Today in Cord Cutting Today for August 12, 2025 we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting including: Major Changes Coming to Roku TVs & Roku Players.
Roku Expands Public Testing of Its New Home Screen with More Content Recommendations https://cordcuttersnews.com/roku-expands-public-testing-of-its-new-home-screen-with-more-content-recommendations/
ESPN & Fox Team Up To Offer a $39.99 Bundle Of Their New Streaming Services
https://cordcuttersnews.com/espn-fox-team-up-to-offer-a-39-99-bundle-of-their-new-streaming-services/
AOL to End Iconic Dial-Up Internet Service, Marking the End of an Era https://cordcuttersnews.com/aol-to-end-iconic-dial-up-internet-service-marking-the-end-of-an-era/
Amazon Launches 24 Satellites Aboard SpaceX Rocket to Build Its Home Internet Service https://cordcuttersnews.com/amazon-launches-24-satellites-aboard-spacex-rocket-to-build-its-home-internet-service/
Paramount Inks $7.7 Billion Deal for Exclusive UFC Media Rights on Paramount+ https://cordcuttersnews.com/paramount-inks-7-7-billion-deal-for-exclusive-ufc-media-rights-on-paramount/
YouTube Is Killing Disney+, HBO Max, & More https://cordcuttersnews.com/youtube-is-killing-disney-hbo-max-more/
52 Years Ago Today George Lucas’ “American Graffiti” Debuted Paving The Way For Star Wars https://cordcuttersnews.com/52-years-ago-today-george-lucas-american-graffiti-debuted-paving-the-way-for-star-wars/
Attorneys general nationwide target voice providers to curb robocalls https://www.wgal.com/article/attorneys-general-nationwide-target-voice-providers-curb-robocalls/65630321
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There is a surefire way of preventing robo callers. The government do not call list is bullsh*t. They need to revise the rules. 1) you can no longer spoof your number. I get a lot scammers, whom make their calls look local. 2) you can't call from overseas, just to avoid US laws. 3) you should be able tell the caller to put you on their do not call list. 4) Businesses and Governmental agencies shouldn't be able to sell your information. As soon as I had got my watch, I was getting thousand of calls. I don't know my watch number, but how can they know it? I'm mainly getting calls about clearing up my back tax debt. I don't have back tax debt. So, I block all incoming calls from my watch. I treat scam calls, like I treat my scam emails. I block them and report them. My cell phone service allows me to report scam calls. Plus, I can block unknown callers calls.
AOL? It's like JC Penney—whenever I hear the brand name, I automatically think, didn't they go out of business years ago?
I'm in my 60s and used AOL, CompuServe and Prodigy back before broadband and Netscape were around. I was a network mgr in the 90s and early 2000s and used whatever came along that seemed promising or just better. Had to keep up with the tech.
As for channels, I get Britbox, Acorn, Disney +, MHZ, and occasionally watch my Amazon Prime TV. I use Xfinity Stream also to watch one of the 200+ movies I purchased unlimited viewing licenses for (can't do commercials or cutdown-for-tv or censored movies).
regarding logos, for the love of G*d could Pluto go back to their (most recent) previous one? I suppose the yellow black can stick around through Hallowe'en, otherwise it's so boring and makes me expect a horror channel