Category: News
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Why in 2019 an Antenna Should Still Be a Part of Your Cord Cutting Setup
In 2019 many cord cutters tell me a streaming service is all they need for cord cutting. Yet if you hang around the site you know I talk about the importance of an antenna in a cord cutting setup. Now if you have followed this site for sometime you will know I often push this…
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T-Mobile Announces a New TV Service Called T-Mobile TVision in 8 Cities
Today T-Mobile announced they are relaunching Layer3 TV as T-Mobile TVision. T-Mobile says this is an “upgraded, rebranded version of Layer3 TV that brings us one step closer to taking on Big Cable later this year” “The Un-carrier has already changed wireless for good… and today’s news brings us one step closer to taking on…
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The Average American Subscribes to Just 2.25 Streaming Services
For some time now one of the main attacks on cord cutting has been that you need 10 services to get what you want to watch. Our internal reader surveys have shown the average cord cutter pays for four or fewer streaming services. Now, according to a presentation at NAB from Tony Gunnarsson a principal…
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Roku Is Mandating All Large Roku Channels Add the New Automatic Account Linking Feature
Yesterday, Roku announced Roku OS 9.1, which includes the ability to allow Roku owners to log in to a streaming service on one Roku and have all their Rokus automatically log in. Now Roku is updating its rules for Roku channels to mandate all large Roku channels add this feature. Already many cord cutting Roku…
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Right Now Sling TV’s is On Sale For Just $15 a Month (A New All Time Low Price)
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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Giveaway: Limited Edition Game of Thrones Roku Ultra
Roku is celebrating the start of Season 8 of Game of Thrones with a limited edition Game of Thrones skinned Roku Ultra. Only 6 of these Ultras are being created and this is your chance to win one! Roku and HBO have teamed up for this giveaway. Check out their instructions, below, to enter for…
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Cord Cutting Today #28 – Roku OS 9.1 Update With New Features, 4 Cheap Amazon Prime Options, & More
Recently we started a new daily YouTube video. Cord Cutting Today will look at the biggest Cord Cutting stories from the past 24 hours in about five or so minutes. We will post these Monday through Friday in an effort to help keep you up to date on everything happening in the world of cord…
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Kanopy Expands to the UK
This week, Kanopy launched its free streaming service in the UK, through a partnership with Southwark Libraries. Kanopy has been working with libraries across the US, Canada, and Australia since 2008. The on-demand streaming service provides free access to streaming content for those with a library card at a partnering library. Kanopy has over 30,000…
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More Viacom-Branded Content Is Coming to Pluto TV
Today at NAB Glenn Goldstein from Viacom talked about the future of Pluto TV. Goldstein once again announced plans to bring Viacom-branded content to Pluto TV. This news comes as Pluto TV announces a new deal to bring BBC content to Pluto TV. This was first hinted at when Viacom purchased Pluto TV. Now it…
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Disney+ Announces Monsters Inc. Show for 2020
According to the Official Disney Fan Club, Disney+ has developed an animated series titled Monsters at Work, based on the Monsters Inc. movies. The series will take place 6 months after where Monsters, Inc. left off. In Monsters at Work, the factory is now using children’s laughter to power the city of Monstropolis. A new monster,…