Tag: Comcast
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How To Stop Getting Spam Email And Mail From Comcast, DIRECTV, Dish, Spectrum, And More (2019 Update)
2019 is here and your ex-pay TV provider really wants you back. We all know the pain after you cancel your TV service you get hundreds of emails and letters asking you to come back. The good news is you can make them stop but you need to do a little work. Here is how…
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Comcast Publicly Disputes Reports That They Won’t Support The Apple TV
Late last week it was reported that Comcast had walked away from talks with Apple and had decided not to support the Apple TV. Today Comcast publicly denied these reports saying “BestAppleTV ran a story last week that contains numerous inaccuracies and wrongly conflates individual business dealings and relationships from Sky, NBCUniversal and Comcast Cable.”…
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Comcast’s New Streaming Service Will Reportedly Not Support The Apple TV
Today reports came out that Comcast plans to not support the Apple TV for their new streaming services. A source that talked with BESTAppleTV said: “Comcast is focused on the Now TV solution as the future of its streaming infrastructure and Apple has been told this.” That source went on to say, “Apple has also been…
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Our Rebuttal to NBC’s Anti-Cord Cutting Story
This week, Netflix announced a $2 price hike and, as you would expect, big media companies jumped at the chance to bash cord cutting. This time NBC News quickly released a story called “The Bundle strikes back: How streaming caught up to cable TV prices.” In this story, NBC News (which is owned by Comcast)…
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Comcast, AT&T, DISH, Spectrum, & Others Are All Raising Their TV Prices This Month
It’s January and for traditional TV subscribers, that means it is time to pay more. We already reported on Spectrum and Comcast’s price hikes coming out later this month, now we know DISH is also raising their price. The price hikes seem to range from as little as $1 a month on things like Regional…
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Comcast Teams Up with the Cord Cutting Service VIVA Live TV
Recently Comcast and VivaLive TV quietly announced that they have teamed up for some unknown project. A regulatory 8-K filing made by Viva Entertainment Group on November 28, 2018, found by LightReading.com announced that VivaLive TV has entered into “material definitive agreement” with Comcast. VivaLive TV sells premade live TV streaming packages that can be…
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Comcast Just Made Cord Cutting Easier
Are you a Comcast customer with a lot of movies you purchased through their service? Worried about losing them when you cut the cord? Now Comcast has teamed up with Movies Anywhere to let move many of your movies and watch them on multiple devices. Now you can take your movies with you even if…
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Disney May Soon Have 100% Ownership of Hulu
Today it was reported that AT&T may be willing to sell their 10% share of Hulu to Disney. Right, now Disney already owns 30% of Hulu and a deal is already in place to buy FOX’s 30% share of Hulu. This will give Disney 60% ownership of Hulu likely in 2019. Comcast owns the last…
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Comcast Is Raising Their Modem Rental Fee (The Good News Is You Don’t Have to Pay It)
Last week we broke the news that Comcast is again raising Regional Sports and Broadcast TV fees. Now Ars Technica has confirmed with Comcast that the monthly modem rental fee is going up from $10 to $11 a month. Over a year it will cost you $132 to rent that modem from Comcast. The good…
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Cord Cutting This Week 53 – A New Cheaper Apple TV Stick? Comcast Price Hike, Roku’s Growth, & 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…