Category: Blog
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Viacom is Continuing to Doom Itself to Irrelevance in The Age of Cord Cutting
Viacom was once a very cord cutting friendly service with deals with Hulu, Sling, DIRECTV NOW, and PlayStation Vue. Now Viacom seems to be running away from cord cutters as quickly as it can. Viacom pulled its channels from Sony’s PlayStation Vue and shortly after that it pulled its shows from Hulu. Now Viacom has…
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The CW App Ads a Live Option to The Fire TV
Recently The CW app on the Fire TV added a live option. (See the image at the top of the post.) Yet I am not fully sure what it does. In the Texas market I live in when I click on the live feed I get a webcam type feed of dogs. The feed maybe…
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So Why Is ESPN Struggling & Why Should Cord Cutters Pay Attention?
This week ESPN laid off about 100 ESPN employees and immediately fingers started to get pointed at cord cutting as the reason. This seems great for cord cutters right? We are taking down a big-time cable TV company … The truth is the real reason ESPN is failing is far more complicated. Others have tried…
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Cord Cutters News Is Growing! Here is What We Are Doing to Keep Up With The Demand
Cord Cutters News has been seeing crazy growth recently. In the last two weeks traffic has been high and we set new traffic records. April overall has seen unprecedented growth and already broke a new traffic record. To help address this crazy fast growth, Cord Cutters News is once again adding more servers to help…
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Cord Cutters News Is Going to The National Association of Broadcasters Show
In our continued efforts to give you the best cord cutting coverage ever, Cord Cutters News will be at the National Association of Broadcasters show (NAB) this week. We will be meeting with some of the biggest names in cord cutting and seeing what is new in the world of broadcast TV. This is the…
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Maybe It’s Time to Give DSL a Second Try
Internet is at the backbone of many cord cutting options, but, sadly, when you downgrade from a package deal to just Internet cable companies will refuse to give you any type of deal. Often long-term cable customers will find themselves paying double or more of what a new customer will pay. Yet many people think…
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Cord Cutters News is Proud to Be a Sponsor For Connections The Premier Connected Home Conference
I am proud to announce that Cord Cutters News will be one of the sponsors of Parks Associates Connections conference the premiere connected home conference. Here is a little bit about the Connections conference from Parks Associates. Parks Associates highlights new consumer research at pre-show research workshop: Smart Home and IoT: Growth, Consumer Trends Research…
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Are Sling TV, DIRECTV NOW, and PlayStation Vue Going to Turn into Evil Cable 2.0?
Yesterday we talked about what it means to be a cord cutter, and if you can be a cord cutter and still subscribe to services such as Sling TV and DIRECTV NOW. That kicked off a conversation about how long it will be before we see services such as Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV…
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So Is Sling TV & DIRECTV NOW Really Cord Cutting? Let’s Take a Look…
Ever since Sling TV launched 2 years ago a debate has been going on among cord cutters. Can you really be a cord cutter if you pay for a service that is owned by a cable company. At the core of this argument is a question of what is cord cutting and who are cord…
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Three Cord Cutting Services That Deserve a Second Try
Cord cutting is still in its infancy and is only just growing up. And with all growing services come growing pains… Several services that started off “rough” recently have grown up. Here are my top three services that deserve a second look. #1 Hulu Hulu has been stuck in third place behind Amazon and Netflix…