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Netflix is Now Worth More Than Comcast
As the way Americans watch TV shows and Movies change so has the value of the companies that offer them. As more Americans move to streaming online as you would expect Netflix would benefit from this move. Now at least in market value Netflix is bigger than Comcast. Today according to FierceCable Netflix is now…
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Twitch Plans to Stream 500 Classic Episodes of Doctor Who for FREE
Starting May 29th Twitch in partnership with the BBC plans to stream 500 episodes of Doctor Who for free. This event will start May 29th and running for 8 hours each day beginning at 11 am PDT. Each block will repeat twice immediately after so you can catch any missed episodes. This is not the first…
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Sling TV Adds Newsmax & Free Speech TV
Today Sling TV announced that they have expanded their Newsline up with the addition of Newsmax and Free Speech TV. You will find these channels in the News Extra add-on for both Sling Orange and Sling Blue. For now, though both channels will be free to all Sling TV subscribers through August 24th, 2018. Newsmax –…
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Dish Plans to Spend $10 Billion to Build a 5G Home Internet Network
5G internet brings the promise of competition to home internet. Instead of having to run a wire to each house in a town, companies can build a few towers and deliver 5G internet in a fraction of the time. Now Dish wants in on the effort joining Charter, Google, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and others. Not…
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Android TV 8.0 Oreo Is Rolling Out to Nvidia Shield Devices
Today Nvidia announced that they have started to roll out Android TV 8.0 Oreo to Nvidia Shield players. This update brings a refreshed home screen that promotes your favorite TV shows, movies, music, games, and apps on a single screen. One of the other big additions is the Play Next row. Play Next rows display the…
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Philo is Emailing Subscribers Looking For Apple TV Beta Testers
Last week at the Pay TV show in Denver Cord Cutters News had a great opportunity to interview Philo’s CEO, Andrew McCollum. During our talk, McCollum reconfirmed their plans to launch Philo on the Fire TV and Apple TV this summer. When asked why the wait, he said things like this take time. Now it looks like that…
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Sony Says The Future of PlayStation Vue is “Uncertain”
This week, Sony held their Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy meetings in Tokyo, Japan. One of the more interesting notes from the event was Sony’s dedication to keep PlayStation Vue in the face of analyst calls to shut it down. Several analysts point to the fact that Sony has yet to hit one million subscribers…
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Here is Everything New on Sony Crackle in June 2018
Sony Crackle Originals: SuperMansion Season 3 (new episodes every Monday through June 11) Action Figures 2 (June 28) What’s New Ambadassador 50 First Dates Batman: The Killing Joke (June 15) Colombiana Community (five new episodes every Monday) Crazy Train Guess Who Lake Placid Lords of Dogtown Nitro Circus Live Obsessed Oh Shit Moments The Company World’s First Available…
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Verizon is Abandoning Plans to Launch a Live TV Streaming Service & is Turning Fios TV Into a Streaming Service
In a move that may shock no one Verizon today announced that they plan to make Fios TV an online streaming platform. Not only that Verizon is giving up on launching their own live TV streaming service and will seek to partner with an existing service in an effort to buy into the live TV…
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DIRECTV NOW’s New App & DVR is Now Available on The Fire TV
Last night DIRECTV NOW’s new DVR and app rolled out to Android users. Today DIRECTV NOW is rolling out their new app and DVR to Fire TV users AT&T confirmed to Cord Cutters News. If you don’t have the update yet go into your settings and update your Fire TV should bring the app. Note…
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Hulu Now Has 615 Live Locals With Over Half of Hulu Subscribers Getting ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC
Want your locals streamed? Well, Hulu is likely the service for you. Today Hulu announced that they now have 615 live locals across the United States. This makes Hulu the service with the most locals by a wide margin far ahead of PlayStation Vue, YouTube TV, and DIRECTV NOW. Here are a few highlights from…
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DIRECTV NOW Removes Their Beta App From The Fire TV App Store
It looks like DIRECTV NOW is getting closer to rolling out their new Fire TV app. Earlier today DIRECTV NOW pulled their beta app from the Fire TV app store. Now you can only find and install the official DIRECTV NOW. If you are a DIRECTV NOW Fire TV beta tester do not remove the app…
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Here is Everything New on Netflix in June 2018 (Including Star Wars: The Last Jedi)
Great news for Star Wars fans. In June 2018 Star Wars: The Last Jedi is coming to Netflix! Here is everything coming to Netflix in June 2018. June 1 November 13: Attack on Paris Busted! – Season 1 finale He Named Me Malala Assassination Games Blue Jasmine Disney’s 101 Dalmatians Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth…
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Comcast Once Again Plans to Try and Buy FOX Before Disney Closes Their Deal
Recently it was announced that FOX and Disney have come to a deal to sell most of FOX to Disney. Now that deal is not done and Comcast had previously tried to buy Fox. Now it looks like Comcast is once again planning to make an all-cash offer to buy select 21st Century Fox assets before…
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We Interviewed Amazon’s VP About Amazon Prime & Thursday Night NFL Football
Last week at the Pay TV Show in Denver, Cord Cutters News had an opportunity to sit down one-on-one with Rich Au, the director of Amazon Channels and one of the leads on Amazon’s sports deals. We chatted about some of the questions we hear from our readers. Amazon Prime One of the questions we…
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