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Walmart’s Vudu Streaming Service Is Likely Announcing Original Programming Today
Last year we heard that Walmart was working on a Netflix-like streaming service. These plans have reportedly been put on hold, but Walmart is not done with streaming. Earlier this week Bloomberg broke the news that Walmart is producing original programming for families and date nights that will be available through its Vudu streaming service.…
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Sling TV vs YouTube TV vs DIRECTV NOW vs PlayStation Vue vs FuboTV vs Philo vs Watch TV vs Hulu – Updated April 2019
NOTE: To see a more recent update on this topic from September 2019, click HERE. April was a busy month full of changes. FuboTV and YouTube TV added new channels and raised its price. DIRECTV NOW also made a few changes last month. So today we take a look at Sling TV, Hulu’s live TV, YouTube TV,…
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Amazon Prime Video is Coming to Facebook Portal
Do you own Facebook’s Portal smart home device? Soon not only will you be able to call your Facebook friends but also watch TV thanks to Amazon and Facebook Live. Just weeks after Amazon announced that Amazon Prime Video is coming to Android TV it is also coming to Facebook’s Portal service. This means you…
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Comcast Internet Customers Are Getting Closer to Their Data Caps Than Ever Before
In a call with investors, Comcast said that more of its customers are using 200GB of their 1TB monthly data allowance. Back in 2016, Comcast raised their data cap to 1TB. At the time, the company told customer that this data allowance would allow for streaming 600 to 700 hours of HD video. Since then,…
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How to Watch Kentucky Derby on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and More!
Looking to watch Kentucky Derby on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and more? On May 4th 2019 starting at 2:30 PM Eastern you will find the Kentucky Derby airing on NBC. The good news is as a cord cutter you have many options to stream the race on your Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV.…
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The Cable Company Altice Buys The Cord Cutting Service Cheddar
Cheddar has promoted itself as “the leading post-cable news, media, and entertainment company.” Today it was announced that Cheddar was purchased by the cable company Altice for $200 million. Cheddar has two main news network Cheddar focusing on the world of business and stocks and Cheddar Big News that is more focused on a more…
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XUMO Added 7 New Channels in April 2019
XUMO TV is a free on-demand and live streaming service that brings a ton of content to your favorite streaming player. Now XUMO announces that they have added 7 new channels in the month of April 2019. These new channels are currently live on their website XUMO.TV and will be rolling out to other platforms…
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Amazon Prime Video is Coming to Android TV This Summer
Earlier this month we learned that Amazon Prime Video was coming to Android TV. At the time we didn’t know when but now in an interview with TechHive Google says that will happen this summer. Amazon’s Prime Video app has been on some Android TV but this came from special deals not with Google but…
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The FCC Plans to Bring High-Speed Internet to 106,000 Rural American Homes & Business in 2019
This week the FCC announced plans to bring high-speed internet to 106,000 rural homes and business in 2019. The FCC is doing this by taking advantage of the Universal Service Fund. FCC announced earlier this month plans to spend $20.4 billion on efforts to bring broadband to 4 million rural American homes. To do this…
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YouTube & YouTube TV Will Exclusively Live Stream 13 MLB Games For Free in 2019
Today YouTube and Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that they will stream 13 games on YouTube for free. These games will be available exclusively through YouTube in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. You will be able to watch these games on YouTube and on a soon to be launched dedicated channel on YouTube…
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Viacom Channels Are Launching on fuboTV Today Including MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon & More
Today fuboTV is adding Viacom owned channels including MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., BET, CMT, Comedy Central, VH1, Paramount Network, TeenNick and more. Later today Viacom’s nine main networks – BET, CMT, COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Paramount Network, TV Land and VH1 – will soon be included in fuboTV’s base package, “fubo.” Other Viacom channels…
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Pluto TV Has 15 Million Monthly Users & Is Adding Major League Soccer
Yesterday at Viacom’s Newfront presentation in New York City, we got some new details about Pluto TV. One of the highlights was the fact that Pluto TV had 15 million users in March. It was also announced that Pluto TV will be adding Major League Soccer (MLS) to its lineup with details to come. Sadly,…
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Our Rebuttal to The Boston Globe’s Anti-Cord Cutting Story
You may have noticed that there has been a flood of anti-cord cutting stories recently. Last weekend, The Boston Globe joined in with a front-page story called “Internet TV catching up to cable—on price.” As you would expect, many of our readers reached out very upset with what they felt was a one-sided story. So,…
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Spectrum Lost 145,000 TV Customers & 99,000 Voice Customers in The 1st Quarter of 2019
Today Spectrum announced their 1st quarter 2019 subscriber numbers. In that report, it was announced that Spectrum lost 145,000 TV and voice lost 99,000 subscribers in just 3 months. This comes as Spectrum residential video customers decreased by 36,000 in the fourth quarter of 2018. One of the bright spots for Spectrum was that they added…
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DIRECTV NOW, PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Etc. Saw a 108% Jump in Viewership in Early 2019
The big question of how popular streaming, especially live TV streaming, is has been hard to answer because many streaming services do not disclose their subscriber information. Now we get a look into the world of live TV streaming thanks to the research group Conviva’s first quarter 2019 State of the Streaming TV Industry report.…
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