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‘Artemis Fowl’ Skips Theaters and Debuts on Disney+ Today
Today Disney’s new fantasy adventure Artemis Fowl is available for streaming on Disney+. The film, based on a set of 8 novels by author Eoin Colfer, was originally scheduled to premiere in theaters May 29 but opted for a home streaming release due to coronavirus shutdowns. This spring has been a strange one for movie…
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Wander Internet Launches Free Streaming Hub
Wander, an affordable internet service provider announced today the launch of Wander Streaming. Wander Streaming is a free content curation platform with thousands of hours of movies, TV shows, news, and kid friendly content across both paid and free streaming services. “With Wander, our mission is to build the best customer experience for the streaming…
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Pluto TV Adds Two New Channels
Pluto TV is once again adding to its collection of free, curated channels. The streaming service has added two more channels to the lineup – Pluto TV Paranormal Channel and Pluto TV Best Life Channel Pluto TV Paranormal Channel – Ghost stories, UFOs, and more stories of the unknown. You’ll find it on the paranormal…
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Deal Alert: TCL Mini-LED TVs On Sale June 12-14
TCL will be slashing the prices of its Mini-LED TVs, the 8 Series, this week. From June 12-14, you can purchase the 65-inch 8-Series for just $999.99 and the massive 75-inch model for $1799.99, exclusively from Best Buy, both in store and online. TCL showcased the new TVs powered by Vidrian Mini–LED technology at CES in…
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HBO Max is Closing in on 2 Million App Downloads
HBO Max is nearing the 2 million mark for new app downloads in the two weeks since its May 27th launch date. The reinvented app that merged HBO Now with the new streaming services has accumulated approximately 1.7 million downloads by new users in the first two weeks. The app drew in 337,000 mobile installs…
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Netflix Launches Black Lives Matter Collection
When you log in to Netflix, you’ll now see a curated collection of titles sharing stories about race and racial injustice in America, with the title “More Than a Moment.” Netflix announced the new collection with a statement on Twitter The announcement follows a short and to the point statement from the company on Twitter…
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Cord Cutters News Guide to 4K (aka Ultra High Definition) Video
When it comes to streaming and entertainment in general, the subject of 4K has certainly become increasingly popular. We’re no strangers to the subject, whether it’s discussing services that are adding 4K support, or ones where the option is still missing. But we’ve heard from some of our readers who would like to know more…
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Sony’s PlayStation 5 Event Shows Off Options With, Without 4K Blu-ray Drive
While Sony’s rescheduled PlayStation 5 online event focused mainly on games for its upcoming next-gen console, there were still a few details to glean for those hoping to leverage the device as more than a games machine. One of the most notable new details was an actual look at the console itself, including a flowing,…
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PBS Wins The Most Peabody Awards for 2019, Apple TV+ Gets its First
Despite the 2020 ceremony being canceled, the annual Peabody Awards have been divvied out and this year PBS came out on top as frontrunner taking home 7 out of the 30 awards. Netflix and HBO both won 4, including awards for Stranger Things and Chernobyl respectively. Apple TV+ and won it’s first Peabody award for…
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‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Finishes Third Week as Most-Watched Movie
Paramount Home Entertainment’s new release Sonic the Hedgehog has been in the No.1 one spot for the most-watched in-home movie for three weeks straight, beating out The Invisible Man and Birds of Prey. Sonic the Hedgehog made a brief debut in domestic theaters back in February making $146 million at the box office before COVID-19…
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FloSports is Testing A New Watch Party Feature for Live Sports Events
FloSports, a platform for live sports streaming and original content, announced today that it is testing out a new Watch Party feature. With live sports slowly starting to come back, FloSports is making it easier for fans to watch together virtually. The feature will be available on iOS and Android devices. “The FloSports Watch Party…
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Netflix is Having Intermittent Streaming Issues
Update: Netflix says the intermittent issues have been resolved. Netflix subscribers are reporting issues with the streaming service. Netflix updated their help page to say “We’re currently having intermittent issues with streaming on all devices. We are working to resolve the issue. We apologize for any issues.” Down Detector is showing a spike in issues…
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Apple Shares More WWDC Details, Apple TV Reveal Possible
We’ve known for a while now that Apple’s revamped Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC, would take place on June 22nd, but the company has shared more scheduling details, including a keynote address set for 10am PDT. And while the conference understandably focuses on software development, Apple’s been known to discuss new hardware during the event —…
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TuneIn Premium Expands Partnerships With CNN & Bloomberg Media
CNN and Bloomberg Media have joined TuneIn Premium’s line up of commercial-free news. The audio streaming service has expanded existing partnerships with both news networks to provide top-rated news programming in a one-of-a-kind commercial-free format that replaces ads with short-form news stories and clips. CNN is now available to stream, with Bloomberg Media being added…
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A Short Version of ’60 Minutes’ is Coming to Quibi
Quibi is getting a condensed version of the popular CBS news program ’60 Minutes.’ But instead of an hour, the show will be just 6 minutes long to fit in with Quibi’s “quick bites” approach of content 10 minutes or shorter. ‘60 in 6‘ was originally set to debut on Quibi in April but has…
