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Older Roku Channels Have Until the End of the Year to Update
Roku has been upgrading not only its boxes but also its user experience. In recent months many high profile older Roku Channels such as MLB.TV and PlayStation Vue have updated with new refreshed looks. This is part of Roku’s effort to push channel owners to update. Now it seems that it has come to an…
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PureFlix is Adding Spanish-Language Titles
PureFlix is best known for their family friendly, and faith based programming. Now they are looking to expand from English only shows and movies, to Spanish-language programming. The new site, Pureflixespanol.com will offer a wide range of programming and in addition will be adding close to 100 titles on a monthly basis. “When Hispanic consumers…
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PlayStation Vue is Once Again Giving Away FREE Upgrades to Their Elite Package
Once again, PlayStation Vue is giving away free upgrades to its Elite package. Several readers today told Cord Cutters News that they an email from Sony about the additional channels in their PlayStation Vue app. This is not the first time that Sony has given away free upgrades to their Elite package as they have…
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Several PBS Stations Are Shutting Down
Several years ago the FCC asked TV stations to sell their current over-the-air frequencies to cellphone providers. Many stations agreed to the auction and brought in millions of dollars from the sale. Most will be switching channels over the next few years. For example, FOX may switch from Channel 46 to Channel 17. Yet some,…
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Roku Releases Streaming Socks to Control Your Roku With Your Feet
Every had your hands full but still wish you could control your Roku? Now with the Roku Streaming Socks, you can do just that. Yup no longer do you have to worry about messy or full hands with the new Roku Streaming Socks. Here are the socks in action: Key features include: 1) Highly-sensitive built–in motion sensors: all…
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Survey: The Best FREE Streaming Service Is… (Spring 2018 Survey)
Every quarter we survey our readers, and this spring more than 2,500 Cord Cutters News readers took the time to let us know their views on some of the most popular cord cutting services, devices, and more. One of the questions we asked was what is the best FREE streaming service. According to our readers,…
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Here is Everything New on Netflix, Hulu, & Amazon in April 2018
Netflix April 1 A Sort of Family Along Came Polly Bad Boys Battlefield Earth Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure Big Time Body of Lies Cabin Fever Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever Cats & Dogs Cold Mountain Dare to Be Wild Deep Blue Sea Fish People Friday Night Lights Jackass 2.5 Life Is Beautiful Looney Tunes: Back in…
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DIRECTV NOW vs PlayStation Vue vs YouTube TV vs Philo vs Sling TV vs Fubo TV vs Hulu – Updated April 2018
Today we update our side by side look at the major live TV streaming services. With a lot of new channels added to services like DIRECTV NOW we wanted to update our live TV streaming service break down. This month we looked at Fubo TV, Philo, Sling TV, Hulu’s live TV beta, YouTube TV, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV NOW with the…
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YouTube Is Testing Picture-in-Picture on Desktops
For some time now you have been able to use the picture-in-picture option on mobile devices. This allows you to continue to watch a video on your phone or tablet as you browse YouTube. Now 9to5Google is reporting that this option is also being tested on the desktop version of YouTube for laptops and desktops.…
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DIRECTV NOW Extends Their 4K Apple TV Deal
If you want an Apple TV 4K, we have good news for you as DIRECTV NOW has extended their Apple TV deal. Right now if you prepay for four months of DIRECTV NOW you can get an Apple TV 4K. The best part is DIRECTV NOW just made the Apple TV 4K deal even better!…
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Survey: Netflix Still Dominates, But Amazon Is Catching Up
For a long time Netflix has been a dominant force in the world of streaming; however, it’s looking like Amazon is starting to catch up. Recently Cord Cutters News conducted our Spring 2018 survey of over 2,500 of our readers. One of the main questions we asked was what streaming services they used. As you…
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Deal Alert: 4 Months of Google Play Music & YouTube Red For FREE
Have you been thinking about trying Google Play Music or YouTube Red? Well, right now you can get both YouTube TV and Google Play Music and YouTube Red for FREE if you are a new subscriber. (Note subscribing to Google Play Music gets you free Youtube Red on the same account as your Google Play…
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Don’t Forget to Rescan for New OTA Channels
Did you know many local channels will be changing their channel number soon? This is part of the recent auction of locals that will force many channels to switch channel numbers this year or next year. That is on top of all the new locals that went live earlier this year and will be rolling out later this year.…
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Expired: Amazon is Having a $2.99 New Release Movie Rental Sale
Been looking for something to watch this weekend? Well, right now Amazon is having a new release movie rental sale. Now, these are not just movies form 10+ years ago many of these are very recent movies like The Shape of Water, Wonder, Blade Runner 2049, It, Suburbicon, and more. You can find all the…
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Report: CBS & Viacom Merger Expected Within Days
Back in January 2018 we learned that talks between CBS and Viacom have started for a possible merger. Now Bloomberg is reporting that CBS is preparing to make an initial proposal to Viacom over the next few days. According to Bloomberg CBS’s current CEO Leslie Moonves will lead the combined company after the merger. Back in 2010, the…
