Author: Luke Bouma
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73% of Sling TV, YouTube TV, PlayStation Vue, etc Customers Are “Very Satisfied”
Ever wonder how happy cord cutters are with their live TV streaming services? Yesterday the consumer research firm Lichtman Research Group (LRG) released a new study looking at the current state of live TV streaming services. (Know inside the industry as “vMVPD”) According to the LRG report, 73% of live TV subscribers are “very satisfied”…
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Sling TV Will Be The Exclusive Streaming Provider of The 2019 Iverson Classic
Today Sling TV announced a deal to be the exclusive streaming provider of the 2019 Iverson Classic on Friday, April 26th, 2019. “At Sling TV, we continue to push the boundaries of live TV by bringing our viewers new and interesting must-see events,” said Michael Ribero, General Manager of Brand Marketing at Sling TV. “As…
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The IPTV Service Simply TV is Shutting Down
Recently Simply TV an IPTV service that offered live access to 500 TV channels for $20 a month announced that they are shutting down. In an email sent to customers Simply TV said “It’s Truly a sad day as we “simply TV” are shutting down. We apologize to all of our customers for this inconvenience…
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How Cord Cutters Can Distribute Over-the-Air TV Signals to Multiple TVs
Today’s post is a guest post from the great team over at TabloTV.com. Laura Slater is one of the cord cutting experts at TabloTV.com and has been blissfully cable-free since 2010. She enjoys sharing the money saving tips and tricks she’s learned to help others join the cord cutting revolution. If you’re considering adding an Over-the-Air antenna your…
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DIRECTV NOW is Once Again Offering a Free Apple TV 4K
Are you looking for a free Apple TV? Right now DIRECTV NOW is offering a free Apple TV 4K 32GB if you prepay for 4 months of DIRECTV NOW. This deal will cost you $200 plus taxes but give you 4 months of DIRECTV NOW and a Apple TV 4K that typically costs $179. So…
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Philo Now Lets You Sign Up with a Fax Machine
Is signing up for Philo online just too hard? Today Philo’s CEO has announced that they will now let you fax to sign up for Philo’s live TV streaming service. Update: If you sign up by fax you will get a 28 day free trial of Philo. Here is the message Philo’s CEO posted on…
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The BBC is Joining Discovery’s New Streaming Service
For some time now we have heard that Disvoery was working on a new streaming service. Discovery CEO has even repeatedly talked about a ~$5 a month type streaming services that would give you access to Discovery and Scripps content. Now the New York Post is reporting that the BBC will be joining this effort…
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The HDHomeRun App Returns to The Fire TV App Store
Today the HDHomeRun app returned to the Fire TV’s app store after it was removed about a month ago by Amazon. This was first spotted by AFTVnews and comes a few days after SiliconDust announced that they are shutting down their HDHomeRun Premium TV services. This all comes after the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE)…
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DIRECTV NOW is Offering a Free Month to New Subscribers (Ends Tonight)
Have you been thinking about trying out DIRECTV NOW’s new Plus or Max packages? Right now if you signup before the end of March you will be able to get a free month of services with promo code MARCH2019. (Terms and conditions apply.) You need to hurry though as this deal ends tonight. The best…
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Cord Cutting This Week #69 – Roku Dominates the Apple TV & Fire TV, HDHomeRun Premium TV Shutting Down, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also let…