Category: Blog
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So Why Do People Become Cord Cutters? We Asked Our Readers
The question of why people decide to cut the cord and break free from high overpriced cable TV bills has been around for years. Many so-called experts try to offer us a wide range of reasons, so we decided to ask our readers what they thought. We surveyed our readers and a little over 1,000…
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So What Are The Most Popular Cord Cutting Services? We Asked Our Readers
You will often see cord cutters argue about what is the best cord cutting service. We already looked at the most popular live TV service such as Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV NOW. This time we are looking at the rest of the services out there. (You can find the breakdown of the big…
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Editorial: Taking on More Bad Cable Propaganda… (Yes CNBC People Are Cutting The Cord)
Cable propaganda is in full swing once again. This time it is coming from a new Digital Democracy Survey and quickly reported by sources such as CNBC. “Cord-cutting isn’t happening” according to this survey… That is even in the title of the CNBC story about the study. Also according to this survey (That I had…
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Today is The Last Day to Enter to Win a Roku Premiere+ & Netflix, Amazon Prime, Plex, HBO Swag
Only a few hours are left in our giveaway of a Roku Premiere+ & Swag from SXSW. As part of the giveaway you will get a Netflix bag for their new 13 Reasons Why show and a bag for HBO/SXSW. A Cozy from Plex, Amazon Prime Video wrist band, and a water bottel. Here is a…
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The Live TV Streaming War is Heating Up & Cord Cutters Are the Real Winners
2017 has been a great year for cord cutters, and it is only getting better. New live TV streaming service competition is on the horizon with Hulu and YouTube’s services getting close to release, and the war among Sling, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV NOW heats up. Recently Sling TV fired a huge shot at DIRECTV…
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Do You Have 5 Minutes to Help Cord Cutters News? (Spring 2017 Survey)
Could you help Cord Cutters News with 5 minutes of your time? Every few months we try to do a survey to help keep in touch with our readers and what is happening in cord cutting. If you would take 5 minutes and answer the questions bellow it will help us greatly. All answers are 100%…
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What Internet Speed Do You Need for Cord Cutting?
One of the most popular questions we get is about Internet speed. A common trick ISPs use on cord cutters is telling them they need a crazy fast Internet speed to stream video. (Often at a crazy high price tag.) What speed do you need for an HD stream? Let’s take a look at what…
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Don’t Forget: We Are Giving Away a Roku Premiere+ & Netflix, Amazon Prime, Plex, HBO Swag
I just wanted to remind everyone that we are giving way a Roku Premiere+ & Swag from SXSW. As part of the giveaway you will get a Netflix bag for their new 13 Reasons Why show and a bag for HBO/SXSW. A Cozy from Plex, Amazon Prime Video wrist band, and a water bottel. Here is…
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Cord Cutters News Update: Getting Bigger & Better (We Are Hiring!)
Over the last few months Cord Cutters News (CCN) has seen crazy growth. February 2017 was the busiest month we have ever had: most page views, visitors, and comments we ever had in a single month. Even our social media is exploding with more than 1,000 new followers every week to our Facebook Page, Facebook…
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Sling TV vs DIRECTV NOW vs PlayStation Vue: App Authentication Battle
One of the big questions I get about live TV services is which services do each support authentication for. So we decided to do a head to head breakdown of what apps each service supports. Now before we do that, let’s breakdown the limitations of each service. Sling TV allows one to three streams per…