Previously on Cord Cutter Weekly …

While there are steps you can take to minimize your streaming data use, our streaming devices could be doing a lot more to help.

Compared to my usual TechHive columns, this one’s a little different.

TiVo knocks down whatever anticipation it had been building up for new products by confirming last week that it will stuff pre-roll video ads into users’ recordings.

The mid-range streamer seems to be making a comeback with the new Roku Ultra ($100) and Amazon Fire TV Cube ($120).

While the term “carriage dispute” implies equal responsibility for these incidents, in reality one side bears most of the blame.

Antennas are making a comeback as more people cut cable TV, but that doesn’t mean over-the-air DVR is going mainstream along with them.

Disney+ is launching on November 12 for $7 per month or $70 per year, with a big emphasis on Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, and Disney characters.

Frndly TV is by far the cheapest and most focused live TV streaming package yet, and while it might not have everything cord-cutters want or need, it could supplement other streaming services and spare folks from getting much more expensive channel bundles.

While it’s probably too late at this point to influence new features for the next Nvidia Shield TV, now seems like a good time to revisit what the original Shield got right and wrong, and how a new version could do even better.

From pricing and packaging to advertising and the content itself, Netflix and Disney are taking opposite approaches to almost every aspect of streaming video.