AARP The Magazine Offers Suggestions For Free TV

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AARP The Magazine is great for coming up with money-saving ideas, and their latest study (August/September 2022 Issue, page 16) focuses on dropping cable or satellite in favor of free options called FAST (free, ad-supported streaming TV).  They recommend trying the following options:

Freevee

This is Amazon’s new free TV service with an average of six to seven minutes per hour, and shows like Hollywood Houselift With Jeff Lewis and Bosch: Legacy.

Roku Channel

 

Highlights include Emeril Tailgates, shows by Martha Stewart and Christopher Kimball as well as 3,000 older episodes of their shows.

 

Peacock

Shows include Downton Abbey, the first five seasons of The Office and all episodes of Saturday Night Live.

 

Pluto TV

This includes a plethora of shows from A&E, AMC, CBS, CNN and Paramount plus game shows like Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune and Let’s Make A Deal.

 

Tubi

Shows include The Freak Brothers, The Masked Singer and TMZ.

Seniors Are The Last Age Demographic To Drop Cable, Cut The Cord

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Virtually all of the major streaming services like Netflix and Hulu are having trouble sustaining their growth rates as myriad new services like Discovery+, Disney+, ESPN+,HBO Max etc. provide cheaper options than paying the fat cable or satellite bill each month.  The only thing which has given the sector some hope has been the growing number of 50+ streamers who are signing up for the online video services.
According to Nielsen, people 50 and over accounted for 39% of total streaming watch time in May, up from 35% a year earlier. “Streaming has progressed beyond both early adopters and the second wave, into older audiences that have been the last holdouts, “Brian Fuhrer, SVP of product strategy and thought leadership at Nielsen, told The Wall Street Journal.