Author: Luke Bouma
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AT&T Says Most New Cord Cutters Are Millennials Living in Apartments
Today at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California AT&T’s CEO Randal Stephenson opened up about cord cutting and DIRECTV’s recent losses. According to Randall Stephenson most new cord cutters in 2017 were millennials and primarily lived in apartment buildings. Well, it may be true that most of DIRECTV cancelations maybe coming mainly from Millennials but I…
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How to Watch the NBA Finals on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, & More
On May 31st, 2018 the NBA Finals will officially get underway. To make the news even better, cord cutters have more options than ever to watch the NBA Finals on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and more. Here is our guide to watching the NBA Finals without the high cost and long-term contracts of cable TV.…
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Philo Wants to Pay You if You Sign Up Your Friends
Today on Reddit Philo’s CEO Andrew McCollum announced a new referral system that will pay subscribers for referring their friends. “Starting today, if you refer someone to Philo with your custom link/code and they become a subscriber, they’ll save $5 off their first month and you’ll get a $5 credit off your next month’s bill. Also, there’s no…
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PlayStation Vue Adds Cozi TV
Today PlayStation Vue quietly added a national feed of Cozi TV. According to their website, Cozi TV is a “national network bringing viewers America’s most beloved iconic television series brought to you by the NBC Owned Television Stations.” Cozi TV airs shows like The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Adam-12, The A-Team, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Emergency!,…
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getTV Is Adding “Walker, Texas Ranger” to Celebrate The Shows 25th Anniversary
Today the free over the air TV network getTV announced that they have acquired the rights to “Walker, Texas Ranger” as part of the shows 25th-anniversary celebration. Starting on June 4 episodes will be broadcast weekdays from 2:00PM to 6:00PM ET/1-5C and Sundays from 5:00PM-10PM ET/4-7C. “‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ is one of the most iconic TV crimefighting series…
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Apple’s tvOS 11.4 Is Now Out on The Apple TV
Yesterday Apple released a new update to their iOS and tvOS and while most of the features are bug fixes there are a few updates you will notice. The main update is the new AirPlay 2, a major update to the AirPlay feature, which lets you cast video and audio from an iPad or iPhone…
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Amazon’s 2nd Gen Fire TV Smart TVs Are Now Available For Pre-Order
Last month Amazon announced that they have partnered with Toshiba to make the 2nd gen Fire TV Smart TVs. Now through this partnership, you can pre-order these TVs starting at $329.99 for 43″ TVs at Best Buy and on Amazon through Best Buy’s Amazon account. “Amazon and Best Buy have a long history of working together,…
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Plex Is Launching Plex Podcasts to Help You Manage All of Your Favorite Podcast
Do you love Plex? Do you love podcasts? Plex is launching a new Plex Podcast service on iOS, Android, Roku, and the Plex web platform. (Other devices will be added soon.) With Plex Podcasts, you will be able to manage all of your favorite podcast shows and stream them through your Plex app. Plex Podcast Features Free, quick…
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Wind Farms Are Blocking OTA TV Signals
Have you found your antenna is not getting the over-the-air (OTA) TV signals it should? No hills or other issues between you and the tower you want to pick up? It turns out wind turbines that generate power may be the issue. Recently Cord Cutters News has head from multiple readers who thought local wind…
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DIRECTV NOW Will Soon Add a Paid DVR Option & Pay-Per-View Events
Recently DIRECTV NOW rolled out their DVR service with 20 hours of free DVR, but that was just the start. During the first quarter 2018 earnings call AT&T’s CEO John Stephens said that AT&T’s DIRECTV NOW 2.0 platform will soon add new monetization features including a cloud DVR and pay-per-view events. So what are the…