Tag: Cord Cutters
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Cord Cutting Today #79 – Rescan Your Antenna, New Tivo DVR, PlayStation Vue, & More
Did you know we have a daily YouTube cord cutting newscast? Cord Cutting Today look sat 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…
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There Are Three Types of Cord Cutters: What Type Are You?
One of the most common arguments among cord cutters is what is cord cutting? Can you be a cord cutter and subscribe to a live TV streaming service? Is the true meaning of cord cutting just using an antenna? From our experience, you can put cord cutters into three categories. Here are the three types…
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There Are Three Types of Cord Cutters – So What Type of Cord Cutter Are You?
I often talk about what it means to be a cord cutter and what is not a cord cutter. If you have ever been on any cord cutting group at some point you would have witnessed an argument about what is cord cutting and what makes a cord cutter. I would argue that there are…
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5 Cord Cutting Tips For New Cord Cutters
New to cord cutting? Well we can help! Here are 5 tips to help you get started in the world of cord cutting. If you would rather read here are the tips we talked about in the video: #1 Don’t Rush Into It The number one mistake people make when they cut the cord is…
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Cord Cutting Puts Billions of Dollars Back into Americans’ Pockets
Are you looking for a way to keep more money in your pocket? Maybe you should think about becoming a cord cutter and ditching your pay-TV service. According to the Wall Street Journal, the average cord cutter saves $104 every month or $1,248 every year. According to multiple studies, there are an estimated 20 million…
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A Short History of How Cord Cutting Started & Why Cable Companies Still Don’t Get It
I often get asked how cord cutting got started. People want to know when it really began and what changed to make it happen. So here is a short history of how cord cutting began. First I need to define cord cutting. There have always been people who didn’t pay for TV through a traditional…
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My Reply to The New York Times’ Hit Piece: The Downside to Cord-Cutting
Recently The New York Times released a story on cord cutting that I can only describe as a hit piece meant to turn people away from cord cutting. So let’s take a moment and break down why Brian X. Chen’s story failed to take all the options cord cutters have into account. #1 Helping Brian…
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Study: The Top 5 Reasons People Cut the Cord
Recently DigitalSmiths, a Tivo-owned research company, released a study that looked at why people use over-the-top (OTT) services, such as Netflix, rather than a traditional pay TV provider. The reasons may spell doom for big cable companies, such as Comcast. The #1 reason people ditched cable was, by far, “convenience.” Cord cutters said they liked…
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How Cord Cutting Makes Parenting Easy
If you are like me you have kids who watch TV. With cable TV that means kids seeing ads for toys and other services and, consequently, kids begging for the latest toys or to see the latest movies. It also often means kids getting access to shows you may not want them to see. Even…
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Editorial: The Real Danger to Cord Cutting Is Device Exclusivity…
There are many dangers facing cord cutting: data caps to limit how much you can watch; ISPs raising rates; and cable companies limiting access to content. While these are all real threats to cord cutting, the largest threat is device exclusivity. Increasingly, more services are becoming device specific. Sony’s Vue TV service, HBO Now, Showtime’s…