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PlayStation Vue is On Sale (Limited Time Offer)
Right now the PlayStation Vue’s Core Plan, typically $49.99 a month, is on sale for just $39.99 a month for the next two months. All new subscribers can get the deal, and it looks like if you don’t have the Core Plan, you can upgrade and get the sale. Last time this deal happened current…
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Cord Cutting on The Cheap – How to Cut The Cord As Cheaply as Possible
Thinking about cord cutting but worried about the cost to get started? Here is a short guide on ways to get started as a cord cutter on the cheap. #1 Streaming Players With the average price of $70 to $100 per streaming player buying a new streaming player(s) can be a bit pricey; however, there are…
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Comcast Adds 3 New Members To Hulu’s Board
Back in 2011, Comcast did just about anything to buy NBCUniversal from General Electric. To get the deal approved, they agreed to a long list of government-imposed limitations. One of the last of these limitations was how much control Comcast could have over Hulu. NBCUniversal was one of the early owners of Hulu, but part…
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Top 10 New Roku Channels for September 2018
Over the last few weeks, Roku has rolled out dozens of new and updated Roku Channels. With so many channels it can be hard to find some of the best ones, so we handpicked the best new and noteworthy Roku Channels for September 2018. (Note some of these channels have been around a bit but…
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Amazon Is the Most Trusted Video & Music Streaming Service According to A New Study
This week The Values Institute released their annual national trustworthiness study and ranked Amazon as the most trusted video and music service. Netflix was in close second followed by Pandora, YouTube, Hulu, and Spotify. “Amazon Prime is clearly benefiting from the trust people have in Amazon overall who is the de facto trust leader among…
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The Free Live Sports Service Stadium Launches on The Fire TV
In 2017 Stadium launched on Pluto TV, Twitter, Facebook, and over-the-air in select markets. Stadium is owned by a collection of industry leaders including MLBAM, NHL, the PGA TOUR, Time Inc, and Sinclair Broadcasting Group—the largest over-the-air TV owner in the United States. Now Stadium has launched a dedicated app on the Fire TV. Stadium…
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DIRECTV NOW is Getting Ready to Release a Streaming Player Called The Osprey
For some time now we have known that AT&T was working on a set-top box for DIRECTV NOW. The device is an Android TV powered streaming player called Osprey. (AT&T is very likely to change the name before release.) This all comes from a Reddit user called Justice_Ranger who claims to be an AT&T employee. Other…
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The FCC Is Trying to Speed Up the Roll Out of 5G Internet
Recently the FCC announced they will vote in three weeks on a plan to accelerate the roll out of 5G wireless internet in the United States. The goal is to pass rules that would override local rules that are holding up 5G deployment. Many cities have rules that delay the placement of 5G small cells,…
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Netflix Saves ‘Designated Survivor’ As a Netflix Original
Recently it was announced that ABC would not be renewing Designated Survivor for a 3rd season. This week Netflix announced they will renew the show for a 10 episode season 3. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to play President Kirkman for season 3 of ‘Designated Survivor’ with Netflix, eOne and Neal Baer. I believe…
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Amazon Just Announced a Newly Updated Fire HD 8 Tablet
Today Amazon announced a newly updated Fire HD 8 with 10 hours of mixed use battery life, and a new 8″ HD display with over 1 million pixels, and a quad-core processor. The new Fire HD 8 will hit stores October 4th, 2018 but is now available for pre-order on Amazon for just $79.99. “Fire HD 10…
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XUMO Hires Former Sling TV Executive to Lead Their Engineering Team
Today the free streaming service XUMO announced that they have hired Dan Lloyd as Head of Engineering. Before this Lloyd was the VP of Engineering at Sling TV he oversaw the creation and deployment of the company’s flagship service. XUMO offering thousands of live and on-demand titles, with content from Fox Sports, NBC News, CBSN, History…
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DIRECTV NOW’s Unlimited Data Deal May Be Coming to An End After New Net Neutrality Law
Since AT&T launched DIRECTV NOW they have offered unlimited streaming on AT&T Wireless. If you had AT&T Wireless you could stream DIRECTV NOW all you want, but streaming Sling TV and Hulu would count against your data cap. Now a new net neutrality bill just passed in California that would ban the practice of offering…
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As Cord Cutting Grows 85% of Americans 22–37 Subscribe to a Streaming Service
This week the research group Parks Associates released an updated look at the state of streaming video. According to the study, 85% of American millennials (people born between 1981 and 1996) now subscribe to a streaming service. That means more millennials subscribe to a streaming service than cable TV. Overall, 65% of American households subscribe…
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YouTube TV Now Lets You Pause Your Membership
Have you ever wished you could skip a month of your TV service? Maybe you are going to be gone or maybe it is just the middle of the summer and there are no shows you want to watch? Well, now YouTube TV will allow you to pause your membership and keep your account but…
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fuboTV Adds a New FOX Affiliate Along With The Vegas Stats & Information Network
Today fuboTV announced that they have added the West Palm Beach FOX affiliate WFLX. fuboTV Also announced that they have added the Vegas Stats & Information Network to their Sports Plus package. Every weekday at 6 PM Eastern legendary sportscaster Brent Musburger’s “My Guys in the Desert.” “The rapid spread of legalized sports gambling since the recent…
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