-
Sling TV Expands Into Puerto Rico
Today Sling TV announced that they are expanding their live TV streaming service into Puerto Rico. This gives residence in Puerto Rico access to a new streaming option to replace traditional pay TV. “DISH has served customers in Puerto Rico for 20 years, and we have been proud to lead the way in delivering the…
-
YouTube TV Pulls Support for Roku Players
After working for almost a week a few hours ago Google updated YouTube TV to remove support for casting to Roku players and Roku TVs. Starting with an update about a week ago YouTube TV was updated and allowed casting to Roku players as long as you had the Roku YouTube Channel installed. The casting…
-
New York & Montana Pass Net Neutrality Laws
This week, New York became the second state to pass a net neutrality law with an executive order from Governor Andrew Cuomo. According to the executive order, all contracts with the state of New York will mandate that the provider must adhere to network neutrality, which will effectively force ISPs who want a contract with…
-
How to Watch YouTube TV on Roku Players
Yesterday we broke the news that you can now cast YouTube TV to Roku players from phones and tablets. Many readers wrote in not sure exactly how that works. Update: Google just updated YouTube TV to pull support for Roku Players. Details can be found HERE. So we wanted to take a minute and explain…
-
First Look: DIRECTV NOW Beta on Roku
Yesterday AT&T started rolling out invites to test the DIRECTV NOW app beta on Roku players. Now, this is just testing the app, not the DVR. According to the emails going out, the DVR will come later. “The True Cloud DVR is not available for Roku devices yet. We’ll let you know when it’s ready…
-
DIRECTV NOW Starts Beta Testing The New App on Roku Players
Today AT&T started rolling out invites to test the DIRECTV NOW app beta on Roku players. Now this is just testing the app not the DVR. According to the emails going out the DVR will come later. “The True Cloud DVR is not available for Roku devices yet. We’ll let you know when it’s ready…
-
Report: CBS & Viacom Boards to Discuss Merger
Just over a week ago we learned that talks between CBS and Viacom have started for a possible merger. Now we have learned that the talks are going to the next level as CBS and Viacom Boards of Directors will meet to discuss the merger idea. Back in 2010, the two companies merged only to break…
-
fuboTV Adds 9 new CBS & NBC Affiliates
Today fuboTV announced that they have added 9 new NBC and CBS affiliates. With this move fuboTV now offers NBC to over 50% of Americans. Here are the 7 NBC affiliates that fuboTV added: NBC KOAA – Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO WITN – Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC WLEX – Lexington, KY WMTV – Madison, WI WNYT –…
-
Pandora Premium Arrives on the Fire TV
Yesterday Pandora updated their Fire TV app with several new features. For the first time Pandora Premium members will be able to access their on-demand content through the Fire TV. So, what’s new? Search and play songs, albums, or playlists for any occasion. Enable Autoplay so the music never ends. Pandora keeps it going with…
-
Fire TV Adds Single Sign-On Support
Today Amazon enabled the ability to sign in once with a pay-TV provider and get access to a growing list of apps like Hallmark Channel, CNN Go, DIY, A&E, History, and more. This allows you to avoid the annoying task of having to log into each app individually on the Fire TV. Now you can log in…
-
YouTube TV Adds Casting Support For Roku Players
When YouTube TV first launched it only worked on Android, iOS, and Chromecast via casting. Later they added support for casting to Apple TV, and released an app on Android TV. Now YouTube TV has added support for Roku players and TVs. UPDATE: A few hours ago Google updated YouTube to remove support for casting…
-
Charter is Testing 5G Home Internet in 6 Cities
For some time now we have known that Charter has been working on 5G home internet. Now they have announced six cities that Charter will test out 5G home internet. 5G home Internet promises to bring fiber Internet speeds without the cost of running fiber to each house. With 5G you will be able to get…
-
Tablo DVR Owners Now Have Access to New Advanced Recording Features
Today Nuvyyo, the company behind Tablo DVRs, is rolling out a massive update with new advanced DVR features. With this update, Tablo DVR owners will be able start a recording up to 10 minutes early and let it run up to 3 hours beyond the program’s scheduled end time. This allows Tablo DVR owners to…
-
The FCC Just Made It Easier For Google Fiber to Expand
For years Google Fiber has fought to expand their internet services into new markets. Sadly they have been slowed by existing providers blocking access to poles. This has greatly impacted Google’s ability to expand their fiber internet service. Now an FCC Committee has handed Google Fiber, and other internet providers who want to expand, a…
-
Hulu Added 14 ABC, FOX, & NBC Affiliates This Week
This week Hulu topped 500 live ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC affiliates nationwide. This comes as Hulu’s live TV service added 14 new ABC, FOX, & NBC affiliates this week. Here are all the affiliates that Hulu added this week: NBC Affiliate DMA WSMV Nashville KOB Albuquerque-Santa Fe WNYT Albany-Schenectady-Troy WLEX Lexington KOAA Colorado Springs-Pueblo…
