Category: News
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When Will Sling TV’s $15 a Month Deal End? We Take a Look…
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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SiriusXM Launches a Cheaper Streaming Only Plan For Amazon Alexa, Roku, Fire TV, & Other Streaming Devices
Today SiriusXM announced a new cheaper Essentials plans that will offer 200+ channels for just $1 a month for the first 3 months and $8 a month thereafter. This new plans will work on smart speakers including Amazon Alexa devices along with Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Roku, Apple TV, smart TVs, Sonos speakers, Xbox, Sony…
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Hulu Makes About $15 In Revenue Per Customer Every Month
In the battle of the streaming services, the rivalry between Hulu and Netflix is arguably the one we hear about most often. In a New York Times story, we learned just how Hulu is holding its place as the top Netflix competitor. The answer is ads. According to the article, the $6/month, ad supported version…
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XUMO The Free Streaming Services Adds a 24/7 This Old House Channel
XUMO the free streaming service recently added a new 24/7 dedicated channel showing nothing but old episodes of This Old House. First aired back in 1979 with Bob Vila as the host of the show and is still on the air today. With over 1,000 Episodes This Old House is one of the longest-running shows…
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Omniverse Asks Judge to Remove “Scandalous” Claims from ACE Lawsuit
In February, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) filed a lawsuit saying Omniverse, the company that powers many live TV streaming services that included the HDHomeRun Premium TV, SkyStream TV, and TikiLive allowing them to access channels like ESPN and Disney do not have the rights to this content. ACE’s members include some of the…
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Spectrum Is Launching a Cloud DVR for Its Streaming Services Tomorrow
For some time now Spectrum has offered several streaming services including the new $14.99 a month Philo-like streaming service and the Spectrum Choice à la carte service that gives you your locals plus 10 channels you can pick for $25. One thing Spectrum’s streaming service has lacked was a DVR. Right now, if you want…
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Philo vs AT&T Watch TV Which Service is Right For You? (Updated: April 2019)
With similar price tags and number of channels, it’s easy to compare Philo and AT&T Watch. Both of these affordable streaming services have added channels and made some big changes since our last post, so we’re back with an update today. Pricing and Packages Recently, both streaming services have added channels, but have kept their…
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The NFL is Reportedly in Talks With Amazon & Disney To Offer NFL Sunday Ticket to Cord Cutters
Last week AT&T announced that they are dropping the NFL Network from DIRECTV NOW and U-verse TV. According to reports, this comes as AT&T and the NFL are in talks about the future of the NFL Sunday Ticket service. NFL Sunday Ticket allows subscribers to watch out of market NFL games. It has for some…
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Sinclair Is Reported Close to a Deal to Buy Most Fox Regional Sports Networks
As part of the deal to get Department of Justice approval for the Disney-Fox merger there was a requirement that the Fox regional sports networks would be sold off. When Disney closes on the sale of most of 21st Century Fox, they need to sell off the regional sports networks currently running under the Fox…
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Cord Cutting This Week #72 – YouTube, YouTube Kids, & YouTube TV Are Coming Back to The Amazon Fire TV, DIRECTV NOW Drops The NFL Network, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also let…