Tag: news
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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…
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Cable TV Subscribers Are Increasingly Turning to Streaming to Find Shows They Enjoy
In 2019, the messaging from big cable has been “cord cutters will come back to cable for a single bill that gives them everything they want.” Yet there is increasing evidence that a growing number of cable subscribers are using streaming services to find the shows they want to watch. According to data from Reelgood,…
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Cable Companies Are Pretending 5G Doesn’t Scare Them Just Like They Did with Cord Cutting
We are just a week away from Verizon’s 5G networks going live in a handful of cities. The service will offer data cap–free high speed internet for $50 a month to Verizon Wireless customers or $70 a month to other customers. AT&T and T-Mobile also plan to have 5G networks live by the end of…
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How to Watch CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, CNBC, & More Without Cable TV
Live news and sports are two of the main reasons cord cutters still want live TV. The good news is you don’t need a two-year cable TV contract to stream all your favorite shows. With news coming faster than ever we know you want to stay up to date on some of the biggest ways…
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Streaming is Now More Popular Than Cable TV
Today the research firm Hub released a report called “Conquering Content” that looks at the growth of streaming. According to this report for the very first time, most Americans prefer to stream their favorite show vs watching it on a traditional pay TV provider. In total 52% of Americans say they would rather stream the…
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The Ultimate Guide to Watching News Without Cable TV
From politics to extreme weather, the past few months have been full of important news stories. Missing the feeling of sitting down to watch the news with a cup of coffee in the morning is common among those who have cut cable. Below, we’re sharing the services and solutions that will give you access to…