Tag: Cord Cutting
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Cord Cutting 6 Years Later: $12,000+ Saved & Counting
This year will mark six years since my wife and I took the jump and became cord cutters. So I would like to take a moment to dive into why I became a cord cutter and what I have learned over the last six years. Right now with all the different tricks and tips we…
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My Ultimate Cord Cutting Streaming Service Is…
I often get asked what I think would be the dream cord cutting streaming service. This is something I have given a lot of thought to, and I think I have a service that will please most people. That is a big question so I am going to limit it to what is the best…
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Cord Cutting Is Growing Faster Than Ever
Recently talk has been about how the growth of cord cutting is slower than analysts expected. While it may be true that it is slower than some analysts had expected, it is still growing faster than ever. In the first quarter of 2018, cable TV networks had their worst quarter ever according to a report…
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AT&T Says Most New Cord Cutters Are Millennials Living in Apartments
Today at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California AT&T’s CEO Randal Stephenson opened up about cord cutting and DIRECTV’s recent losses. According to Randall Stephenson most new cord cutters in 2017 were millennials and primarily lived in apartment buildings. Well, it may be true that most of DIRECTV cancelations maybe coming mainly from Millennials but I…
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My Cord Cutting Setup: Devices I Personally Use
I am often asked what my personal cord cutting setup is, so I decided to break down what I use. (If you are looking for a break down of what services I use, you can find it HERE.) Keep in mind that I own more than 80 cord cutting devices: Every Roku sold since 2011,…
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Editorial: Cable TV Could Be Dead in 2 Years
Over the last year the debate about the future of cable TV has become not if but when will it die. The conversation has become grim when talking with many who work in the pay-TV world. This is a far cry from just a few years ago when cable executives seemed confident that cord cutting…
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Cable TV Just Has Their Worst Quarter Ever
Well, once again it is a really bad time to be a cable TV executive according to a new report by Kagan. According to a new report, pay-TV services lost 0.8% of all their subscribers. According to this report, Comcast and Charter accounted for 59% of all losses in the traditional pay-TV sector. “Traditional multichannel…
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Editorial: Hey Cable TV Wake Up! Cord Cutters Just Don’t Want What You’re Offering
This week at the Pay TV Show in Denver, I had an opportunity to meet with and hear from some of the biggest names in cable TV and live TV streaming. PlayStation Vue, Philo, Sling TV, Pluto TV, fuboTV, Hulu, Amazon, and a host of others companies all sent executives to the event. During the…
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Study: The Top 5 Reasons People Ditch Cable For Cord Cutting
This week at the Denver Pay TV Show, Joel Espelien, a senior analyst at TDG opened up about their cord cutting studies. One of the most interesting was a look at what finally made people move to cord cutting. Often people have been thinking about cord cutting and plan to do it, but TDG recently…
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My Cord Cutting Setup: Services I Personally Use
One of the most common questions I get is what cord cutting services do I use. Today I want to give an updated list of all the services I use. What services I use is a tough question, because I subscribe to a ton of services for work. I currently have a subscription to every…