Or Goren

Or Goren

Wide-ranging editor and writer with many years of experience, from news and finances to entertainment and technology. Based in London, I'm the founder and editor-in-chief of Cord Busters. I cut the TV cord back in 2014 and never looked back. I watch a lot of TV, and thankfully I can choose whatever I want to watch without depending on archaic channels.
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Streaming TV Is Demolishing Pay-TV And Broadcast Channels In The UK

A new Ofcom report sheds some light on the streaming habits of Brits – and shows how regular pay-TV companies (Sky/Virgin Media/etc’) are losing the battle to streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. Furthermore, broadcast channels such as BBC 1 and ITV are also losing viewers – a lot of them – in their fight against the American streaming giants. 47% of UK homes, according to Ofcom’s “Media

Aug 11, 2019 4:06pm No Comments
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It’s Official: BBC iPlayer Gets Permission To Keep Shows For 12 Months

Tired of having your favourite programmes disappear from BBC iPlayer after 30 days? Following a proposal from the BBC, they now have permission from Ofcom to keep programmes on iPlayer for a full year. While this is meant to help the BBC compete with streaming services such as Netflix, the new decision also comes with a few conditions. A few months ago, following a dramatic drop in BBC iPlayer’s market

Aug 2, 2019 5:25pm No Comments

BritBox Is Coming: New Details On The BBC/ITV Joint Streaming Service

BritBox, the joint streaming TV venture from BBC and ITV which is supposed to be the British answer to Netflix, is coming this autumn. The service, according to newly released details, will cost £5.99 a month, and will have no exclusive new programmes at launch (though new programmes are expected to arrive in 2020.) The new service aims to compete with Netflix, which has taken the British TV market by

Jul 29, 2019 8:08am No Comments
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NOW TV Will Hand Out Pies And Free Cinema Passes In Central London

Here’s a sentence you didn’t think you were going to hear today: Sky and their streaming service, NOW TV, are opening a pop-up Pie-Shop near Oxford Circus, where they will hand out free… pies. Oh, and free NOW TV Cinema Passes while you’re there. NOW TV is Sky’s answer to Netflix and UK cord cutters – a cheap TV service that doesn’t require a lengthy contract and gives you flexible

Jul 23, 2019 5:06pm No Comments
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Manhattan Launches T3-R 4K Freeview Play Recorder Box

Following in the footsteps of their other excellent Freeview boxes, Manhattan TV have finally launched their much-awaited T3-R box: A 4K Freeview Play device that also sports recording capabilities on either a 500GB or a 1TB hard drive. (For our guide on what Freeview is and how to get it, see here.) With the recent launch of the Manhattan T3-R Freeview box, the UK-based company now has devices in all

Jul 17, 2019 10:22am 1 Comment
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Cord Busters Nominated For 2019 UK Money Bloggers Award

For the second year in a row, Cord Busters has been nominated for a “Best Specialist Money Blog” award, as part of the 2019 UK Money Bloggers awards ceremony. Winners will be announced at the annual conference in September. I started Cord Busters back in 2016, and it has since become one of the leading destinations for UK cord cutters and people who are looking to save money on their

Jul 9, 2019 7:08am No Comments
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Amazon Slashes Prices On 6 Premium TV Channels For A Limited Time

Six premium TV channels which are part of Amazon Prime’s “Channels” add-on, such as StarzPlay, Discovery and others, are now 50% off for three months in preparation for Amazon’s “Prime Day”. You’ll need to hurry up though, as the deal is only available until July 16. Amazon Channels is an add-on service for Prime subscribers, launched in the UK a couple of years ago, where you can pick and choose additional premium

Jun 30, 2019 8:26am No Comments
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Sky And NOW TV Lose “Grey’s Anatomy” And Other ABC Studios Box-Sets

Box-sets of popular shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Scandal and others have recently been removed from NOW TV and Sky’s on-demand section, following the end of the contract between ABC Studios and Sky. ABC is owned by Disney, and with Disney’s plans to introduce their own Video on Demand streaming service later this year, Disney+, speculation has been made that the removal of these shows has to do with Disney

Jun 12, 2019 9:51am No Comments
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BBC To Make Over-75s Pay The TV Licence Fee, Amidst Growing Criticism

3.7 Million over-75 pensioners in the UK will have to start paying the annual TV licence fee (currently at £154.50) starting next year, according to new plans announced by the BBC. The only ones exempt from this new rule are those who claim pension credit – a controversial means-based test, which is often overlooked by those who need it the most. The TV licence is a tax used to fund

Jun 11, 2019 9:16am No Comments
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