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Pluto TV is Asking The FCC For a Closed Caption Waiver
Recently Pluto TV asked the FCC for a waiver releasing it from the need to offer closed captions for one to three years. Pluto TV says they need the extra time in order to become compliant with the closed caption rules. Pluto TV is asking for a one-year waiver for the following devices: Hisense; Playstation…
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Disney+ Hires Away Netflix Director of Original Film
After countless stories of Netflix luring executives away from other companies like Activision and ABC, we have a report that one of Netflix’s own executives has been hired away by Disney+. According to a report from Deadline, Disney+ has hired Matt Brodlie, the Director of Original Film from Netflix. At Disney+, Brodlie will serve as…
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Here’s Everything Coming To Amazon’s Free IMDb TV Service in July 2019
Amazon recently launched a new free ad-supported streaming service called IMDb TV. This service runs through the Amazon-owned IMDb website. At launch, Amazon promoted the service as being available on Fire TVs and online. Now overnight Amazon updated their Roku and Apple TV apps to add free ad-supported movies. Available July 1st: A FISH CALLED…
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AT&T Just Donated $500,000 to Locast
Today AT&T announced that they have donated $500,000 to Locast to support their free streaming service. This comes at a time that Locast has been expanding with the addition of South Dakota along with Los Angeles and San Francisco. “AT&T is donating $500,000 to non-profit advocacy group Sports Fans Coalition NY (SFCNY), which operates the…
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fuboTV is Launching a Free Ad-Supported Sports Network Today on XUMO & More
Earlier this year we learned that fuboTV was working on a free ad-supported streaming network. Later today fuboTV is launching this channel called the fubo Sports Network. This new network will offer sports fans sports news, sporting events, and exclusive programming. A lot of this content at first will be previously aired content and fuboTV’s…
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There Is No One Cord Cutting Service or Streaming Player That Is Right for Everyone But There is One Right For You
Every day someone asks what is the best streaming service or streaming player. The truth is, there is no one device or service that is right for everyone. Unlike cable TV, which pushes subscribers into one of a few packages, cord cutting gives you the ability to pick the devices and services that are right…
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Verizon is Expanding its 5G Network to Denver & Providence
Today Verizon announced that they are expanding their 5G network into Denver and Providence starting July 1st, 2019 as they work to get 30 markets live with 5G by the end of 2019. “We said we’d be live with 5G in 30 cities this year, and today, Denver, CO goes live. Providence, RI joins the…
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YouTube TV’s Updated User Interface is Now on Android TV
Back in May YouTube TV started to test an updated user interface with a larger preview screen and more channel suggestions. Google’s YouTube TV team confirmed that this feature is being tested as part of a “phased launch experiment.” A few weeks later the tests stopped and the old preview screen and channel suggestions returned.…
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Most Cord Cutters Plan to Buy a Roku This Year Over The Amazon Fire TV & Apple TV
Early this week we posted about what are the most popular devices cord cutters use. In that same survey we also asked if they planned to get a new streaming player this year what device would it be? This gives us an idea of what the most popular streaming players will be going forward. Here’s…
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Over 91% of Cord Cutters Subscribe to 4 or Fewer Streaming Services
Recently there has been a huge push promoting the idea that cord cutting costs more than cable because cord cutters subscribe to so many services. Our readers have loudly pushed back on the idea that they pay more than cable TV. To confront that idea, Cord Cutters News added a new question to our quarterly…
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Yahoo Finance Comes to Fire TV & Android TV
This week Verizon launched Yahoo Finance on the Fire TV and Android TV. With this new app, users can access live-streamed market coverage, as well as on-demand video clips and editorially curated playlists, exclusive live-streamed events, original series, personal finance content, and more. About Yahoo Finance: From the moment the market opens, stay up-to-the-minute with…
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NBC Merges All of Their Streaming Apps Into a Single App
Love using network apps to access live streams or on-demand content? Hate having to have multiple apps installed? Today NBC addressed that issue by merging all of their network apps into a single app. Now with the new NBC app, you can access all NBC Universal networks content from a single place including E!, CNBC,…
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PlayStation Vue Adds The Tennis Channel to More Packages & Adds CuriosityStream
Today PlayStation Vue announced that they have added the Tennis Channel form the Elite Package to the Core package and above. In the past, you would have had to pay $59.99 or more to get the Elite package now you can get The Tennis channel in the $49.99 Core package. PlayStation Vue has also added…
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Amazon’s Twitch Services Launches Paid Subscriber Options Similar to YouTube Memberships
Recently YouTube launched a feature to let fans of YouTube channels subscribe to them to access exclusive content. Now Amazon’s Twitch streaming services is also launching a subscription service to let fans of popular streams subscribe for exclusive content. Now Twitch streamers can offer VIP badges and custom Subs to their subscribers. Twitch streamers will…
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TCL’s 43″ Roku TV With 4K Dolby Vision HDR is On Sale For Just $259.99
Looking for a really cheap 4K HDR TV with Dolby Vision built in? Right now you can get the TCL 43″ Roku TV with 4K Dolby Vision HDR TV for just $259.99. This is down from the list price of $499.99. The best part is this TV is also compatible with Alexa and Google Assitant…
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