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Frndly Adds UPtv to Its $5.99 a Month Live TV Streaming Service
Back in November Frndly TV announced plans to add UPtv to their lineup. Today they flipped the switch and added UPtv to their live TV streaming service Frndly TV announced that they are adding UPtv to its lineup. According to their website, UpTV offers “original scripted and reality series, specials and original movies as well…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Was the Best Selling Streaming Player on Amazon For Black Friday & Cyber Monday
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are now over and Amazon is giving us some insight into their sales. According to Amazon, the Fire TV Stick 4K was the best selling streaming player on Amazon. “We’re focused on making this holiday season more convenient than ever for our customers, especially given how short this holiday shopping…
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AT&T Wants 400,000 TV Customers to Switch to More Expensive DIRECTV Plans or Cancel
This week, AT&T chief financial officer John Stephens gave shareholders an update about financial goals going into 2020. A large part of that plan centers on moving customers away from discounted video plans to more expensive AT&T TV or DIRECTV plans. If they don’t move, AT&T seems to be trying to force them to cancel.…
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Roku Now Has a Web Browser for Roku Players & Roku TVs
For years now, Roku owners have been wanting a web browser especially with Amazon now offering an official web browser. Now thanks to the developer Endangered Screens, Roku owners have the option to surf the web on their Roku. Now this is not an official Roku-made web browser, but it is a real browser that…
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AT&T TV NOW is Rolling Out a New & Improved App on Roku
Do you have AT&T TV NOW on Roku? AT&T has good news for you as they are rolling out an updated user interface with new features to the AT&T TV NOW Roku Channel. One of the most significant changes to the AT&T TV NOW app on Roku is the ability to find recently viewed channels…
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Cord Cutting Today #209 – YouTube TV’s New $59.99 Package? T-Mobile’s New Streaming Service, & More
Cord Cutting Today is our daily look at some of the biggest stories happening right now in the world of cord cutting. You can find these videos posted on YouTube every Monday through Saturday. Today in CCT #209 we talk about: YouTube TV’s New $59.99 Package? T-Mobile’s New Streaming Service, AT&T’s HBO Max, Roku Ultra,…
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Hulu is Removing Facebook As a Login Option
Do you use Facebook as a way to log into your Hulu account? Starting today, Hulu has announced that they will begin to remove Facebook as an option to log in. By 2020 Hulu says you will no longer be able to log into Hulu with Facebook on any of Hulu’s apps. The good news…
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CBS & Viacom Have Now Officially Completed Their Merger Into ViacomCBS
Today CBS and Viacom have completed their merger into a single company called ViacomCBS. This closes what turned out to be a long and drawn-out process to once again merge the two companies into a single organization. “This is a historic moment that brings together two iconic companies to form one of the world’s most…
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Amazon Fire TV Now Has the Peloton Fitness App
Today the fitness company Peloton announced its first app designed for TV, which is available exclusively on Amazon Fire TV. Previously, the Peloton app was only available on smartphones and tablets, meaning users had to watch their workout classes on a tiny screen. With Fire TV gaining new compatibility with the app, you can now…
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The FCC Plans to Spend $9 Billion to Bring 5G Internet to Rural Americans
Today the FCC announced plans to create a $9 billion fund to help bring 5G internet service to rural Americans. Similar to how the FCC has been helping offset the costs of broadband internet in rural America, the FCC now wants to help the rollout of 5G to rural Americans. “5G has the potential to…
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The United States House Has Approved a New Anti-Robocall Bill
Today the United States House voted 417-3 to approve an anti-robocall bill that would help change rules to make it easier to crack down on unwanted calls. This new bill helps address problems with robocalls by strengthening penalties for intentional robocalling in violation of the prior consent requirement. The bill also requires telephone service providers…
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How to Watch Adult Swim on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, & More
Want to watch Adult Swim on your Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and more? Good news, you can do just that through a number of different services for both live and on-demand. Watching Adult Swim Live Sling TV will stream the Adult Swim for just $25 a month after a 5-day free trial. If you…
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Crunchyroll Teams up With VIZ Media Europe Group
Today, the world’s most popular anime brand Crunchyroll announced its new partnership with VIZ Media Europe Group to distribute content through the group’s network of partners across Europe, The Middle East and Africa. With this new joint venture, John Easum has been appointed as new Head of Crunchyroll EMEA. Easum’s role will oversee the global…
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YouTube TV Now Offers Gift Subscriptions on Amazon For Christmas
Today YouTube announced they now offer gift cards that can be used for YouTube Premium or YouTube TV. Right now they are digital-only so there are no physical gift cards to give but you can buy them on Amazon. This makes it easy to give the gift of YouTube Premium or YouTube TV for Christmas.…
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Sling TV is Removing FOX On-Demand Content
Last week, Sling TV quietly dropped FOX’s On-Demand content in some areas. Earlier this week, Sling TV also dropped NBC’s on-demand content in areas that don’t have an NBC affiliate live on Sling TV. According to Sling TV, they no longer have rights to NBC content in markets where they don’t offer a local NBC…
