Previously on Cord Cutter Weekly …

Media companies badly bungled the transition into the cord cutting age. Now, they want you to pay for their missteps by making everything worse.

This free app automatically combines your watchlists and watch history into a single menu.

Cutting the cord doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are some simple steps for making the leap.

Paramount+ keeps futzing with its sign-up flow, but you can still get free months.

Let’s round up some stories from the past few months in case you missed them, clip show style.

Despite widespread reports that Netflix will begin “blocking” users who regularly stream from outside the home, the company has not yet committed to a timeline for cutting people off.

After all these years, some providers still don’t understand how DVR should be done.

The sad truth is that viewers who watch ads are better for business than those who don’t. Commercial-free TV will become more of a luxury as a result.

Cut down on equipment rental fees by using your TV provider’s free streaming apps instead.

Long-pressing your remote control buttons can be a source of hidden functionality on smart TVs and streaming players—for better and for worse.