Tag: Cord Cutting
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Women Are Becoming a Big Part of Cord Cutting
Cord cutting has long been seen as a men-only group, but that has never been true. Women have always made up a large part of cord cutting, and now they are a growing part of cord cutting. This argument that men are the only ones becoming cord cutters has been one of the many ways…
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Cord Cutters News Is Seeing Explosive Growth: Here Is Why That Is Good News for Cord Cutting Overall
Over the last few months, Cord Cutters News has seen steady growth, but in April that growth exploded. Every way you can measure traffic for a site is up including comments and social media with over 72,000 social media followers. Cord Cutters News had an amazing April. Why is that good news for cord…
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Cord Cutting Tops 30 Million US Households
To find the exact number of US cord cutters has always been challenging. Many pay-TV providers don’t provide numbers of subscriber losses and the lack of subscriber data makes it difficult. We now have a report from The Convergence Research Group that was published this month, giving us a new look at how many Americans…
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Why Is Everyone So Negative on Cord Cutting Recently? We Take a Look
If you have browsed the Internet recently you likely have found a long lists of anti-cord cutting posts. Everything from you can’t save money to skyrocketing Internet prices! Why are we seeing so many of these negative stories? Cable loves them because they do work on many people. Their hope is to honestly scare you…
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So Is Sling TV & DIRECTV NOW Really Cord Cutting? Let’s Take a Look…
Ever since Sling TV launched 2 years ago a debate has been going on among cord cutters. Can you really be a cord cutter if you pay for a service that is owned by a cable company. At the core of this argument is a question of what is cord cutting and who are cord…
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Taking on More Bad Cable Propaganda: Sorry, TV Analyst, Cord Cutting Is Real & Saves Money
Once again we are back with what is quickly becoming my favorite segment here: taking on more bad cable propaganda! This week’s bad cable TV propaganda comes from Alan Wolk, a TV analyst and TV[R]EV editor. His post is called “The Cord Cutter’s Dilemma: Why So Few People Actually Take the Step“. So let’s see what…
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Cord Cutting News Roundup: Sling TV Adds New Channels, Comcast/Verizon Want In, YouTube TV, & More
Wow this past week has been one of the busiest weeks we have ever seen for cord cutters. From new device news to new streaming services, it all happened this week. As we know many of our readers work during the week, so we wanted to do a quick week in review to break down…
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One in Eight American Households Are Cord Cutters
2016 was a great year for cord cutters but a bad one for cable executives. In just the fourth quarter of 2016, 427,000 US households went Internet only dropping their TV subscriptions. Compare that to 2015, which saw 395,000 new TV subscribers in the same time period. A lot of this has to do with…
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Have a Cord Cutting Question? We Can Help!
Do you have a cord cutting question? We can help you with that! One of my goals for Cord Cutters News is to not only cover the news but also to help you get the most out of your cord cutting experience. Part of that is answering as many of your questions as we possibly…
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So Why Do People Become Cord Cutters? We Asked Our Readers
The question of why people decide to cut the cord and break free from high overpriced cable TV bills has been around for years. Many so-called experts try to offer us a wide range of reasons, so we decided to ask our readers what they thought. We surveyed our readers and a little over 1,000…