GEEK WIN!!! I cut the cords today! Finally I sat down and reduced Spectrum down to Internet-only and then added YouTube TV. Total bill went from $280 to $140! Should done this a lot sooner...other thoughts.
Spectrum kept trying to throw in a new mobile phone (boo hiss - I don't need another phone)
For free - Spectrum added a goofy TV service called TV Stream with 90+ Tier 2 channels I either get with YouTube TV or don't care about...
In other cable provider/streaming news:
Following in the footsteps of some smaller US cable operators, GCI, Alaska's biggest cable operator, is preparing to end its pay-TV service. GCI confirmed that it has informed its video customers that it will shut down its TV offerings by mid-2025 and allocate more of its resources toward broadband and mobile.
Amazon to shut down Free (from the media site Deadline)
It’s official — free, ad-supported video on demand streaming service Amazon Freevee, the home of such originals as Jury Duty, Bosch: Legacy and Judy Justice, will be phased out over the coming weeks. Its content, which already has migrated and is available on Prime Video, will remain there, with new episodes of Freevee shows, including Judy Justice, Neighbours, Tribunal Justice, America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation and Bosch: Legacy as well as older originals including Jury Duty, High School, Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis and Primo, staying in front of the paywall and available to non-Prime customers.
T-mobile Subscribers - you can get NetFlix and Paramount+ for free with your T-Mobile mobile phone subscription
DirectTV acquisition of Dish is OFF! (CNBC)
“A successful exchange was a condition for acquiring the Dish video business,” the spokesperson said in an email on Tuesday. “Given the outcome of the EchoStar exchange, DirecTV will have no choice but to terminate the acquisition of Dish by midnight on Nov. 22.”
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