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Cord Cutting This Week #18: Is AT&T Time Warner Merger Good For Cord Cutting?
AT&T is in the process of buying Time Warner. Not the cable company that was sold to Charter a few years ago, but the parent company behind CNN, TNT, and HBO. Back in December the Department of Justice sued to block the merger on antitrust grounds. AT&T’s deal to buy Time Warner is an $85.4…
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The NBA Plans to Let You Buy Single Game Passes, $0.99 4th Quarter Access, & More
Most sports fans have been there before, there’s a game you really want to see but you aren’t wanting to pay for a full season worth of games to see it. Now, the NBA wants to let you have more control over what you pay for by letting you pay for just a single game…
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Sony Adds TV & Video Discovery To the PlayStation 4
Yesterday Sony announced a major UI update for the PlayStation to add content discovery. Now PlayStation 4 owners will be able to have content from Netflix, Hulu, PlayStation Vue, YouTube, and more. Promoted right on the PlayStation 4 home screen. Here Are All The New Features: Browse in one place– You can now find trending…
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DIRECTV NOW Adds The Ovation Channel
Today DIRECTV NOW quietly added the Ovation channel just a few days after they added UP Family TV, SNY, and Aspire TV to their lineup. We are unsure what package they are in but have confirmed that the Ovation channel is on the Go Big package. Ovation on their website describes themselves as “Ovation is an…
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Google Adds The Word ‘Kodi’ To Their Piracy Filter
Kodi has increasingly come under target by content owners for allowing 3rd party add-ons that promote piracy. Before this week most of the efforts to stop piracy on Kodi have targeted 3rd party box sellers and 3rd party add-on makers. Now, Google has taken a step directly targeting Kodi. This week Google added the word…
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The FCC Approves SpaceX’s Plan For 1 Gbps Satellite Internet
Today in 1 5-0 vote the FCC approve SpaceX’s plan to offer 1 Gbps internet via satellite. This effort comes from Elon Musk, who plans to build a fleet of orbiting devices to blanket the globe with wireless broadband. Unlike current satellite internet, these devices will be in a far lower orbit and offer far faster…
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Here is Everything New on Amazon Prime in April 2018
April 1 Hitler’s Bodyguard: Season One Merlin: Seasons One – Five Storage Wars Northern Treasures: Season One World’s Craziest Foods: Season One 30 Beats 52 Pick-Up A Simple Plan A Suitable Girl Basic Instinct Brooklyn’s Finest Carrie (1976) Danny Roane: First Time Director Desperately Seeking Susan Drugstore Cowboy Escape from New York Eye for An…
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The Nvidia Shield is On Sale
Been thinking about getting the Nvidia Sheild? Well right now maybe the best time as they are on sale for as little as $169.99. Right now you can get the Nvidia Shield TV with remote for just $169.99 or for just $10 more you can get the Nvidia Shield with remote and game controller for…
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Hulu Adds The CW Channel to Their Live TV Streaming Service
Last year Hulu announced plans to add The CW CHannel to their live TV streaming service. Today Hulu official added The CW channel in 8 markets around the United States. With this addition, Hulu now has 556 live locals around the United States. Here are the markets Hulu added The CW Channel in: Philadelphia San Francisco…
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Review: TABLO DUAL LITE The New $139.99 Tablo DVR
This week Nuvyyo the company behind the popular Tablo OTA DVRs announced a new cheaper Tablo DVR. The Tablo DUAL LITE DVR is very similar to the Tablo Dual but with better WiFi. The best part is it now costs just $139.99. Here is our full review of the Tablo DUAL LITE DVR: Don’t forget to subscribe to our…
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Google Will Now Help You Find What Service Has your Favorite Shows
This week Google rolled out a massive revamp of their Google Play Movies & TV app. Not only will it sell you movies and TV shows, but will now also show you what streaming services offer the movie or show you may be looking for. For example; if you are wanting to watch Silicon Valley…
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Sling TV’s President Testifies Against The AT&T Time Warner Merger During Trial
It may be no surprise that Dish and Sling TV would be concerned about the proposed AT&T Time Warner merger case. Now, Warren Schlichting, the President of Sling TV has made their concerns public during his testimony at the AT&T Time Warner trial. “We would lose a lot of subs,” Schlichting said during an hour…
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DIRECTV NOW’s DVR Recordings Are Now Limited to 30 Days
Last night several Cord Cutters News readers contacted us to inform us of a new popup showing on the DIRECTV NOW DVR Beta for browsers. Thanks to this new popup we now have some new details about the DIRECTV NOW DVR. According to the popup message from DIRECTV NOW the DVR will have “*Functions ltd. in…
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PlayStation Vue is Dropping Machinima & eSportsTV in April
Well, it looks like PlayStation Vue is dropping a few channels from their lineup. in April 2018. Last night PlayStation Vue started to contact subscribers that Machinima and eSportsTV will be removed from PlayStation Vue. Here is what the message said: We want to inform you of a change to your PlayStation™Vue channel line-up. As…
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Hulu Adds the SNY Network Just in Time For Opening Day
Earlier today we reported that SNY was added to YouTube TV, fuboTV, or DIRECTV NOW. Thanks to our readers we can now confirm that the regional sports network SNY has also been added to Hulu’s live TV streaming service. Update: Hulu today confirmed to Cord Cutters News that they have added SNY to their lineup. According…
