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Grandfathered YouTube TV Subscribers Will See a Price Hike in May
Today YouTube TV announced that they are adding Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, and MotorTrend. YouTube also announced that the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will be added later this year. In addition, EPIX is now available for an additional charge. The bad news is the price is going…
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CLEO TV Now Available on Philo
In a press release today, CLEO TV announced that the channel will now be available to Philo subscribers. CLEO TV is a lifestyle and entertainment channel for Millennial and Gen X women of color. Content on the channel focuses on lifestyle topics like cooking, home design, relationships, and documentary style series. Launched in January 2019,…
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Sling TV Adds More A La Carte TV Channels Including Hallmark Movies Now
Today Sling TV announced that you can now use the Sling TV app to subscribe to Hallmark Movies Now, The Country Network, STARZ, and Cinemoi even if you are not a Sling TV subscriber. Sling TV’s a la carte service is very similar to Amazon Channels. It allows you to use Sling TV’s app to…
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YouTube TV is Adding Discovery Networks But Also Raising its Price
Today YouTube TV announced that they are adding Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, and MotorTrend. YouTube also announced that the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will be added later this year. In addition, EPIX is now available for an additional charge. The bad news is the price is going…
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YouTube TV Adds EPIX
Today YouTube TV and EPIX announced a deal to bring PIX, EPIX 2, EPIX Hits, and EPIX Drive-In to YouTube TV later today. The new EPIX bundle will cost $6 a month and give you access to movies like Get Shorty, Berlin Station, Deep State, Elvis Goes There and PUNK as well as upcoming premieres of original seriesGodfather of Harlem. “2019 has…
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Would You Pay $3000 to Rent a Movie?
If you’ve ever scoffed at a $15 movie ticket, you might want to look away. According to an article in The New York Times, Fred Rosen, retired Ticketmaster exec, and Dan Fellman, movie distribution expert, have teamed up to launch a service that many others have tried (unsuccessfully) to create in the past. Red Carpet…
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Chip and Joanna Gaines Are Launching a New TV Network on Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, Philo, & FuboTV
Today it was announced that Chip and Joanna Gaines are launching a new TV network with Discovery. This new network will replace the DIY network in the summer of 2020 meaning it will be available on Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, Philo, & FuboTV. “Chip and Joanna Gaines have become trusted, household names since the debut…
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Why in 2019 an Antenna Should Still Be a Part of Your Cord Cutting Setup
In 2019 many cord cutters tell me a streaming service is all they need for cord cutting. Yet if you hang around the site you know I talk about the importance of an antenna in a cord cutting setup. Now if you have followed this site for sometime you will know I often push this…
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T-Mobile Announces a New TV Service Called T-Mobile TVision in 8 Cities
Today T-Mobile announced they are relaunching Layer3 TV as T-Mobile TVision. T-Mobile says this is an “upgraded, rebranded version of Layer3 TV that brings us one step closer to taking on Big Cable later this year” “The Un-carrier has already changed wireless for good… and today’s news brings us one step closer to taking on…
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The Average American Subscribes to Just 2.25 Streaming Services
For some time now one of the main attacks on cord cutting has been that you need 10 services to get what you want to watch. Our internal reader surveys have shown the average cord cutter pays for four or fewer streaming services. Now, according to a presentation at NAB from Tony Gunnarsson a principal…
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Roku Is Mandating All Large Roku Channels Add the New Automatic Account Linking Feature
Yesterday, Roku announced Roku OS 9.1, which includes the ability to allow Roku owners to log in to a streaming service on one Roku and have all their Rokus automatically log in. Now Roku is updating its rules for Roku channels to mandate all large Roku channels add this feature. Already many cord cutting Roku…
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Right Now Sling TV’s is On Sale For Just $15 a Month (A New All Time Low Price)
Last month Sling TV started a rare sale offering a 3-month deal for just $15 a month for the Sling Orange and Sling Blue packages. Want both Sling Orange and Sling Blue? Right now, you can get both for just $25 a month for the first 3 months. (This is the lowest price ever for…
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Cord Cutting Today #28 – Roku OS 9.1 Update With New Features, 4 Cheap Amazon Prime Options, & 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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Kanopy Expands to the UK
This week, Kanopy launched its free streaming service in the UK, through a partnership with Southwark Libraries. Kanopy has been working with libraries across the US, Canada, and Australia since 2008. The on-demand streaming service provides free access to streaming content for those with a library card at a partnering library. Kanopy has over 30,000…
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More Viacom-Branded Content Is Coming to Pluto TV
Today at NAB Glenn Goldstein from Viacom talked about the future of Pluto TV. Goldstein once again announced plans to bring Viacom-branded content to Pluto TV. This news comes as Pluto TV announces a new deal to bring BBC content to Pluto TV. This was first hinted at when Viacom purchased Pluto TV. Now it…
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