Tag: Cord Cutting
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Exposing Cable TV’s Ties to Anti-Cord Cutting Stories
Recently there has been a flood of anti-cord cutting stories all targeting the same ideas: cord cutting costs too much and is too hard. I cut that argument apart in a post already this week that you can find here. This time I want to take a look at the cable companies that are pushing…
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Editorial: There Is a Real War Against Cord Cutting
This is something that I have hinted at in the past but it has now become too obvious to ignore. With all the poorly conceived anti-cord cutting stories I have to speak out. There is an organized effort to aggressively go after cord cutting. (There I said it.) Clearly there is an organized group with…
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My Reply to the New York Times’s Anti-Cord Cutting Story
Once again the New York Times has been less than kind to cord cutters. Just over a year ago I posted a reply to its story “The Downside to Cord-Cutting.” Now it has a new one called “The Messy, Confusing Future of TV? It’s Here”. This story by Kevin Roose brings up many popular themes…
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Editorial: The War on Cord Cutting Is Heating Up
You can often tell who someone is afraid of by who they attack. The same thing is true with companies as more and more effort is being made to downplay cord cutting. People and companies are scared of cord cutting and the attacks on it are heating up. Just this week a slew of anti-cord…
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Canadians Are Finally Getting Good Cord Cutting Options
If you are an American you may be shocked to learn that most Canadians don’t really have good cord cutting options. There is no Sling TV, DIRECTV NOW, or PlayStation Vue. Netflix and Amazon Prime are there, but they are just a fraction of the size of the US versions. But there is good news…
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Cord Cutting Is Slowly Destroying Satellite TV Providers
We often talk about how bad things are for cable TV providers; however, they are not the only ones having a really bad time. Satellite providers are also seeing devastatingly fast subscriber losses. In the second quarter 2017 AT&T lost 351,000 pay-TV subscribers; however, DIRECTV NOW did add about 152,000 subscribers in the second quarter…
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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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5 Big Cord Cutting Stories to Keep an Eye On in August 2017
August 2017 is almost here and it will likely be a great month for cord cutting. Over the last few weeks we have heard about a ton of big cord cutting news that should happen in August. So let’s take a look at all the big stories we think will be happening in August 2017.…
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The Ultimate Cord Cutting Guide For The Apple TV
With the streaming options available today, and the new services that are constantly being released, it’s getting more and more easy to cut the cord. If you’re an Apple product fan like me, here’s how you can do it. Step 1: Choose an On Demand Service When it comes to watching your favorite TV shows,…
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Taking on More Anti-Cord Cutting Propaganda
Well you know cable is scared when you start to see more “you can’t save money with cord cutting” stories pop up. Now once again we are finding more of these stories. This week a site called Decider.com posted a story on cord cutting called “Never Mind the Analysts, Cord-Cutting’s Still Not A Thing”… So…