Previously on Cord Cutter Weekly …

Announcing the reason you’re on this website right now.

Cable providers are becoming desperate to prop up the kind of double- and triple-play deals that were once a cornerstone of their business.

On Twitter and in forums such as Reddit, an outcry has been building as users discover that their DVR access isn’t quite what it used to be, and that on-demand video with ads have become much more pervasive.

Figuring out which apps and streaming services you need to watch live sports can be hard, and it’s only getting harder. Bleacher Report Live might be able to help.

While Google says protecting kids is a “top priority,” releasing TV apps for this purpose apparently isn’t.

ESPN+ doesn’t make cutting the cord any easier. It’s more of an on-ramp to traditional TV bundles than a way to avoid them.

Hardware-exclusive TV would be harmful to consumers, toxic to the TV industry, and maybe even detrimental for Apple.

In most cases, over-the-air DVR still requires a subscription, but if you’re willing to sacrifice some fancier features, it is possible to record free channels from antenna with no subscription fees.

After nearly a decade writing about technology, it’s easy for me to make faulty assumptions about what’s common knowledge, and I figured some judgment-free Q&A might be helpful for everyone.

Although cord cutting is getting easier all the time, it’s not automatically a better option than traditional TV service.