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Netflix Alters ’13 Reasons Why’ Scene Graphically Depicting Suicide
The season one finale of the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why included a nearly 3 minute long scene that showed the character Hannah, played by Katherine Langford, ending her life. Netflix has now removed the scene and edited the episode which now shows Hannah looking in the mirror and cutting to her parents reacting to…
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Plex Updates it’s Apple TV & iOS Apps Adding HDR Support & More
Today Plex announced that they are updating their Plex app on the Apple TV and iOS to add HDR support and more. Plex is also enabling Face/ToughID to log into Plex on your Apple iPhone or iPad. Here are the updates you will find added today. Apple TV and iOS updates The Apple TV enhanced video…
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Disney & Spotify Team Up to Bring Disney Music to Spotify
Today Disney and Spotify announced a new joint partnership to launch a the Disney Hub. This new service will include Spotify music along with a collection of Disney playlists including music from Pixar, Disney, and Marvel. The service launched today and is open to users in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Australia, and…
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The FCC Just Approved $563.2 Million to Expand Rural High-Speed Internet in 24 States
Yesterday the FCC announced two efforts to expand high-speed internet into rural America. First, the FCC is partnering with New York State’s Broadband Program to spend $39.2 million to bring highspeed internet to 15,442 unserved rural New York Homes. The FCC is also spending $524 million to bring high-speed internet to 205,520 rural American homes…
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Hulu with Live TV vs YouTube TV: Which is the Better Deal? We Take a Look (Updated July 2019)
With so many changes to the pricing, content, and features of streaming services lately, we’re back with updates to our comparison posts. In this series, we put two streaming services side by side, giving you the details about each to help you decide which is right for you. Today, we’re looking at Hulu with Live…
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Pluto TV Adds a 24/7 Dora Channel Getting You Ready For The New Dora Movie
Today Pluto TV added a new 24/7 Dora TV channel playing non-stop Dora the Explorer episodes. This channel launches a few weeks before the new Dora movie launches on August 9th 2019. It seems that Viacom is hoping to use Pluto TV to help promote the new movie. This may be a templet for how…
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Sinclair’s Free Stirr Streaming Service Plans to Add 12 New Channels & Hits 1 Million Downloads
Yesterday, the free ad-supported streaming service from Sinclair called Stirr turned six months old. As part of that news Sinclair announced that they have hit 1 million downloads six months faster than they expected. “We launched Stirr with the base premise that all of the national OTT services were ignoring the value of local programming,…
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Apple Shares Their Plans for Launching New Shows on Apple TV+
In an interview with the Sunday Times, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue dove further into the plans for the new streaming service, Apple TV+. During the interview, Cue revealed that the plan for Apple TV+ is to focus more on slowly rolling out high quality content, rather than pushing…
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Comcast Has 12 Different Hidden Fees on Its Triple Play Packages
We are still hearing stories about how cord cutting costs more than cable TV; however, rarely do these stories include the hidden fees and taxes that are added to the advertised prices. So, today we are going to take a look at all 12 of the fees that you will find on Comcast’s Triple Play…
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EXPIRED: Here Are The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals You Can Still Get For Cord Cutters
Still looking for some great deals for Prime Day 2019? Many deals have already ended but there are still many great deals for cord cutters. Including Fire TVs and Roku Players. Fire TVs: Right now you can get the Fire TV Stick on sale for just $14.99 down from $39.99. Want the Fire TV Stick…
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AT&T’s DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW, & U-verse TV May Soon Lose CBS Owned Locals
Right now AT&T already has a fight going on with Nexstar that is almost two weeks old. This has resulted in many ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC locals going dark on DIRECTV NOW, DIRECTV, & U-verse TV. Now CBS is warning that they may also pull its CBS owned local CBS stations soon. According to…
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EXPIRED: Amazon’s 32″ HD Fire TV Edition Smart TV is Just $99.99 For Prime Day (Ends Tonight)
Need a very cheap small TV? Amazon has you covered as with a $99.99 HD Toshiba Fire TV Editon Smart TV. Not only is it a cheap TV but also comes with a Fire TV built-in for just $99.99. This is a limited time sale that will end tonight so don’t wait. You can find…
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The FCC Wants to Block Local Cities From Imposing Fees on Home Internet
For years now local governments have turned to internet services as a way to rais more revenue. To do this they have been imposing fees on internet services similar to the fees you see on cable TV. Now the FCC is proposing blocking local governments from imposing fees on home internet as they have done…
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CBS & Viacom Reportedly Set an August 8th Deadline For Merger Talks
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge. Now it has been reported by CNBC that CBS and Viacom have agreed to an August 8th deadline for their merger talks. This does not mean a deal will be reached but it sounds like one…
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HDHomeRun DVRs Are Getting an Updated User Interface Today
Do you use an HDHomeRun from SiliconDust for your antenna? The HDHomeRun turns your antenna into a streaming device and/or a DVR. Now SiliconDust is rolling out an updated user interface. You will know if you have the updated user interface if you see a gear in the top right corner of the Recorded or…
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