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How to Watch the NFL Network Fire TV, Roku, & Apple TV
Want to catch today’s big NFL games on the NFL Network? The good news is you now have several options to stream NFL Network and the NFL Redzone without cable TV. So here is how you can watch the NFL Network & NFL Redzone on Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV. Sling TV Sling TV…
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Britbox Announces Its January 2020 Lineup
Here is everything new on Britbox in January 2020: January 1, 2020: Wallander, Seasons 1-4 (North American Exclusive Premiere) – Based on the award-winning Wallander novels by Henning Mankell, this award-winning series is set in the dramatic and beautiful landscape of southern Sweden. The show is fronted by its titular character, Kurt Wallander (Kenneth Branagh), a brilliant detective who takes…
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Vidgo DVR Support is Coming at the Beginning of 2020
Yesterday, we announced the official launch of Vidgo’s Live TV streaming service. One question kept coming up in comments, along with on our Facebook page and in emails. Readers wanted to know why the service didn’t include a DVR. Vidgo has now confirmed that the DVR feature is coming. While we don’t have an exact…
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Sling TV Adds a Free DVR
Today Sling TV added a free DVR to all customers. This DVR is limited to just 10 hours but is free for all Sling TV subscribers. You can still pay $5 a month for 50 hours of DVR storage if you want extra storage. You don’t have to do anything to get this DVR it…
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Comcast, Spectrum, & AT&T May Need to Crack Down on Piracy After a $1 Billion Judgement Against Cox
This week, Cox was found liable for piracy infringement and will now pay $1 billion in damages to Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and EMI. The lawsuit against Cox was filed in July 2018, alleging that Cox wasn’t stopping piracy on its network. As a result, there was piracy infringement on over…
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Pluto TV Now Has 247 Free Channels & Thousands of On-Demand Titles
Recently Pluto TV has been adding new channels bringing it’s total channel count to 247, all of them free. This is up from just over 200 Pluto TV channels back in September 2019. This comes as Viacom has recently been adding a growing amount of Viacom and non-Viacom content to Pluto TV. So what is…
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Cord Cutting Today #223 – Congress Bans Cable TV Fees, Apple Launching an Internet Service? & More
Today in CCT #223 we talk about: AT&T’s DIRECTV Could Lose Locals, Vidgo Launches, The Weather Channel, Netflix, IMDb, & More. Story #1 The 2019 Roku Ultra is On Sale for $69 (Arrives Before Christmas) https://cordcuttersnews.com/the-2019-roku-ultra-is-on-sale-for-69-arrives-before-christmas/ Story #2 Vidgo Launches a Live TV Streaming Service with 60 Channels at Just $39.99/Month for Cord Cutters https://cordcuttersnews.com/vidgo-launches-a-live-tv-streaming-service-with-60-channels-at-just-39-99-month-for-cord-cutters/…
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YouTube TV Wins The Bidding War For PlayStation Vue Subscribers as Sony Promotes The Service
Well, it looks like YouTube TV may have been the winner of the recent bidding war to get access to PlayStation Vue subscribers. Today Sony sent an email to PlayStation Vue subscribers encouraging them to switch to YouTube TV. Last week we learned that Sony had put uprights to get access to PlayStation Vue’s 500,000…
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Tubi Now Supports Voice Casting for Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max
Today, it was announced that the free streaming service Tubi is now available on Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max. Those with the devices can now use voice commands to find and launch content on Tubi. This update comes just in time for the holidays. Tubi has a large selection of holiday movies available to…
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Peacock Will Include Live TV, Tiered Pricing
NBC’s Peacock streaming service will set itself apart from competitors by offering live video and tiered pricing structure including limited-advertising version that will cost about $5 per month and an advertising-free version that will cost about $10 per month, according to sources for CNBC. NBC is adding the live TV feature, as well as looking…
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LG Will Add ATSC 3.0 Nextgen TV Tuners To Some 2020 Smart TVs
As we prepare for CES 2020, LG is being recognized for its innovation in technology with CES Innovation Awards. In the announcement about these awards, we also got a look at some of the updates LG is making to their products. One update stood out. We learned that LG will be incorporating the ATSC 3.0…
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beIN Sports Launches a Free OTA Sports Channel in 15 Markets
Today, beIN Sports announced in a press release that HC2 Broadcasting will carry beIN Sports Xtra. This will be the second 24/7 live sports channel to be available for free on over the air TV behind Stadium. beIN Sports Xtra will be available in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas – Fort Worth, Houston, San Jose…
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PlayStation Vue Finally Posts a Warning About The Shutdown In Its App
Back in October Sony announced that PlayStation Vue is shutting down on January 30th, 2020. This news came after it was reported that Sony had tried to find someone to buy the service earlier this year. Now Sony has finally posted a warning inside the PlayStation Vue app notifying customers that it will shut down…
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Locast Launches a Legal Defense Fund Asking for $500,000 to Fight ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC
Locast is a free streaming service offering access to local channels in a handful of markets. Recently, they got hit with a lawsuit from the major broadcasters trying to shut down the service. The networks filed the suit against Locast last July, claiming that the service was violating their copyright by retransmitting signals of their local…
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ViacomCBS Buys 49% of MIRAMAX For $375 Million
Today ViacomCBS announced that they have purchased 49% of MIRAMAX. This gives ViacomCBS joint ownership of MIRAMAX’s catalog of 700 titles, 278 Academy Award® nominations and 68 Oscars® including four Best Picture awards for Chicago, Shakespeare In Love, The English Patient, and No Country For Old Men. beIN will retain a 51% stake in MIRAMAX and MIRAMAX’s current leadership team…
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