Previously on Cord Cutter Weekly …

Despite TV viewing restrictions, Verizon’s NFL deal will be a huge help to cord cutters, who can trim down TV costs by watching the occasional game on a smaller screen.

Whereas Apple and Amazon only compete in a couple of marginal areas, Amazon and Google increasingly threaten one another’s core businesses.

Once the FCC eliminates net neutrality rules entirely, it’ll remove the last defense mechanism consumers have against punitive data caps.

After months of rumors and build-up, Philo’s sports-free streaming bundle launched this week.

I’ve put together a rundown of all the latest streaming devices from Apple, Roku, Amazon, and Google, and what you stand to gain by upgrading from their older hardware.

Despite meaningful hardware improvements, little has changed on the software side, where the core task of looking for things to watch remains a confounding design problem.

While no one likes to see their bills increase, it’s worth keeping the prospect of internet price hikes in perspective:

With the Streaming Stick and Stick+, the remote’s new TV volume and power controls are a vast improvement to the streaming experience, well-worth paying a little more money.

Although it has a few redeeming qualities, Xfinity Instant TV is weighed down by arcane restrictions on how and where you can watch TV, and in many cases, it’s more expensive than other streaming bundles.

Unfortunately, Roku’s recent over-the-air innovations are only available on its smart TVs, not its streaming players.