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AT&T is Raising The Price of U-verse TV For The Second Time in 12 Months on Some Customers
This week we learned that for the second time in 12 months, AT&T is raising its price on U-verse TV, AT&T Phone and AT&T Internet busniess customers but this time it is to cover AT&T’s property taxes. Recently AT&T started to notify customers that it will be raising its “Cost Assessment Charge” on their TV…
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Cord Cutting Today #164 – Roku Adds a New Data Saver Mode For Users With Data Caps, FCC’s New Rural Internet Plan, & More
Cord Cutting Today is our daily look at some of the biggest stories happening right now in the world of cord cutting. You can find these videos posted on YouTube every Monday through Saturday. Today we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting. Including Roku’s New Data…
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HBO Max Snags 2-Season Reboot of ‘The Boondocks’
Cartoon Network’s Adult Animation series “The Boondocks” is getting reimagined in a 2-season order from HBO Max next fall. Sony Pictures first announced the reboot in June 2019, and today HBO confirmed picking it up. This news comes from a story posted by Deadline. “The Boondocks was a revolutionary series that sparked conversations on hot…
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EXPIRED: Amazon is Offering Half Off of Philo For 2 Months But The Deal Ends Today
Been thinking about trying out Philo? If you act now you can get half off of Philo for 2 months when you buy a Fire TV. The best part is you can pair this Philo deal up with the Fire TV Stick 4K sale happening right now for just $24.99! Now Amazon’s Fire TV Stick…
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Apple TV+ Partners Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman For a New WWII Mini Series
Today Apple announced a deal with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman’s Playtone to spearhead it’s first studio series based on the Donald L. Miller book Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought The Air War Against Nazi Germany. Deadline reports this will be a follow up to the WWII HBO…
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How to Stream Scary Movies for Free on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, & More This Halloween
If you’re hoping to get spooked this October but don’t want to pay a scary cable bill, movie rental or subscription fee, keep reading. We’ve rounded up some of the best options for Halloween, and the best part is they’re totally free to watch. IMDb TV Get into the Halloween spirit with IMDb TV this…
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Amazon Removes Tablo DVRs From Its Store For “Copyright Infringement”
This week Amazon removed most Tablo DVRs from its Amazon store. Right now the only Tablo DVR sold on Amazon is a listing for refurbished DVRs sold by Amazon Renewed. According to an email Amazon sent sellers of the Tablo DVR, they removed the DVR for copyright infringement. Cord Cutters News received a copy of…
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Here’s How to Opt Out of TiVo’s New DVR Pre-Roll Ads
As we previously reported, TiVo will now run pre-roll advertisements at the beginning of your DVR recordings within the next few months. This will be on all retail hardware running the TiVo Experience 4 or Hydra The ads are skippable, but if you want to opt-out completely, keep reading. Thanks to this post by Dave…
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AT&T TV NOW, U-verse TV, & DIRECTV Re-Add 18 Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC TV Stations After A 7 Month Blackout
Today Northwest Broadcasting and AT&T announced a deal to end an almost 8-month long blackout. With this deal, AT&T has agreed to re-add 18 ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC stations that are owned by Northwest Broadcasting to DIRECTV, U-verse, and AT&T TV NOW. AT&T has also reached a deal with GoCom to re-add one station.…
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YouTube TV is Offering a 2 Week Free Trial (But You Need to Know Someone Who Already Subscribes)
YouTube TV subscribers got a message from the streaming service this week telling them that they can give out free two-week trials to friends and family. Here’s what the email says: So, we’re giving you a special two week extended free trial code to share with friends and family who might like to try YouTube…
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Roku Adds a “Bandwidth Saver” Mode to Auto Stop Streams For Customers With Data Caps
One of the biggest requests for streaming players has been a sleep timer that will auto stop your stream to help customers with data caps. Now Roku has finally added an option like this called Bandwidth Saver as part of its Roku OS 9.2 update. When you turn on Bandwidth saver, if you have not…
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Here Are The Top 10 FREE Amazon Fire TV Apps As of October 2019
The Fire TV app library has been quickly growing to offer a range of apps giving users access to a ton of 100 percent free content; however, many of the apps are not video apps, so it can be challenging to find good cord cutting apps. So here are the top 10 free Fire TV…
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ESPN Gets Rights to Stream Bundesliga on ESPN+
ESPN has made a deal for rights to German football’s Bundesliga. The deal reportedly cost ESPN $30 million per year for six years, beginning in 2020 and running though 2026. In a press release on Monday, ESPN said that ESPN+ will not feature exclusive content and on-demand replay of the matches. ESPN linear television networks…
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Amazon Signs a Deal with Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Fleabag was a big winner for Amazon at the Emmy’s, earning six awards. Now, Amazon has signed an overall deal with the star of Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, to create new television content for Amazon Studios which will be exclusive to Amazon Prime Video. “I’m insanely excited to be continuing my relationship with Amazon,” said Waller-Bridge.…
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Roku is Testing a New Roku WiFi Extender
This summer, Bloomberg reported that Roku was working on a WiFi extender that would help strengthen weak WiFi to improve streaming quality. We now know that Roku is testing that WiFi extender, called the Roku Relay. Here’s how Roku describes the Relay. Roku Relay is a dual-band network device that creates a stronger wireless connection…
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