like it was a glitch on the Google Play side. DIRECTV NOW did just pull their Fire TV Beta from the Fire TV app store. You can learn more HERE. Earlier today we reported…
