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Expired: Deal Alert: Buy 1 Echo Dot Get 1 FREE
Right now Amazon has a special sale on the new 3rd Gen Echo Dot. You can get 2 Echo Dots 3rd gen for just $50. (Typically $49.99 each.) Or you can get one for just $29.99. This is a really great deal and if you want an Echo Dot you probably shouldn’t pass up. To…
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YouTube TV Is Working On a Fix For Their Apple TV App
For over a week now we have been getting reports of an issue with YouTube TV and their Apple TV app. Reports have been flying in of YouTube TV having poor streaming quality and other issues. Reports like these: @CordCuttersNews did you know @YouTubeTV is not streaming correctly using a Apple TV 4K? Streaming is…
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Hulu is Expanding Their Anime Lineup With Funimation
This week it was announced that Hulu and Funimation have teamed up to give Hulu first rights to any United States streaming rights for any anime series under Funimation. This means before it will air on Funimation’s streaming service it would be on Hulu if they pick up the rights. “What this partnership brings us…
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Sling TV Adds a New Preschool Focused Ad-Free Channel Called Hopster
Today Sling TV announced a new preschool focused channel called Hopster that offers educational programming without ads for preschool-aged children. “Hopster features preschool-age programming that helps develop children’s literacy and numeracy, making it a win-win for parents and kids. And, since it includes hundreds of on-demand titles available right at your fingertips, you’ll never have…
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Pluto TV Adds WeatherNation & Combate World
Yesterday Pluto TV added two new channels to their lineup with the addition of Combate World and WeatherNation. Combate World (Ch 206): Combate World is the premier destination for Mixed Martial Art (MMA) content. Featuring world championship level events, reality television and lifestyle programming, the Combate Americas franchise is the recognized leader in Hispanic Sports…
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Microsoft Plans to Bring Broadband Internet to 3 Million Rural Americans
Do you live in a rural area with limited internet options? Yesterday Microsoft announced plans to expand their wireless internet service to 3 million rural Americans over the next three years. Microsoft is hoping they can close the gap between urban American internet and rural American internet. “At Microsoft we believe this is an urgent…
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AT&T’s New Streaming Service Will Rely Heavily on HBO Content
AT&T recently announced plans to launch an on-demand streaming service. According to AT&T, their new on-demand service will launch in the fourth quarter of 2019 and it will include three levels: a basic entry-level option that will offer movies, a premium service level with original HBO programming and “blockbuster movies,” and a final level that…
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DIRECTV’s Streaming Service Will Be Cheaper Than DIRECTV NOW
This week AT&T’s Chief Randall Stephenson revealed more about the future of DIRECTV NOW and the new DIRECTV streaming version launching in 2019. According to Stephenson, DIRECTV’s new streaming service will cost less than DIRECTV NOW. This comes as AT&T announces plans to thin out DIRECTV NOW by dropping channels with a goal of keeping…
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New Sling TV Customers Can Get a FREE Roku Express
Recently Sling TV updated their offer to include a free Roku Express if you prepay for one month of Sling TV. This is a limited time deal but no end date has been announced. If you are thinking about signing up for Sling TV this may be an offer you should check out. You can…
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Roku’s SVP in Charge of Players & TVs is Retiring
Today Roku announced that Chas Smith Roku’s Senior Vice President and GM of Roku TVs and Roku Players will retire at the end of the first quarter of 2019. Chas Smith has been with Roku since March of 2010 as Vice President of sales and led online Roku Player sales. In 2012 he took over the…
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Expired: The Nvidia Shield is On Sale For Just $167.99
Nvidia Shield is on sale for Black Friday with a new all-time low price of $167.99. (This deal is for the Shield and remote only.) The Nvidia Shield has long been seen as the flagship Android TV device on the market. It is also one of the few Android TV devices out there to have an…
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Vidgo & DAZN Team Up
Vidgo a new live TV streaming services announced plans to launch a joint bundle deal with DAZN. Vidgo currently offers several international packages and a soon to be released English language package. Now you can get both Vidgo and DAZN for one monthly fee of $29.99 for their Latino mas package. (Or get DAZN as an…
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AT&T Plans to Charge $50 to $60 a Month For DIRECTV NOW
Today AT&T’s chief Randall Stephenson opened up more about the future of DIRECTV NOW and the new DIRECTV streaming version launching in 2019. Part of that talk revolved around plans to charge $50 to $60 a month for DIRECTV NOW after thinning it out. During a talk at UBS Global Media and Communications Conference Stephens…
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Report: Hulu & AT&T Are Working On Videos Ads When You Pause a Show
Today it was reported that both Hulu and AT&T are testing out full video ads when you pause a show. Now if you pause your TV show, AT&T and Hulu hope to place ads on that. This is nothing new but what is new is replacing it with a video ad that fills all or…
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If Roku Goes Up for Sale, Who Would Buy Them? We Take a Look
Rumors have been flying for years now that Roku, the company, is or will be up for sale. This does not mean Roku is struggling. Roku just had one of the best quarters ever in the history of the company. Sales are going strong and by most reports over half of all streaming players in…
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