World Cup Last 16 is here.. Free Your TV!
Last week we provided you with the Complete Cord Cutters Guide to Watching the World Cup. One great way as a cord cutter to experience the World Cup is to tune into the match on Univision and listen to the game on ESPN Radio. (Note: there is a 45 second delay on the audio stream. Press […]
Ding-Dong, Aereo is Dead
The decision is made. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of innovation, the freedom of the American people and the sacredness of over-the-air television. Aereo, a non-moneymaking hobby backed by bloated investors, is dead. Finally. There is reason to rejoice at their demise: Stealing is bad. It turns out you can’t sell something […]
Wil Wheaton, the (Potential) Official Spokesperson for Cord Cutting
Before our very eyes, Wil Wheaton has grown from an adorable young Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation to a still adorable cord-cutting bad ass. The science fiction star, who has also been appearing on the broadcast comedy, The Big Bang Theory, recently launched his own bold voyage against the cable companies. His […]
A Real American Hero: Mr. Antenna Guy
So he may not be pulling children from wreckage or curing disease, but, each day, Mr. Antenna tangibly improves the financial, mental and spiritual well-being of his neighbors – he installs an antenna on their home. We would like to take this moment to recognize a true American hero: the Mr. Antenna guy in Bakersfield. […]
A Cord Cutters Guide to the world’s biggest sporting event!
Brazil. Home to Samba, the Amazon Rainforest and, of course football (the non-American version). Starting today, the country plays host to the World Cup. As you read this, soccer fans the world over are plotting ways they will not miss out on any of the action. Those who do not have cable may feel they […]
President Richard Schneider Opinion Piece Featured in Roll Call
The cacophony of rising ire against pay television’s backward business practices has reached such a volume, the folks in Washington DC are waking up to the cord cutting revolution. While high paid cable company lobbyists have taken to bending consumer statistics, we, at Antennas Direct, know more Americans than ever are liberating themselves and watching […]
Our Not-So-Secret Love for Abusive Cable Companies
Secretly (or not-so-secretly), we love the fact that cable companies abuse their customers. It means more people make the decision to enjoy the unadulterated high-definition, over-the-air content we provide for free. But we especially love it when we have data to illustrate frustration. A recent survey discovered what we have known for years: most people […]
John Oliver Settles the Cable Company Monopoly Debate
On a recent episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver articulates the truth about the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger, “You can’t reduce competition when nobody is competing. You could not be describing a monopoly more clearly if you were wearing a metal top hat while driving a metal car after winning second prize […]
West Virginia Woman Liberated from Cable’s Evil Grasp
In our last blog, we introduced you to Sabrina Thomas, a librarian at Marshall University in West Virginia, who cut the cord after her harrowing experiences with Comcast. We checked in with her to see what her cable liberated life was like. Here’s what she had to say: Cutting the cable cord was a great […]
We Asked Philadelphians What They Thought of Their Cable Company. Here is What They Had to Say.
A few weeks back, we delivered a congratulatory cake to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts. Thanks to their record-breaking poor customer service, Comcast was voted the Worst Company in America on Consumerist.com. While we were in town, we decided to ask the good people in the City of Brotherly Love how they felt about their cable […]
Six Things You Can Buy When You Cut the Cord which Add More Value to Your Life Than Cable
Each year more people are joining the cognitively superior hoard of cord cutters. But, if you are still on the fence and debating the value of an HD-antenna, we’ve prepared a list for you. Here are six things (more useful and healthy than cable TV) that you can purchase with the money you save when […]
What Happens When You Congratulate the Worst Company in America
In a recent contest from Consumerist, Comcast beat out Monsanto (a company with whom the word “evil” is often associated) as the Worst Company in America. And we are simply giddy with excitement at the results. We were truly pulling for them. After all, their tenacious dedication to abusing customers is a special talent, and […]