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Pluto TV Is the Best Free Streaming Service Beating Out The Roku Channel, Locast, & More (Cordie Awards 2019)
2019 saw the rise competition among several free streaming services in the world of cord cutting. Early in the year we saw Viacom purchase Pluto TV. We also saw new services like STIRR shake up cord cutting. This leaves the question: What service is the best free streaming service? Instead of trying to answer that…
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Ratings For Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, & the Disney Channel Are Plummeting as Cord Cutting Grows
Do you have kids? Are they more likely to watch a streaming service or a traditional cable TV network? New numbers are showing that the big three kids’ networks Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and the Disney Channel have seen their viewership drop by as much as 29%. According to Broadcasting Cable, Nickelodeon has seen their viewership…
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A Judge Has Temporary Blocked Maine’s New A La Carte Cable TV Law
Recently, Maine passed a law requiring that cable operators offer an à la carte TV option. The new law says that “a cable system operator shall offer subscribers the option of purchasing access to cable channels, or programs on cable channels, individually.” This would bring à la carte TV, which many have hoped for, to…
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T-Mobile is Reportedly Considering Merging With Comcast
Right now, T-Mobile is fighting in court for the right to merge with Sprint. Now, according to a report from The Verge, the merger may not stop there. The Verge has reportedly obtained internal T-Mobile documents from 2015 that show T-Mobile is looking into merging with a cable company and Comcast is a top contender…
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YouTube TV Improves Its Guide Adding 7 Days of Data
Today YouTube TV announced that it is improving its guide to add seven days’ worth of data. In the past, you could only look forward to a few hours. Now you can look ahead up to 7 days into the future. Currently, this update is only available on the web version of YouTube TV. This…
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EXPIRED: Amazon Christmas Sale: Get 50% Off Epix, Showtime, PBS Kids, & More
Did you miss out on the Black Friday sale on services like Epix, Boomerang, and more? Good news! Amazon is bringing big savings to cord cutters for Christmas including deals on premium content. Right now, you can save 50% on select Amazon Channels for 3 months if you’re already an Amazon Prime member. Here are…
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Verizon Now Offers 5G Internet in 31 Cities
Today Verizon announced that they are expanding 5G internet to parts of Ohio and New Hampture. This comes as Verizon announced back in October that they would be expanding 5G to Dallas and Omah. In total Verizon now has 31 5G markets with 5G home internet in a handful of markets like Chicago and Houston.…
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The Roku Channel Adds BET+ to Its Lineup
BET+ has been available as a standalone Roku Channel since November of this year. Now Roku has added BET+ to The Roku Channel allowing you to use your Roku account to manage your subscription. You can start a free trial, after which it will cost $9.99 a month. That includes more than 1,000 hours of…
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Comcast’s Peacock Streaming Service Will Add Lionsgate Content
After months of reports that Comcast would drop STARZ from its lineup today, it was announced that a new deal was reached to keep the STARZ networks on Comcast’s service. As part of this deal, STARZ parent company Lionsgate has agreed to add some of its content to Comcast’s new Peacock streaming service when it…
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Sling TV Raises Their Price by $5/Month and Adds New Channels Including Fox News & BTN
Today Sling TV raised their prices by $5/month, along with adding Fox News to the Sling Blue lineup and moving MSNBC from the news add-on to the core Sling Blue package for $30 a month. Big Ten Network (BTN) will launch on Sling TV ahead of the 2020-21 college football season. Sling Orange and Sling…
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AT&T TV NOW is Dropping The Fusion Channel
Today AT&T TV NOW contacted subscribers to inform them that on January 23rd, 2020 AT&T will be dropping the Fusion channel from AT&T TV NOW. Fusion is owned by Univision Communications and describes itself as a channel that offers “the latest news and information from Hispanic America’s most trusted team of journalists. From Jorge Ramos…
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What Internet Speed Do You Need for YouTube TV, AT&T TV NOW, Hulu, Netflix, & More? We Take a Look…
One of the most common questions we get is what Internet speed do you need for cord cutting? My number one tip: Don’t ask your Internet service provider. They will try to get you to buy the fastest speed possible. My suggestion is you can always get faster Internet as providers are always willing to…
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YouTube TV Is the Best Live TV Streaming Service for Cord Cutters (Cordie Awards 2019)
One of the most common questions we get is what is the best live TV streaming service. So, as part of our Cordie Awards, which asks our readers to vote on the best cord cutting devices and services, we asked what they thought the best live TV streaming service of 2019 was. This year we…
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Here is Everything Coming to STARZ in January 2020
Here is Everything Coming to STARZ in January 2020 AVAILABLE JANUARY 1 ST Another Man, Another Chance (1977) April Fool’s Day (1986) Baseketball (1998) Beauty Shop (2005) Born On The Fourth Of July (1989) Bounce Back, The (2016) Canyon Passage (1946) Couch Trip, The (1987) Dad (1989) Dark Half, The (1992) Dawn At Socorro (1954)…
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How to Get a Free DVR From Sling TV
Last week Sling TV announced plans to add a free DVR to all customers. This DVR is limited to just 10 hours but is free for all Sling TV subscribers. You can still pay $5 a month for 50 hours of DVR storage if you want extra storage. Now Sling TV is rolling this DVR…
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