Tag: Cord Cutting
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My Reply to The New York Times’ Hit Piece: The Downside to Cord-Cutting
Recently The New York Times released a story on cord cutting that I can only describe as a hit piece meant to turn people away from cord cutting. So let’s take a moment and break down why Brian X. Chen’s story failed to take all the options cord cutters have into account. #1 Helping Brian…
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Cord Cutting Is Not Just for Millennials…
We hear a lot about how cord cutting is just something Millennials are doing. Cable companies would like to sell the idea that cord cutters are really a bunch of Millennials and they should just be ignored. However, cord cutting has a wide range of supporters, and over 90.4% of our readers are 33 years…
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Study: The Future of Cord Cutting is Very Bright
The future of cord cutting and cable TV has always been something hotly debated, with both sides dedicated to showing that their side will be the final winner in the battle for your entertainment dollar. Now a new study from Clearleap, a digital-video tech firm, shows that cord cutters are likely the ones to win…
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Cord Cutting 101 Part One: Getting Started
Cord Cutting can sound scary at first with a ton of options and decisions to be made, but you will find it is surprisingly easy and you may already have everything you need. We want to be here to help you cancel cable TV and legally stream your content online so you pay less and…
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Cord Cutting T-Shirts Are Now Available For Pre-Order!
We are selling Cord Cutting T-Shirts! Let’s show off how much cord cutters save every year! Every shirt will arrive as shown above with a space for you to write in with a silver sharpie (sharpie not included) how much you save every year. In my family we save over $1,200 by not paying for…
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Luke’s Office: The State of Cord Cutting in 2016
http://www.mariomarathon.com Check back every Tuesday for a new Luke’s Office video about my views on Cord Cutting and your questions. Do you have a question? Post it over in our Cord Cutting Tech Support group on Facebook. Sorry no Q&A this week we ran out of time. Need a antenna? Check out : http://AntennaRecommendations.com Please follow us…
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Over 101 Streaming Services Are Now Available to Cord Cutters
Before cord cutting you really only had three or so options for TV entertainment. You could pick from your local cable TV provider, satellite, or if you were lucky a third option. Now the number of options cord cutters have is really skywriting as cord cutting continues to grow. According to a recent report on…
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Cord Cutting is About to Get 50 Million New Members…
Cord Cutting has never been easier with new streaming services and better over-the-air TV, making ditching traditional pay TV options, such as cable, easier than ever. Now it looks like millions of Americans are about to join in. By 2018 eMarketer predicts that over 60 million Americans will have ditched pay TV and joined the…
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Study: Cord Cutters Willing to Pay for Sports & Pay Well…
A recent study from USC’s Center for the Digital Future shows that 63% of all cord cutters and pay TV subscribers are willing to pay for access to sports online without cable. The study sampled 1,005 people between January 6 and February 2, 2016, and there was a strong correlation—as one would expect—between how much…
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Study: The Top 5 Reasons People Cut the Cord
Recently DigitalSmiths, a Tivo-owned research company, released a study that looked at why people use over-the-top (OTT) services, such as Netflix, rather than a traditional pay TV provider. The reasons may spell doom for big cable companies, such as Comcast. The #1 reason people ditched cable was, by far, “convenience.” Cord cutters said they liked…