Tag: Cord Cutting
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Get Ready for a Flood of Anti-Cord Cutting Stories
There is an old saying that goes “look at who they attack, and you will find out who they are afraid of.” This seems to be very true as a growing number of media companies line up to attack cord cutting. Already this year both NBC and CBS have published stories pushing the idea that…
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Cord Cutting Is Growing As Americans Over 50 Ditch Cable TV
For years cord cutting was seen as something Millennials are doing. Now evidence is starting to pile up that people of all age groups are cutting the cord. A new report from PwC shows 28 percent of Americans over 50 years old no longer pay for a traditional pay TV service. What is even more…
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Spectrum Lost 36,000 TV Customers & 83,000 Voice Customers in The 4th Quarter of 2018
Today Spectrum announced their 4th quarter 2018 subscriber numbers. According to Spectrum residential video customers decreased by 36,000 in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to the fourth quarter of 2017 when video customers increased by 2,000. During the same time, residential voice customers declined by 83,000, compared to the fourth quarter of 2017 when voice customers grew by…
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New to Cord Cutting? Here Is What You Need to Know…
Are you new or fairly new to cord cutting? Maybe you are just thinking about it. We have a few things we want you to know to help you get the most from cord cutting. #1 Don’t Rush into It The number one mistake people make when they cut the cord is rushing into it.…
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Cord Cutting This Week 60 – Disney+ Details, Hulu Price Cut, YouTube TV Goes Nationwide, Viacom Buys 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 let…
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Our Rebuttal to CBS’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. First, 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) argued…
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As Cord Cutting Grows, CBS, NBC, Disney, & Others Seek to Cut Out The Middle Man
For years TV has had a fairly set model. Content companies like CBS, NBC, and Disney would license their content out to other networks not only in the United States but around the world. Now with streaming and the growth of cord cutting companies like these are looking to ditch the middle man. Increasingly media…
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My Ultimate Cord Cutting Setup – Services I Personally Use (2019 Update)
I often get asked what cord cutting devices and services I use. Over the weekend, I talked about the devices I use. Today, I want to go over the services I use. Now, what services I use is a tough question, because I subscribe to a ton of services for work. I currently have a…
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A Look Back at Our 2018 Cord Cutting Predictions: How Did We Do?
Every year we make some predictions on what we expect in the year to come. In 2018, we had five predictions, and today we grade these predictions and see how we did. So, hold on as we grade the 2018 cord cutting predictions we made in December 2017. #1 Streaming Services Shutting Down In 2017,…
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Cord Cutting This Week 59 – Cord Cutting Costs More Than Cable? & 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…
