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Hulu Announces That Most Live TV Customers Who Canceled Because of The Recent Price Hike Went to On-Demand
Today Disney opened up about their plans for Hulu now that Disney owns the majority of Hulu. Now that Disney has the ability to do pretty much whatever they want and now we got our first update about Hulu since the Fox and Disney merger. Here is what we learned during Disney’s Hulu presentation: Hulu’s…
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Disney Officially Announces Disney+
Back in November of 2017, we let you know that Disney had created a website for their upcoming streaming service, Disney+. Today Disney officially announced the service along with the launch date and price. “Disney+ marks a bold step forward in an exciting new era for our company – one in which consumers will have…
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Cord Cutting Today #30 – YouTube TV Price Hike, TiVo’s Prototype ATSC 3.0 DVR, NAB Show Floor, ATSC 3.0 Tuners, & More
Recently we started a new daily YouTube video. Cord Cutting Today will look at the biggest Cord Cutting stories from the past 24 hours in about five or so minutes. We will post these Monday through Friday in an effort to help keep you up to date on everything happening in the world of cord…
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Stringr Launches a Premium Livestreaming Service Used By The Weather Channel
Last week, Stringr announced the launch of their new premium live streaming function. The feature will allow users to request live video from the 75,000+ professional and amateur videographers across the country. In a press release from the company, we learned that the live streaming works by giving Stringr customers the ability to request live…
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Disney Will Unveil Details of Disney+ Today at Investor Day Event
This afternoon, Disney is hosting an Investor Day event and we can finally expect to hear more details about the Disney+ streaming service. The event will start at 5 p.m EST today. Since we first heard about Disney+ in late 2017, we’ve gotten some details about what we might see from the service. We heard…
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2.7 Million People Still Get Netflix DVDs By Mail
Many of us have completely made the switch from physical media to digital streaming. However, 2.7 Americans are keeping Netflix’s DVD rental subscription alive. There are a few groups that are making up the majority of Netflix DVD renters. The first group is those in rural areas who may not have access to the broadband…
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EXPIRED: Roku’s 50″ 4k HDR TV From TCL Are on Sale Starting at 299.99
TCL in an effort not to be underpriced by Amazon has cut the price of many of their TVs. Right now you can get the 2019 TCL 50″ 4K HDR Roku TV for just $299.99. Want something slightly cheaper? Right now you can also get the 43″ Roku TV 4K HDR TV for just $249.99. (This…
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The Big 12 & ESPN+ Team Up
This week ESPN and the Big 12 network announced a new deal to keep Big 12 games on ESPN and expand its ESPN+ partnership. Now ESPN+ will add a dedicated Big 12 section full of exclusive content. “Our institutions are thrilled with the exposure all 10 athletics programs will receive through this Big 12-branded offering,”…
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The First Next Gen OTA ATSC 3.0 Tuner Is Being Demoed at NAB
ATSC 3.0 next gen over-the-air TV was announced for 40 markets by the end of 2020. Sinclair says they will have this new next gen TV in 20 markets by the end of 2019. The new standard promises to bring 4K pictures, better sound, new features, and better reception to your antenna. The downside is…
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TiVo Is Working on Upgrading Current DVRs to ATSC 3.0
Yesterday at NAB Cord Cutters News met with TiVo to look at their new ATSC 3.0 prototype. At the show, TiVo demoed the ability to use a USB tuner with ATSC 3.0 to upgrade your current TiVo Bolt. Ever since ATSC 3.0 next gen TV was announced there have been questions about what this means…
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As Cord Cutting Grows The Disney Channel Has Lost 72% of Its Average Audience
This week, The Information wrote an expansive story about Disney and Netflix as Disney gets ready to launch Disney+. What was maybe the most shocking news was that since 2014 the Disney Channel has lost 72% of its average audience. This is a huge decline for any company especially one that relies heavily on ad…
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Sling TV Adds Support for Microsoft Edge
Yesterday Sling TV announced that they have expanded device support to include the new Microsoft Edge web browser. Now there is one more browser option to watch Sling TV on with your Windows 10 PC. “At Sling TV, we continue to bring your favorite live and on-demand TV to all your devices, whether it’s on…
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Here is Everything Streaming in 4K on fuboTV in April 2019
Back in July 2018 fuboTV started to offer 4K HDR streaming in Beta on FOX and FS1 later the NBCSN network was added. This made fuboTV the first and so far only live TV streaming service in the United States to offer 4K. Recently fuboTV has added the Big Ten Network to the lineup of channels…
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A New Net Neutrality Bill Was Just Passed By The US House of Representatives
Today the US House of Representatives passed a new bill to restore Net Neutrality rules and force the FCC to not overturn them in the past. The bill still needs to pass the Senate before being sent to the President but this is an important first step. “Our bill protects consumers and small businesses from…
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Pluto TV is Launching 3 New Channels Today
Just two day after Pluto TV announced plans to add BBC content today Pluto TV announced 3 new channels. These channels are Hoarding: Buried Alive, Pluto TV Her Dramas, and Pluto TV Cult Films. Here is a quick break down of these new channels. Hoarding: Buried Alive (CH 500) There are people with messy houses,…
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