Category: News

Roku’s streaming devices and streaming platform have long made it easy to organize streaming apps. Now, Roku is hoping that you’ll let it organize your subscription payments, too. Roku is… View Article

Hulu is lowering the price of its basic on-demand plan to $5.99, a reduction of $2. But it’s not all good news for Hulu subscribers. Hulu is also raising the… View Article

Broadcast media giant Viacom is making a serious investment in its streaming future. The conglomerate is buying streaming service Pluto TV for $340 million. Viacom has long been a major… View Article

For the first time since October of 2017, Netflix has raised its prices on American subscribers. Subscribers will soon pay $1 or $2 more for their Netflix subscription, depending on… View Article

The ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) space just got a little more crowded. Amazon subsidiary IMDb has launched a new free streaming service called Freedive. This is the same free… View Article

Netflix’s original horror flick Bird Box is having something of a moment, if you haven’t noticed. The film has gone viral, complete with memes and spoilers galore on social media… View Article

Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox has dramatically altered the landscape of the cord-cutting business space, and further changes are still coming. The next ripple effect will be the fate… View Article

The Federal Communications Commission has denied Freedom of Information Act requests related to the agency’s net neutrality comment periods. The requests, which were filed by The New York Times and… View Article

Amazon has a history of live sports streaming deals, but its latest reported move is the most intriguing one yet. Amazon is trying to acquire 22 of 21st Century Fox’s… View Article

Way back in 2016 (remember 2016?) we had a question: who watches more content, Netflix subscribers or Hulu subscribers? To figure it out, we simply crunched some numbers. Using publicly… View Article

Everybody knows that Netflix is cheaper than cable: at just $10.99 per month, Netflix’s most popular streaming plan is barely more than one-tenth of the staggering $100.98 per month paid… View Article

As Netflix tests advertisements for its original content on its own streaming platform, users remain vehement that they do not want to see advertising during their streams, a poll conducted… View Article

We’re big fans of Netflix over here at Cordcutting.com – and according to some recent data, we’re not the only ones. In fact, our calculations show that subscribers spend much more time… View Article

Netflix retired its user reviews feature on July 31 of this year, citing “declining usage.” But analysis of user rating data performed by Cordcutting.com suggests that the streaming giant may… View Article