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An Estimated 25% of Households will Drop Pay-TV This Year
Cable TV has been steadily losing subscribers to streaming services for some time now, and it’s not expected to slow down. Newly revised projections show that 1 in 4 households plan to drop their pay-TV subscription in 2020, and nearly 40% of subscribers will drop service by 2025 That means 14 million U.S. broadband households…
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YouTube TV Launches New Fantasy Football Feature
After losing a list of regional sports networks at the beginning of this month, YouTube is adding a new feature for football fans. With the new Fantasy View feature, YouTube TV subscribers can track their fantasy footballs while watching games. “In building YouTube TV, we wanted to reimagine what it meant to watch TV, not…
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Netflix’s Holds 9/10 Spots on Nielsen’s Weekly Streaming Chart
Netflix once again dominated TV screens landing nine out of the 10 spots on Neilsen’s streaming rank list September 14-20, including the number one spot for the most-streamed show. The streaming giant’s new original thriller Ratched was the number one streamed show, followed by Cobra Kai and The Office. Lucifer was bumped down to number…
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Kanopy Partners with A+E Networks to Add A&E and History Content
A+E Networks announced a partnership with free streaming service Kanopy to add select docuseries from A&E and History. This agreement will make historical documentaries and specials from A+E Networks available on the Kanopy platform in the US, Canada, U.K., Australia and New Zealand “Kanopy continuously strives to present its users with valuable and enriching content…
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These Three Roku Devices are Still on Sale
Prime Day may be over, but some cord cutting deals are still active, including the sale on three Roku devices. You can get these devices on sale now through October 17. Roku Express The Roku Express is made for quick and easy setup. Just plug it into your TV and connect to the internet to…
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Check out HBO Max’s Designated Halloween Section
With Spooky Season in full force, HBO Max is making sure you have all the scary movie options right at your fingertips. Check out its designated “Halloween is Here” spotlight page conjuring up all the horrifying, thrilling, and spooktacular movies and Halloween-themed episodes. Watch psychological thrillers like The Butterfly Effect, cult favorites from another time…
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TiVo Adds 72 Pluto TV Channels to Its Free Streaming Service
TiVo announced today an expansion of its partnership with the free streaming service Pluto TV. With the partnership, 72 featured Pluto TV channels are coming to the TiVo+, the company’s own ad-supported streaming service, exclusive to TiVo customers. “TiVo really knows how to drive discovery of our great linear and on-demand content. We’re very excited to…
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Roku Ultra 2020 Review: More Speed, More Features, and a Bit More Ultra
Editor’s Note (11/13/20): We’ve updated this review to include benchmarks and other insights gained after installing Roku OS 9.4 and exploring its new features and performance improvements. The latest Roku Ultra is here and the company’s promising a faster, more feature-rich iteration of its top-of-the-line dedicated streaming device. Of course, this isn’t the first Roku…
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Evoca Launches First 24 Hour 4K UHD Channel with ATSC 3.0
Evoca announced today that it has launched what it’s calling the first over-the-air broadcast 4K UHD channel via ATSC 3.0, called Insight TV. Boise, Idaho is the first market to receive Insight TV’s “adventure-focused” 24/7 programming on the Evoca platform. Evoca has created an OTA platform to compete with cable TV, using NextGen TV standards.…
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Vevo Announces a New Music Video Experience for Apple TV
Today, Vevo announced that it has partnered with XITE to create a new music video app for Apple TV. The app will include an extensive music video catalog, a new interactive user experience, and personalization for each user. With this free app, Apple TV users will be able to search for music videos and find…
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Amazon Extends NFL Coverage to Post-Season with Rights to a Wild Card Game
Amazon will expand its deal with the NFL to stream a playoff game this season. Sources for The Wall Street Journal said conversations about the coverage took place Wednesday. The deal is for one of the two additional wild card games that have been added to the NFL postseason schedule, airing on January 10. Amazon…
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EXPIRED: You Can Still Get Discounts on These Amazon Devices for Prime Day
While some Prime Day deals are expiring, Amazon is keeping the discounts on some of their cord cutter friendly products going through day two. Here are some of the deals that are still active. Get the Fire TV Cube for $79.99, down from $119.99 The Fire TV Cube is the fastest, most powerful of the Fire…
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The HBO Max ‘Grease’ Spinoff is Moving to Paramount Plus
Last year, HBO Max ordered a straight-to-series Grease spinoff based on the original John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John film from 1978. Now Paramount+ has snagged the series for its own and made some changes along the way. The new ViacomCBS streamer has rebranded the film as Grease: Rise of The Pink Ladies, changing it from…
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OnTech Extends Partnership with Linksys for Mesh WiFi System
OnTech Smart Services announced today that it is now the preferred installation partner for Linksys’ mesh WiFi systems. OnTech is a company that specializes in the installation, setup and personalized education of smart home products. Linksys’ whole home internet services have grown 200% year over year. The company’s Velop whole home mesh WiFi system delivers…
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EXPIRED: Prime Day Movie Sale: Get ‘Frozen 2’, ‘1917’, ‘The Way Back’ & More for Under $10
We’re on the second day of Amazon’s two-day shopping event, so there’s no time to waste if you’re looking to take advantage of the sales on digital entertainment. Fall is here and that means movie nights and even more time spent inside curled up in front of your TV. So now’s the best time to…
