Author: Luke Bouma
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Locast Says The Philadelphia Market Will Be Back Soon
Earlier today Locast removed Philadelphia from their website and according to some of our readers, they refunded donations to customers in the Philadelphia market. Now Locast has confirmed to Cord Cutters News that the Philadelphia market only had a short term outage caused by an outage with their ISP. Now Locast has re-added Philadelphia to…
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As Cord Cutting Grows One More Cable TV Company Is Shutting Down Its TV Service
If you live in Montana and use 3 Rivers Communications for your TV service, we have bad news for you. In October, 3 Rivers Communications will shut down its TV service and only offer Internet and phone services. Currently, 3 Rivers Communications has 15,000 customers but only about 1,800 pay for TV. Now 3 Rivers…
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Starry The 5G Internet Provider is Offering Two Months of Free Service to New Subscribers
Starry is a startup from some of the team behind Aereo, which has slowly been rolling out 5G fixed wireless home Internet. Currently Starry offers 5G home Internet in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington DC for $50 a month with no data cap. Last month this $50 a month 5G home internet service…
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Update: Locast Plans to Return to The Philadelphia Market
Update: Locast has confirmed to Cord Cutters News that the Locast outage in Philadelphia is a temporary one. Reportedly the ISP they used in Philadelphia has failed and they are working to get internet back to restore service in Philadelphia. “To our members and supporters in Philadelphia, I personally apologize for the service interruption that…
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STARZ Extends It’s $5 a Month Sale Until Tuesday June 18th 2019
STARZ had originally announced that their $5 a month sale would end last Monday. Now STARZ has announced that they have extended their STARZ’s $5 a month for the first 3 months deal until June 18th, 2019. I wouldn’t plan on this sale being extended again it is very likely that Tuesday, June 18th, 2019…
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The Roku Channel Adds Dove Channel, Docurama, & CONtv to Its Lineup
Today Cinedigm announced that they have added their Docurama, Dove Channel, and CONtv streaming services to the Roku Channel. Each of these services will cost $4.99 a month after a 7-day free trial. “Cinedigm is proud to continue our partnership with Roku, as we launch SVOD services for three of our most popular outlets on…
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Amazon Channels Adds Epix to Its Lineup
Been thinking about trying Epix’s new subscription streaming service? Now you can subscribe to Epix through Amazon Channels letting you manage your payment right from your Amazon account. Epix costs $5.99 a month and offers a 7-day free trial so you can test out the service. With Epix, you will get access to a huge…
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Hulu Now Has Exclusive Rights to New Lionsgate Movies
This week Hulu and Lionsgate announced a deals to give Hulu streaming rights to new Lionsgate movies released in 2020 and 2021. Previously Epix had the rights to air new Lionsgate movies. These movies will join Hulu following the typical waiting period after their theatrical release. This will include the new Chris Rock “Saw” spinoff…
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Amazon Has a New Echo Kids Speaker Coming Out Today
Later today Amazon will be releasing a new Echo Kids speaker. This new Echo Kids speaker is based on the new Echo Dot 3rd gen and comes in blue and rainbow colors. We don’t know when but sometime today the new Echo Kids will go live on Amazon. Echo Kids speakers with Amazon FreeTime Unlimited…
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HDHomeRun is Coming to Select Roku Players & Roku TVs
For years Silicondust’s HDHomeRun has been a great option for cord cutters to stream their antenna to devices like the Fire TV. One thing that was lacking was an official Roku channel. You could use workarounds like Plex to use your HDHomeRun on Roku but many wanted an official Roku channel. Now Silicondust has announced…