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Cinedigm Launches New Network CONtv Anime
Today Cinedigm announced the launch of its new animation network, CONtv Anime, a network dedicated soley to Japanese Anime cartoons. The 24/7 linear AVOD channel begins streaming today across connected devices including Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, iOS Android, Vizio, and many more. Cinedigm also announced its plan to rebrand Viewster into CONtv which will…
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Is Your Internet Fast Enough for Streaming?
If you’ve made the decision to cut the cord, one of the most important parts of your dive into streaming is your internet speed. How fast your connection is determined not just your image quality, but how many devices you can use at once. What internet speed do you need to stream? That depends on…
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How to Watch the NBA’s Restarted 2019-2020 Season
Now that both the NBA board of governors and National Basketball Players Association are on board, it looks like we’ll be getting some live hoops action soon. The plan calls for 22 of the league’s 30 teams to wrap up a condensed regular season starting on July 31, followed by the playoffs. If you’ve been…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime the Week of June 8, 2020
Here’s everything coming to Netflix this week: June 8 Before I Fall June 10 Lenox Hill—Season 1 (Netflix original series) June 11 Pose—Season 2 June 12 Addicted to Life Da 5 Bloods (Netflix original movie) Don’t Crack Under Pressure Don’t Crack Under Pressure II Don’t Crack Under Pressure III F is for Family—Season 4 (Netflix original…
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FOX News Podcasts are Now Available on Pandora
Fox News Media and Sirius XM have announced an expansion to their existing broadcast partnership. With this new agreement comes the availability of Fox News original programming podcasts on Pandora. “We are thrilled to expand our longstanding partnership, ensuring SiriusXM and Pandora’s combined over 100 million listeners continued access to our cutting edge news coverage,…
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Roku Teams Up with Kroger for Customer Data Program
Roku announced Monday a new customer data program that will benefit advertisers by allowing the platform to help advertisers better reach their target audience. Roku will partner with the grocery store chain Kroger to test the tools at launch. “We believe that all TV ads will be targeted and measurable,” added Alison Levin, VP of…
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CW’s ‘The Outpost’ Shows TV Production is Slowly Starting to Resume after Shutdown
Today, Electric Entertainment announced Season 3 of CW’s show The Outpost will resume production this month on location in Serbia after being postponed back in March due to coronavirus shutdowns. This is one of the first signs of production in the industry returning to the studio since restrictions have slowly been lifting around social distancing. “We…
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TiVo Stream 4K Update Addresses Blank Screens & Ghost CEC
TiVo launched its affordable Android TV dongle, the TiVo Stream 4K at the beginning of May. Now, the company is giving the device an update to address two known issues. First, the update will address the problem many users were having with the Android TV homescreen being blank. Users haven’t been able to find a…
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Only 13 of the Top 130 Shows on Traditional TV Gained Viewers for 2019-2020 Season
2019-2020 was a good year for television sports, but almost every other program suffered. Taking a look at the latest Nielsen numbers, out of the top 133 primetime shows in the prior year, all but 13 lost viewership this time around – and three of the winners were sports. And in the all-important 18-49 demographic,…
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FCC Extension Means ISPs Can Keep Charging ‘Rental’ Fees on Customer-Owned Gear Until December
The Federal Communications Commission has stepped in to delay a June 20th deadline that would have required broadband and TV providers to stop charging so-called rental fees for customer-owner equipment. The FCC’s move means companies can continue those charges into December. At issue is the Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019, which was signed into…
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TCL Announces Android TV Models for US Market, Plans to Keep Selling Roku TVs
TCL said it’s bolstering its smart TV lineup, adding new Android TV models to sell alongside its slate of Roku TVs. So far, the new options include 40-inch and 32-inch versions of the company’s 3 Series smart TVs. Meanwhile, TCL’s Roku TV models, which were introduced back in 2014, will continue to be offered throughout…
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Top 5 Hulu Originals Available Right Now
By now, if you aren’t well into your third binge watch list of the last couple of months, you’re at least through your first. And chances are good that one of your binge titles is (or should be) a Hulu original. Though it’s menu may not be as lengthy as some of its streaming service…
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90% of Movie Theaters Expected to Reopen by July
The National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) has predicted that 90% of the country’s movie theaters will be open by July, just in time for the release of new movies like Disney’s live-action Mulan Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. The movie theater industry has suffered a devastating hit this year with even the largest chain AMC Theaters…
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Tubi Launches New ‘United Against Inequality’ Collection
Tubi has curated a timely collection of titles that raise awareness on social injustice and prejudice in America. The ‘United Against Inequality’ collection features important documentaries and films on historic events like the Civil Rights Movement and Harriet Tubman story. Here’s a list of titles included in the ‘United Against Inequality’ Collection: Fruitvale Station (2013) –…
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Comcast Has Increased its X1 Cloud DVR Storage to 150 Hours
Recently and without an official announcement, Comcast has increased its cloud DVR storage on X1 from 60 hours to a whopping 150 hours. The company announced it was rolling out this update starting the end of April and hoped to have it complete by June 2020. Now it seems as though everything went according to…
