Category: News
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Can You Use a T-Mobile Hotspot to Cut the Cord on Comcast and Spectrum Internet?
Earlier this month, we shared a post about cutting the cord without home internet. In that post, we included mobile hotspots as one option. In a note about that option, we mentioned that streaming with a hotspot for any significant amount of time wouldn’t be realistic. In this post, we’re discussing whether it’s possible and…
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Tivo Has a New Cord Cutting DVR in The Works Called The Tivo Edge
Last week we learned that TiVo was working on a new DVR for cable customers. Today ZatzNotFunny.com confirmed thanks to an FCC filing that Tivo also has a new DVR in the works for cord cutters. The new Tivo Edge is a 4 tuner DVR with 2TB of storage confirmed. (It is very possible that…
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Viacom Officially Announces a New BET+ Streaming Service
Recently we learned that Viacom was working on a streaming service based on the BET network. Today Viacom officially announced BET+ in partnership with Tyler Perry. The service will launch this fall and be commercial free. “African Americans are the leading consumers of streaming services, with higher SVOD adoption rates than other consumers, which is…
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Cord Cutters Need to Rescan Their Antennas Because Some Channels Are Moving According to The FCC
A few years ago, the FCC auctioned off locals forcing many channels to switch channel numbers. This auction freed up space for things like 5G. Now the time has come for many local TV stations to switch channel numbers, meaning you need to rescan your antenna. That is in addition to all the new locals that went…
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YouTube TV Fixes Known Issues With Roku Players & The Nvidia Shield
Did you notice stuttering when streaming YouTube TV with Roku? Good news! Google says they have fixed this issue with Roku players by rolling out an update at the end of May 2019. A fix for YouTube TV on Nvidia Shield also started to roll out with the last Android TV update that should be…
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Deal Alert: CuriosityStream Is Giving Away a $10 Amazon Gift Card to New Yearly Subscribers
Miss the old Discovery Channel? We have good news for you as the Founder of the Discovery Channel has launched CuriosityStream a streaming service very similar to the old Discovery Channel. Right now for a limited time, CuriosityStream is also offering a $10 Amazon gift card when you prepay for a $19.99 yearly membership. This…
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Netflix is Testing a New Picture-in-Picture Feature
Netflix is reportedly testing a new pop-out player feature with some users, according to Engadget. With this feature, a small pop out box will allow you to watch content while doing other things by hovering in front of the windows and apps you have opened. To open the pop up, you’ll just click on an…
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Cord Cutting This Week #82 – DIRECTV NOW Beta Test, AT&T WarnerMedia Service, PlayStation Vue, & 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…
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My Ultimate Cord Cutting Setup – Services I Personally Use (June 2019 Update)
I am often asked what my personal at home cord cutting setup is, so I decided to break down what I use. Last week when I shared this list I noticed it was out of date so today I am posting my updated list of devices I currently use. Now remember this list is always…
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The 5 Best FREE Streaming Apps for Apple TV
There’s a lot of great content available on streaming devices for free if you know where to look for it. In this post, we’re sharing five Apple TV apps that will allow you to watch shows and movies at no charge. 1. Pluto TV Pluto TV gives you over 100 channels of live TV for…