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Apple’s New Cord Cutting Service Will Be FREE for iPhone & Apple TV Owners
This week it was reported by CNBC that Apple’s long-awaited streaming service will be free to iPhone, Apple TV, and iPad owners. According to reports, Apple is spending about $1 billion on content for their on-demand streaming service. This includes partnerships with stars like Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. According to CNBC, the new shows…
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PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, & More Now All Work on Amazon’s Echo Show
This week Amazon updated the Echo Show to include official support for Hulu’s on-demand and live TV streaming service. They also added a browser with support for Fire Fox and the Silk browser. With the Silk browser you now get access to a ton of streaming services through their website. We can confirm that Sling…
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DIRECTV NOW is Having Issues With Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Channels
Have you been getting error messages when you try to watch local channels on DIRECTV NOW? Well, you are not alone as we are receiving a flood of reports form DIRECTV NOW that local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC channels are not working. As best we can tell this issue is limited to select devices.…
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The Roku Stick is Still On Sale For Just $39.99
For a limited time, (maybe longer than we thought) the Roku Stick with the new advanced remote with controls for your TV is on sale for just $39.99 down from $49.99. You can find this deal on Amazon HERE. More about the Roku Stick: Powerful and portable Voice remote with TV Power and volume 500,…
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fuboTV Will Streaming the NLCS MLB Playoffs in 4K
Today fuboTV announced that they will stream the 2018 NLCS MLB Playoffs in 4K on both FS1 and FOX. fuboTV is the first live TV streaming services in the United States to offer 4K streaming. Well, others have announced plans for 4K none of them have launched a 4K streaming services. The MLB Playoffs are…
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3.0 Over The Air TV Testing is Coming to California
Today it was announced that the new ATSC 3.0 OTA TV standard is expanding their testing into Santa Barbara, CA. This comes as the family-owned News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) announced that they will start testing the new OTA TV standard. “While most people wouldn’t expect cutting-edge technology in a relatively small market, the fact is…
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Scammers Are Once Again Targeting New Roku Owners
This month Roku is officially launching a new line of Roku players. This means thousands of new Roku owners will be setting up their new Roku and many will likely find themselves facing a popular scam targeting Roku owners. Just this week we saw a huge uptick in readers reporting scams targeting Roku owners. Hopefully,…
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AT&T Is Expanding Public 5G Testing
Want to test out 5G home internet in person? AT&T wants to give you a hands-on test at the upcoming Flacons vs Dallas Cowboys game on November 18, 2018. Can’t make the game and live in Hawaii? AT&T plans to offer in-person 5G internet tests in Hawaii at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit. AT&T has…
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Pluto TV Hopes to Improve Their Ads
This week Pluto TV announced that they are partnering with audience intelligence and data-management company Tru Optik. With this partnership, Tru Optik will help Pluto TV offer better targeting, validation, and measurement to their ad partners. “By leveraging Tru Optik’s household graph, we will provide every brand partner with an unparalleled targeting, measurement and validation offering,”…
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Can I Really Use a Paperclip to Watch Over-the-Air TV? (Guest Post)
Today’s post is a guest post from the great team over at TabloTV.com. Laura Slater is one of the cord cutting experts at TabloTV.com and has been blissfully cable-free since 2010. She enjoys sharing the money saving tips and tricks she’s learned to help others join the cord cutting revolution. When you search for advice on accessing Over-the-Air…
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DIRECTV NOW Adds Dolby Digital Audio Support to More Channels
A few weeks ago, DIRECTV NOW added Dolby Digital Audio and DTS support to select FOX stations including FOX News. Now DIRECTV NOW is rolling out Dolby Digital Audio to Disney-owned channels including select ESPN channels. If you have a sound system that supports Dolby Digital Audio or DTS you should now be able to…
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3 Easy Tips to Fix Buffering on Your Favorite Streaming Services
Buffering is something that happens to everyone at some point and everyone likes to blame the service. Yet the issue may not be the streaming service, it may be your home network. With this being one of the most popular questions we get we wanted to once again address Here are three tips to fix…
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Review: 2018 TiVo Bolt OTA DVR for Antennas & Cord Cutting
Recently TiVo announced the new TiVo BOLT OTA DVR designed for cord cutting. This new DVR not only is a dedicated OTA DVR, but it is also a 4K streaming player. Now we got our hands on the 2018 TiVo BOLT OTA DVR. Here is our full review: The new four-tuner TiVo BOLT OTA costs $249.99…
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You Can Now Watch Hulu on The Amazon Echo Show
A few weeks ago Hulu announced that they will be the very first live TV streaming service available on Amazon’s Echo Show device when the 2nd gen Echo Show launches next month. The Echo Show has had on-demand services for some time but now Hulu is bringing their live TV streaming service to Amazon’s newest…
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The PGA is Coming to ESPN+ & ESPN
Today the PGA & ESPN announced a deal that would bring 165 hours of live PGA action to ESPN and ESPN+ every May starting in 2020 and running for 11 years. “This agreement is going to be great for golf fans and is significant for ESPN and ESPN+,” said Burke Magnus, ESPN Executive Vice President, Programming…
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