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today I've got seven big streaming
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changes for January 2024 and keep
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watching to the end for a deal alert
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you'll only get this month let's get
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started number one if you're a Prime
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member yeah I know you've probably
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gotten this email by now starting
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January 29th Prime video movies and TV
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shows will include ads how many ads well
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fewer than linear TV and other streaming
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platforms at least that's what Amazon
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says for now now you don't have to take
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that is unless you want to pay more to
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get rid of the ads on Prime video that's
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going to be $2.99 a month cancel any
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time I'm curious are you going to
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upgrade only 12% who responded to this
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YouTube Community poll said yeah they
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will upgrade and pay more for ad free
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prime before you do know that even if
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you pay for ad free Prime video you're
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still going to see some advertising on
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Live Events like Thursday Night Football
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as well as when you're watching content
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from Amazon own freey number two if
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you're planning to watch NFL wildcard
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playoff games well you may need to sign
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up for peacock this is a first peacock
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has exclusive rights to one NFL playoff
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game it's on Saturday January 13th and
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the peacock game will immediately follow
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a 4:30 pm game that'll be shown on both
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peacock and NBC but again that late game
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only on peacock the exception if your
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home team is playing in the peacock
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exclusive game then it will air on NBC
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another option for you NFL plus but
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that's phones and tablets only moving on
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to number three it's a new feature alert
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for YouTube TV subscribers how to
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quickly return to the last Channel try
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this press and hold select or okay on
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your remote this feature is slowly
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rolling out across multiple devices not
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everyone has it in the meantime another
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way to see the last Channel you can
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always arrow down a couple times while
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watching live TV and the last channel
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will be in the first position number
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four you may notice some changes to
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YouTube ad breaks when you're watching
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on a TV set fewer ad breaks that's the
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good news but those ad breaks they're
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getting longer YouTube surveyed users
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and found that when watching long form
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content on a TV set most people actually
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prefer it this way meaning more ads
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grouped together instead of distributed
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all throughout the video comment below
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let me know what you think number five
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the showtime cable network is getting a
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new name starting on January 8th it'll
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be called Paramount plus with Showtime
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sound familiar huh yep it's the same
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name as the Paramount plus streaming
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services Premium plan along with the
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rebranding variety reports that some
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Paramount plus Originals will be added
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to the premium cable network number six
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late January right before the Super Bowl
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it's typically a great time to buy a new
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TV set especially one with all the bells
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and whistles but the deal guy Matt
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Granite says some entry level and
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midlevel TVs are on Deep Discount right
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now and that's because they just didn't
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sell out on black Friday I did a quick
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Google search in early January found
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quite a few 65 in TV sets in the $300 to
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$400 range Brands like Samsung LG and
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TCL all on sale number seven if you've
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got Xfinity for TV or Internet service
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well your bill could be going up
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starting this month Xfinity's website
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says the price hike is due to the rising
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cost of content as well as investments
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in its network if you're paying a promo
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rate that rate will not change however
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additional charges for equipment also
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broadcast TV and Regional Sports fees
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those may still increase so even if
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you've got a promo rate your bill could
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still be going up customers should have
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received 30 days notice with their last
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bill if you're looking to get away from
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Xfinity I recently published my updated
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guide to cutting the cord I'll link to
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that down below and now as promised a
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deal alert to kickoff 2024 new visible
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by Verizon customers can get the base
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Unlimited plan for $220 a month for 24
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months two full years there's also a
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discount on the visible Plus premium
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plan both deals expire January 31st
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visible has been my main carrier since
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2019 one of more than 15 cheap phone
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plans that I've reviewed and here's who
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I like it for first most importantly
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single line users because there's no
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family plan also people who want
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Verizon's Network and don't want to pay
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the high price of Verizon for Bas plan
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customers anyone who isn't obsessed with
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the fastest data speeds or priority data
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you'll want the visible plus plan for
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that frequent mobile hotspot users
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that's unlimited too and finally people
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who are comfortable with chat-based
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customer support I've updated Michael
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saves deals.com with this deal and a
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whole lot more too links on my website
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do help support this channel thank you
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for watching today and I hope to see you
