Tag: news
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The Average Cable Bill Costs More Than All Other Utility Bills Combined
Cable prices are rising each year and more increases are on the way. A new report shows just how much those high cable costs are impacting household budgets. What the research shows is that the average cable bill is more expensive that all other household utility bills combined. The report from Decision Data shows that,…
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How to Watch the 2020 Presidential Primaries on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV & More
Democratic primary voters will be going to polls again on Tuesday, March 10, in six states. There are plenty of options for catching coverage of the polls in Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, and Washington, including several free options on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and more. Here’s a quick guide on watching your…
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Optimum Cable TV’s Latest Price Hike Has Gone Into Effect
Last month, we reported that those using Optimum as their cable TV provider would be seeing a $20+ price hike on their February bill. Now, those increased prices have gone into effect, and many customers are saying they’re surprised by their new bill. When we first reported on the increase, Altice reached out with the…
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Cable TV Will Lose 5.1% of Subscribers to Cord Cutting This Year
Today, financial analyst firm S&P Global Ratings said that they estimate cable, satellite, and telecoms will lose 5.1% of subscribers in 2020 to cord cutting. That number is up from the 3.3% previously estimated. “We believe there is greater downside risk than upside potential to our 2020 forecast,” credit analyst Naveen Sarma said in a…
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Apple Reportedly Wants to Bundle Apple TV+, News+, & Apple Music
Today Bloomberg reported that Apple is reportedly considering bundling Apple TV+, News+ and Apple Music starting in 2020 as it tries to gain more subscribers. This comes from sources who point out that Apple included a provision that would let Apple bundle News+ with other subscription services. Currently, Apple’s News+ service costs $9.99 a month,…
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Comcast Has Been Removing TV Channels But Not Lowering Its Price
Xfinity cable customers have been taking to Twitter to share complaints about Comcast Xfinity dropping channels. Channels including WE TV, Investigation Discovery, and WGN have been disappearing from lineups in markets around the country. Customers are saying they haven’t been getting any warning or any explanation from the company about why this content is suddenly…
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The Free News Service Haystack TV Just Added i24 News, Expanding Its International Coverage
Haystack TV, the free local and world news streaming service, announced the launch of its newest network, i24 News. According to a press release, i24 will cover global and domestic news, including its trademark in-depth international and Middle Eastern news coverage. It will also feature a variety of fast-paced non-partisan national news. i24NEWS is the…
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Do We Have Too Many Cable TV Channels? Wasn’t Cable Meant to Be Easy?
Recently we have seen a growing number of stories online about how streaming is just too complicated because there are so many services. One recent example of this was the Los Angeles Times story “Oversubscribed! Wasn’t cord-cutting supposed to streamline our lives?” This question about too many streaming services raises one more question. Do we…
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Spectrum, Altice, & Cable One Have an Internet Monopoly in Over Half of Their Markets
Over the last few years, we have seen a growing number of services try to launch high-speed Internet options to compete with traditional cable and DSL Internet. The hope has been to offer true competition for home Internet. Now according to a report from Grounded Reason, we get an idea of why more competition is…
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Cable TV Boxes Raise Your Power Bill by Almost $100 a Year
Cord cutting for many is about saving money by using less expensive streaming options than cable TV; however, did you know it can also help lower your utilities bill? When considering the cost of cable TV one thing you should think about is all the power the cable boxes consume. Awhile back the LA Times…