Tag: Cable TV
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United States Senate Will Hold Hearings About the High Cost of Hidden Cable TV Fees Tomorrow (Here’s How to Let Your Voice Be Heard)
Tomorrow the United States Senate will hold hearings about the high cost of cable TV fees. One of the groups that will be testifying is Consumer Reports. This is all part of a bill in the Senate that would force cable companies to include the fees as part of the advertised price for cable TV.…
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No, Your Roku & Fire TV Are Not Spying on You (That Is Just a New Attack on Cord Cutting)
Last week, you may have noticed your local TV station ran a segment attacking devices like the Roku and the Fire TV. A good example of one of these stories is from WPSD Local 6 HERE. The complaint is that Roku and the Fire TV, along with other streaming players, track what you watch and…
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Do We Have Too Many Cable TV Channels? Wasn’t Cable Meant to Be Easy?
Recently we have seen a growing number of stories online about how streaming is just too complicated because there are so many services. One recent example of this was the Los Angeles Times story “Oversubscribed! Wasn’t cord-cutting supposed to streamline our lives?” This question about too many streaming services raises one more question. Do we…
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Hidden Cable TV Fees Add $450 to Your Cable TV Bill Every Year According to Consumer Reports
For years now we have warned about the high costs of cable TV fees that are hidden from the advertised price. Now according to Consumer Reports, the average cable TV customer pays $450 every year in fees on their cable TV bill. “Cable companies are notorious for advertising a low price but charging much more…
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Cable Provider Quits Pay-TV, Says They’ll Coach You Through Cutting the Cord
Even Cable TV providers are cutting the cord. Beld Internet is shutting down it’s cable TV service due to the high costs of operation.”It’s true, replacing cable can cut your bills by 100 bucks or more each month. Stream your favorite shows and content while saving money,” their website now says. Formerly Beld Broadband, the…
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Cable TV is Trying to Scare Cord Cutters With Data Caps – We Explain Why You Shouldn’t Worry
One of the biggest questions we get from new cord cutters is, ‘can you live with a data cap and still cut the cord? Or are cable TV companies trying to make it impossible to cut the cord by imposing data caps?’ This question has become more popular as many cable companies have been trying…
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ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Fees on Cable TV Are Up Over 600% Since 2006
Fees for local TV stations are some of the biggest expenses for cable TV and even cord cutting services. Increasingly, cable companies have been pushing back and Sling TV even decided to not offer locals. Over the last month, several high profile blackouts of local channels have happened as Meredeth was dropped on Dish and…
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As Cord Cutting Grows One More Cable TV Company Is Shutting Down Its TV Service
If you live in Montana and use 3 Rivers Communications for your TV service, we have bad news for you. In October, 3 Rivers Communications will shut down its TV service and only offer Internet and phone services. Currently, 3 Rivers Communications has 15,000 customers but only about 1,800 pay for TV. Now 3 Rivers…
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As Cord Cutting Grows One More Cable TV Company Goes Streaming Only
Earlier this year, RTC Cable announced plans to end all TV services in July 2019. Now Pioneer Communications, a small cable company in Kansas, has announced plans to ditch traditional cable TV and go streaming only. Pioneer has been around over 65 years, but with the changing markets has decided to walk away from TV…
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6 Ways Cable TV Tries to Trick Cord Cutters into Going Back to Cable
Cable TV companies have been working overtime to make cable look like a better deal than cord cutting. They have been using both new and old tactics to trick cord cutters into wanting to go back. So, today, we are going to look at the top 5 ways cable TV tries to trick cord cutters…