Lowcast has informed subscribers it will be ending its service following an unfavorable court ruling.
Comcast’s New Cordcutting Service Has a Lot of Catches
Everyone’s looking to give people more cordcutting options these days – even the guys providing the cord. Comcast has just announced a new streaming service, which it hopes to make available to the entire country by early next year. It’s…
Showtime’s Standalone Streaming Service Is Now Available
Showtime’s standalone streaming service has finally gone live. For $10.99 per month, you can watch Showtime content online without a cable subscription. You’ll be able to stream on Apple devices, Roku, PlayStation Vue, and Showtime’s iOS apps. If you sign…
HBO Is Ready to Take Everyone’s Money Now
Someone on HBO’s social media team should get a raise. Back in 2012, an online campaign called “Take My Money HBO” went viral. The entire purpose of said campaign was to show HBO that people had an interest – more…
HBO Comes to Sling TV, Giving Cordcutters Another Option
It doesn’t appear that Apple has totally cornered the cable-free HBO market after all. Dish’s Sling TV has announced that HBO is coming to the subscription-based live TV service, making it the first and only internet TV platform to offer…
Xbox One Gets Sling TV, Extended Free Trial
Subscription-based live TV service Sling TV has just hit its first gaming console – and it’s the Xbox One. You can now grab the Sling TV app in the app store. All Xbox customers get a free one-month trial –…
Apple’s Streaming TV Service Could Launch This Fall
Apple wants to sell Apple TVs, but one hurdle the company has to jump is convincing people they need an Apple TV. What’s the real benefit of streaming Netflix or Hulu or whatever via Apple TV, when I can do…
Apple Wants to Give Cordcutters Live TV Too: Report
Apple, who has had a fair amount of success selling hardware that lets users stream TV shows and movies, is now considering stepping into the role of content gatekeeper. A report from Re/code, citing various industry executives, says that Apple…
HBO’s New Standalone Streaming Service Reportedly Coming in April
HBO’s standalone streaming service – you know, the one that people demanded for years and that the company finally announced in October – is likely to launch in April of 2015. And it looks like it may be outsourced. According…
CBS, Like HBO, Is Also Cutting the Cord with New Streaming Service
Not to be outdone by HBO and their theoretical cable-free content platform, CBS has announced a new subscription service that lets users watch the network’s programming both live and on-demand. It’s called CBS All Access, and it’s launching today on…
HBO Without a Cable Subscription Is Actually Going to Happen
Within the next year, HBO is going to do something that people have wanted the venerable network to do for a long, long time. HBO is finally going to let you watch Game of Thrones without a cable subscription. Not…
Netflix Users Aren’t Abandoning Traditional Television
A new study suggests that Netflix users aren’t turning to Netflix as a replacement for cable, but rather a supplement. In other words, people just love TV shows and movies and they will turn to any and all means necessary…
HBO GO without the Cable Subscription? HBO CEO Says Maybe, Possibly, Down the Road. Maybe.
There is a lot of awesome content coming from HBO. The venerable premium cable network has produced some of the best shows to ever grace the small screen (The Wire, The Sopranos), and currently produces some of the most interesting…
Cordcutting on the Rise? Cable Subscriptions Projected to Shrink Over the Next Few Years
As television and film streaming options continue to expand, people are finding it easier to get the content they want without paying for cable or premium services like HBO. The movement to ditch cable and move to online-only media sources…