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YouTube TV is Offering a Free Preview of Showtime and Epix This Weekend
For this weekend only, YouTube TV is offering subscribers a free preview of two premium channels – Showtime and Epix. The preview runs from October 30 through November 2 and subscribers will find the two channels on their Home tab. On Epix, you’ll find movies including The Addams Family and Gretel & Hansel, along with…
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Here’s Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas Lineup 2020
Hallmark Channel is bringing its yearly Countdown to Christmas back even earlier this year, so you don’t have to wait to watch all the new holiday movie premieres of 2020. And thank heavens because this year could use some early Christmas cheer to lighten the mood, right? Plus, Hallmark is sprinkling around extra joy this…
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Netflix is Increasing Prices on Standard and Premium Plans
Today, Netflix increased prices for US customers. The Netflix Standard plan is now $14 per month, a $1 increase, and the Premium plan is now $18 per month, a $2 increase. We first reported that an analyst was predicting a price increase last month, noting that Netflix would make between $500 million to $1 billion…
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Crackle App Will Launch on Cox Contour Platforms
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has announced a Crackle App will soon be available on Cox Contour TV and Contour Stream Player platforms. That means all Cox TV customers will have access to Crackles full library of free entertainment, including its growing number of Originals. “Crackle is excited to work with Cox and to…
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Amazon Fire TV and Echo Show are on Major Sales for Alexa’s Birthday
Everyone’s favorite virtual assistant Alexa is turning 6 in November, and Amazon is celebrating with some big discounts on select devices. The voice assistant made her debut on November 6, 2014 and is now very much a part of our lives. Now’s a great time to take advantage of the celebration sales happening at Amazon…
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VIZIO Adds Facebook Watch App to SmartCast TVs
Earlier this week, VIZIO announced it’s launching Facebook Watch to its lineup of apps available on SmartCast TVs. Now SmartCast TV users can discover new videos based on their interests through Facebook Watch, all on their TV screen. “Bringing Facebook Watch to SmartCast furthers our mission to provide VIZIO customers with direct-to-device access to all…
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Peacock is the ‘Opposite of Quibi’ Says NBCUniversal CEO
After announcing that Peacock has reached 22 million sign ups earlier today, the company wants to make it clear that there is a plan to continue growing the service. That plan includes building Peacock’s content library with “familiar” titles that people already know, love, and want to come back to. “The fact that we have…
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Bette Midler Confirms the Original Sanderson Sisters will Star in ‘Hocus Pocus’ Sequel
Last year we posted about reports of a Hocus Pocus sequel in the works at Disney. Now Bette Midler herself has confirmed she will be reprising her role as Winifred Sanderson, accompanied by her on-screen sisters Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as fellow witches. Midler she and the others were approached to star in…
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Yahoo Launches its First Smartphone on Yahoo Mobile
Yahoo is diving deeper into the world of mobile, announcing today the launch of its first ever smartphone, the Yahoo Mobile ZTE Blade A3Y. The phone features an 8MP rear-camera dual flash and 5MP front-facing camera flash, a 5.4 inch 720HD display, rear fingerprint sensor and face unlock feature, and the Android 10 operating system.…
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Peacock Added 7 Million Users After Roku Deal, Reaching 22 Million Subscribers
While Q3 was tough on Comcast’s cable business, it was a strong quarter for the company’s streaming business. Comcast announced today that its NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock reached 22 million subscribers by the end of the quarter on September 30. One reason for the jump in subscriber numbers was the distribution deal Peacock made with…
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Locast Expands to Wilkes Barre and Scranton, PA
Locast is once again expanding its service. After launching in Indianapolis just yesterday, the local broadcast TV streaming service announced today that it is now available to those in the Wilkes Barre, Scranton and Hazleton TV market in Pennsylvania. “For the first time, more than 1.5 million residents in Wilkes Barre and the surrounding area…
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Comcast Lost 273,000 Cable Customers in Q3 2020
Comcast reported its Q3 financials this morning, which included a loss of 273,000 video subscribers in total. That number was made up of 253,000 residential customers and 20,000 business video customers. At the end of Q3, Comcast reported 19.22 million residential TV subscribers and 874,000 business subscribers, for a total of 20.09 million cable customers.…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix in November 2020
Everyone can calm down now because season 4 of The Crown is almost here. The Netflix original chronicling the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II returns to Netflix on November 15. Princess Diana fans have been looking forward to this season which will likely chronicle her wedding to Prince Charles as well as the…
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Sinclair Considers Restructuring, Affecting Regional Sports Networks
It’s been just over a year since Sinclair Broadcast Group purchased 21 Fox regional sports networks through its subsidiary Diamond Sports Group for $9.6 billion. The company is now reportedly looking into restructuring, with an analyst calling the RSNs “Sinclair’s Achilles heel.” The company and its creditors have each brought in advisers to assist with…
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Disney+ App Rolls Out Content Sharing Feature
Disney+ has added a new feature to the platform’s app that allows you to share content over social media and messaging. The app feature lets you share links to your favorite shows to social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram. You can also send direct links via instant messaging apps. The messages pop up with…
