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Cloudflare Has Improved Their Network for Faster Live Video Streaming
This week, Cloudflare introduced Concurrent Streaming Acceleration, a new technique for reducing the end-to-end latency of live video on the web when using Stream Delivery. Live video is becoming an increasingly large part of content streaming. Cloudflare’s question is how close to real-time that live video really is. There are a few steps between the event…
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CuriosityStream Now Offers Offline Viewing
Love CuriosityStream but wish you could watch it offline? Now you can do just that as CuriosityStream has started to roll out offline viewing. Now you can download content from CuriosityStream to your device and watch it when you don’t have internet. Here is how CurioistyStream explains the new offline viewing option: To watch your…
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CBS Has Reportedly Offered to Buy STARZ From Lionsgate
Today it was reported by The Information that CBS has made an informal offer to buy Starz. Starz is currently owned by Lionsgate and competes with CBS’s Showtime network. Now it seems that CBS wants to own STARZ to help expand its share of the premium cable TV channels to take on HBO. According to…
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getTV Will Air “Married with Children” in Memory of Tim Conway
In honor of the life and career of Tim Conway, who passed away on May 14th at the age of 85, getTV will be airing four episodes of the sitcom “Married with Children” featuring the actor. The episodes will air beginning Sunday May 19 at 12 midnight EST. Married with Children, starring Katey Sagal as…
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Amazon Has MLB.TV’s Yearly Subscription on Sale For Just $59.99 Down From $118.99
Back in March Amazon announced that they have added MLB.TV to their Amazon Channels service. Now Amazon is having an MLB.TV sale offering a year of MLB.TV for just $59.99 typically $118.99 a year. You can find this deal on Amazon’s website HERE. FAQ: What is MLB.TV? MLB.TV is a regular-season package you can subscribe…
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Philo is Making it Harder to Tell if a Show is DVRed or Available From On Video On-Demand
This week Philo started to roll out an update to their apps on the Fire TV and Android TV that made a few changes to how the app works. One of the changes you will find is that Philo removed the tags that let you know if a show was DVRed or is available from…
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Sling TV Offers App Authentication to 24 Apps
When you sign up for a subscription to Sling TV, you can use your login information to sign into some of the apps and websites for channels that are available through Sling. Keep in mind that Sling offers most of the content that you’ll find in these apps in their on-demand library. However, there might…
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The One Thing You’re Probably Missing From Your Cord Cutting Setup…
As one Reddit user pointed out, there’s one thing that many former cable users might be missing from their old setup after cutting the cord – a clock. A bit of digging through Reddit threads showed dozens of similar comments. Cord cutters don’t miss the monthly bills, hidden fees, or channels they never watched. What…
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Netflix Saves Kids From 400 Hours of Commercials Each Year
Screen time for kids is on the rise. Unsurprisingly, the amount of screen time for children under 2 years old has more than doubled since 1997, according to a report from CNN. While time spent on phones, tablets, computers, and in front of the TV has increased significantly, there’s one difference between kids today and kids…
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Cord Cutting Today #55 – DIRECTV NOW $10 Off For 6 Months, Fire TV Growth, & More
Did you know we have a daily YouTube cord cutting newscast? Cord Cutting Today look sat the biggest Cord Cutting stories from the past 24 hours in about five or so minutes. We will post these Monday through Friday in an effort to help keep you up to date on everything happening in the world…
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WWE is Adding More Classic Content
The WWE Network has announced that they’ll be adding more classic content to their streaming service. Starting May 20th, you’ll be able to watch more episodes of WCW Thunder in the Vault section. For those who aren’t familiar with WCW Thunder, here’s how the WWE Network News describes it. WCW Thunder was a high-level B-show…
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These are the Animated Shorts Coming to Disney+ in 2020
Three animated shorts, “Just a Thought,” Exchange Student,” and “Jing Hua” are coming to Disney Plus in Spring 2020. These three new shorts are part of the Short Circuit program at Disney. The program was designed to give animators the freedom to pitch original ideas and take more risks wit their ideas. When the pitches…
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Sling TV Adds More STARZ & Encore Channels
Yesterday Sling TV added several additional STARZ and Encore channels to their lineup. In the past when you subscribed to Starz through Sling TV you got the main STARZ channel plus a huge catalog of on-demand content. Now you will also find additional Starz channels like Western, Action, Suspense, Classic, Family, and more. Here are…
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Vidgo Plans to Launch Its U.S. Live TV Streaming Service This Summer
Yesterday at the Pay-TV show, Vidgo announced plans to launch an English U.S.-based live TV streaming service this summer. In 2018, Vidgo launched several international packages. Now the long-awaited English U.S. streaming service is finally getting close to a launch date. Vidgo also gave us a look at their current international packages. According to Vidgo,…
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Hulu Returns to Some Vizio Smart TVs
Last year Hulu dropped support for some Vizio smart TVs. Yesterday Hulu officially added support for Vizio smart TVs and even added live TV support. Here is the post made on Hulu’s Offical SubReddit by Hulu Staff: Even more exciting news straight out of Hulu HQ! Do you have a VIZIO SmartCast TV, and wish you could…
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