Articles about cord cutting

Sorry, Comcast: The new Xfinity Flex streaming box won’t get me to uncut my cable cord

Commentary: After subscribing to Comcast cable television and broadband internet in some form or another for about the past 20… Read More

Sling adds new channels, Apple TV compatibility in boon for cord cutters

Live streams of television, and most importantly live streams of sports, always seemed like a bit of a pipe dream… Read More

Cord cutting is the new mortgage burning: 1 in 5 young adults have broken up with cable or satellite

If you make money charging people for TV access, here’s the latest set of scary numbers. A new Pew Research… Read More

Amazon launches marketplace for cord cutters, now sells streaming subscriptions through Prime

Amazon announced its new Streaming Partners Program on Tuesday as the company tries to turn its Amazon Video platform into a marketplace… Read More

Verizon FiOS confirms move toward unbundling channels with Custom TV

Television packages are increasingly looking less like a Happy Meal and more like, “Would you like fries with that?” Verizon confirmed… Read More

Why I’m staying with Comcast – even though it’s Comcast

Comcast has my TV business. And despite the deep emotional satisfaction I might derive from cutting that particular cable, it is… Read More

The Xfinity Diet: How I slashed my monthly cable bill, and barely noticed the difference

Seeing Sling TV at the Consumer Electronics Show last month was an eye-opening experience. For $20/month, the new service from Dish Networks offers a… Read More