Tag: Cord Cutting
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Why You Need a Weather Radio With Cord Cutting and Where to Get One
Most of us rely on TV or internet to give us weather updates day to day. But, when there’s extreme weather in your area, those communication networks are extremely vulnerable to the conditions. Superstorm Sandy is just one example. When the storm hit the east coast, many New Yorkers were without power and cell phone…
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Cord Cutting Will Reportedly Grow to 39 Million Americans & Cord Nevers Will Hit 37 Million Americans in 2019
Recently eMarketer released its look at the current state of cord cutting. Right now it is reported that cord cutting has grown to between 30 and 35 million Americans. eMarketer estimates that trend will continue as the number of cord cutters in the United States will grow to 30 million and cord nevers will grow…
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Cord Cutting This Week #76 – Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, Hulu, fuboTV & More See Strong Growth
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…
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The Biggest Lie in TV Right Now Is That Cable TV Can Give You Everything You Want with a Single Bill
This week at the pay-TV show in Denver, we have seen a flood of cable executives push the idea that cable can give you everything you want in a single bill. The idea is that cord cutting means you have to get a long list of services or just pay for cable and get everything…
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Cord Cutting This Week Podcast #3 – Cable Executives Living in Denial, AT&T Doesn’t Want You, Amazon, & More
For years people have been asking us to bring back our weekly cord cutting podcast. Today I am excited to announce that we are relaunching our weekly podcast now called Cord Cutting This Week. The new podcast will be posted by Luke and Jess. Welcome to the relaunch of our weekly podcast. Today Luke and Jess…
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Cord Cutting Today #55 – DIRECTV NOW $10 Off For 6 Months, Fire TV Growth, & 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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Only 10% of Cord Cutters Say They Have App Fatigue
Recently the argument form cable TV against cord cutting was the idea that cord cutters have too many services. Some cable executives have even pushed the idea that cord cutters will come running back to cable TV because of too many streaming services. Now the research group TDG has studied the issue of too many…
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35-40% of Sling TV, Hulu, DIRECTV NOW, PlayStation Vue, Etc Subscribers Also Pay for Cable TV
Today at the Pay-TV show the research group TDG reported that 35-40% of live TV subscribers say they also pay for traditional cable TV services. This means that as many as 40% of all of Sling TVs, DIRECTV NOWs, and PlayStation Vue’s subscribers also pay for cable TV. TDG also reported that 8.4 million Americans…
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Over 14,700 Americans Cut the Cord Every Day
The numbers are in, and cord cutting is growing faster than ever. Earlier it was reported according to an Informitv Mulitscreen Index report that 1.28 million American households dropped traditional pay TV in the first three months of 2019. Now though there is an updated report from Leichtman that says that number is closer to…
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Cord Cutting This Week #75 – Roku TVs Dominate, Hulu is Now Even Better, fuboTV, Pluto TV, & 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…