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The FCC Has Ruled in Favor of AT&T In a Bad Faith Complaint Over a Contract Dispute With Smaller Local Broadcasters
Today The FCC ruled in favor of AT&T over a complaint that AT&T was negotiating in bad faith with several smaller local TV broadcasters. According to the complaint, AT&T was using its power to unfairly negotiate with these smaller broadcasters. Now the FCC has said they do not agree with that complaint and won’t get…
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Netflix CEO Isn’t Worried About Competition From HBO MAX, Disney+, Peacock, & More
At the New York Times DealBook conference Wednesday, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings gave a keynote that addressed the wave of new streaming services launching and where he sees Netflix going in the future. Hastings responded to questions about the competition with full confidence in Netflix and loyal subscribers who will stick with the platform they’ve…
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T-Mobile Will Offer Free Unlimited Talk, Text, & 5G Data to First Responders
Yesterday during T-Mobile’s presentation about the New T-Mobile after it merges with Sprint, T-Mobile announced they will offer free talk, text, and 5G data to first responders. T-Mobile says they will take on AT&T’s First Net service that caters to first responders. According to T-Mobile, AT&T is overcharging first responders with their First Net first…
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YouTube TV is Adding Tribune ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Stations That Are Now Owned By Nexstar
Earlier this week YouTube TV started to add new local TV stations with the addition of some old Tribune stations now owned by Nexstar. Now it seems that YouTube TV is using its deal with Nexstar to slowly add all the old Tribune stations that it previously didn’t have a contract for. This will likely…
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Target’s Black Friday Deals Are Now Live With 65″ 4K HDR Roku Smart TV For $399.99 & More
Today Target’s pre-Black Friday sale kicked off with great cord cutting deals. You will also find great deals on Amazon products and game systems. Note: Some of these deals will be in-store only deals with very limited quantities. Update #2: Apparently some of the deals Target advertised are not available as part of this pre-Black…
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Cable TV Could Lose 6.2 Million Subscribers in 2020 As Cord Cutting Continues to Grow, New Study Shows
As we’ve gotten the numbers from Quarter 3 reports, we’ve been seeing pay TV subscriber numbers drop across the board. Comcast, Spectrum, Verizon, and AT&T lost a combined 1.7 million subscribers just in the last quarter. Now, analysts at UBS say that those losses will likely continue in 2020. The firm estimates another 6.2 million…
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Roku Is Ending Support for Some Older Roku Players
For some time now Roku has stopped supporting Roku players built in 2011 and before. This week Roku announced that they are ending support for more Roku players including the 2013 Roku 2 line of players. Roku has finally decided to end support for older Roku players like the first gen Roku 2 and Roku…
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Cord Cutting Today #187 – Comcast Under DOJ Investigation? Sling TV Subscriber Growth, Black Friday Deals, & More
Today in CCT #187 we talk about: Comcast Under DOJ Investigation? Sling TV Subscriber Growth, Black Friday Deals, Cable TV fees, Discovery, Dish, & More. Story #1 Amazon Prime is 40% Off For All Veterans & Active Military (Limited Time Deal) https://cordcuttersnews.com/amazon-prime-is-40-off-for-all-veterans-active-military-limited-time-deal/ Story #2 Amazon Announces Black Friday Deals Including $19.99 Fire TV Stick https://cordcuttersnews.com/amazon-announces-black-friday-deals-including-19-99-fire-tv-stick/…
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Here is Everything Disney+ Announced During Today’s Earnings Call
During today’s Quarter 4 earnings call, Disney made a few new announcements about the launch and the future of Disney+. Disney+ Will Be Available on Many Devices Now at launch, the Disney+ app will be available on Roku, PS4, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android, iOS Chromecast, and Xbox, along with Samsung and LG smart TVs.…
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AT&T & Disney Have Reached a Deal in Principle for Disney Programming On AT&T TV NOW & DIRECTV
Today during its earnings call Disney announced that AT&T and Disney have reached a deal in principle for Disney channels on AT&T TV NOW. Disney was quick to add that the deal is not final as they are still working on finalizing the details. This deal means AT&T will be able to keep Disney programming…
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Hulu Now Has 28.5 Million Subscribers
Today Disney announced Hulu now has 28.5 million subscribers up from 26.8 million on May 1st, 2019. This is a noticeable jump in growth for Hulu. Today, Disney’s CEO Bob Iger Announced that Hulu will become the new home for FX programming. Soon Hulu will add a huge catalog of older FX programming as the…
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Hulu Will Soon Become The Exclusive Streaming Home For FX Shows
Today during Disney’s earnings call Disney’s CEO Bob Iger Announced that Hulu will become the new home for FX programming. Soon Hulu will add a huge catalog of older FX programming as the exclusive home of FX now that Disney owns FX and Hulu. This will not just be new FX shows added hours after…
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ESPN+ has 3.5 Million Subscribers
On their Quarter 4 earnings call, Disney has just announced that ESPN+ has reached 3.5 million paid subscribers. This number is up from 2.4 million in the 3rd quarter of 2019. On the call, Bob Iger attributed the subscriber gain to exclusive content available on ESPN+, along with the ability of users to watch live…
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Disney+ is Coming to The Fire TV After Disney & Amazon Reach a New Deal Will Also Be Added to LG & Samsung TVs
Today during Disney’s earnings call it was announced that Disney+ will be coming to the Amazon Fire TV. At first, it was reported that Disney and Amazon had been fighting over advertising deals preventing Disney+ from being added to the Fire TV. Now Disney and Amazon have officially announced that Disney+ will be coming to…
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Best Buy Announces Its Black Friday Deals Including Cheap Roku Players, Amazon Fire TVs, Roku TVs, & More
Today Best Buy announced its Black Friday sales including some that have already started. You will find many great cord cutting deals including a $199.99 for a 58″ 4K HDR Fire TV Smart TV, a $19.99 Fire TV Stick, and a $29.99 Roku Stick+. Here are the Black Friday deals Best Buy has already announced:…
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