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Patrick Stewart is Returning to Star Trek With a New Show on CBS All Access
Today it was announced that Patrick Stewart is returning to his role as Jean-Luc Picard on a new Star Trek Show on CBS All Access. It is an unexpected but delightful surprise to find myself excited and invigorated to be returning to Jean-Luc Picard and to explore new dimensions within him. Read my full statement…
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How to Save Money on Home Phone With Cord Cutting
While more than 50 percent of households in the US are now using cell phones instead of landlines, there are other options for a dedicated home number. We’re looking at 3 of them in today’s post. What is a VoIP Phone System? VoIP stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol. A VoIP system allows you to…
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Univision Is “Probably” Not Coming Back to Sling TV
This week, DISH announced their second quarter 2018 earnings, which ended up being better than expected. Yet there was one thing that was kind of hidden in all the news of how well DISH and Sling TV did. Univision is likely not coming back to DISH or Sling TV. During the DISH earnings call, Chairman…
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How Spectrum Tries to Stop People from Cord Cutting (According To a Spectrum Employee)
Recently we had a great opportunity to chat with a Spectrum TV phone rep who explained all the ways Spectrum tries to stop people from making the jump to cord cutting. This Spectrum rep explained exactly how reps are expected to convince potential cord cutters to get cable and, if that fails, how Spectrum wants…
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PlayStation Vue’s $5 Price Hike is Now in Effect
Back in early July Sony announced that they are raising the price of PlayStation Vue packages by $5 a month. The price change will start July 24th, 2018 for new subscribers and now current subscribers will see the price hike on their next bill. Several readers have reached out to ask why their PlayStation Vue…
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YouTube TV is Offering an Extended Free Trial For a Limited Time
Been thinking of trying YouTube TV? Well right now may be the time to do it as they are offering a 14-day free trial. YouTube TV has for some time been changing the length of their free trial. At one point it was even as high as 30 days. More recently it has been a…
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Sling TV Hit a New All Time High With 2.3 Million Subscribers
Today Dish announced their 2nd quarter 2018 earnings and for only the third time gave us an official look at the number of subscribers Sling TV has. According to Dish Sling TV now has 2.344 million subscribers. This keeps Sling TV as the largest live TV streaming service. Overall Dish lost 151,000 paid TV subscribers lower…
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T-Mobile Has a Un-Carrier Announcement Coming August 15th
This week T-Mobile announced that they will have an announcement on August 15th, 2018. What exactly they plan to announce is still unknown but rumors are starting to fly that we may get an update on their new TV service. Well, that is possible we just don’t know right now. What we do know is they…
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Roku’s Ad Revenue to Top $293 Million in 2018
Roku is having strong growth in device sales that is translating into ad revenue. According to eMarketer, Roku will top $293.3 million in ad revenue in 2018, which is a 93% jump in revenue in just one year. eMarketer also predicts that Roku will hit $476.4 million in ad revenue in 2019 and $701.7 million…
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Apple Is Working on a New Video Service
For years we have heard hints that Apple was working on a video service. Recently they have been striking deals for 20 original shows. At first it was reported that Apple wanted a live TV streaming service. That deal fell apart when Apple was unable to make the deals they wanted. Now Tim Cook has…
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DIRECTV NOW Is Offering $10 Off for 6 Months
Did you recently leave DIRECTV NOW? AT&T wants you back and is offering former customers $10 off a month for 6 months if you come back. This offer is only for former customers, and you need to check your email to get the deal. If you got the email you are eligible for the discount,…
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PlayStation Vue is Offering a Limited Time 14-Day Free Trial
Have you been thinking of giving PlayStation Vue a try? Right now for a limited time, Sony is offering a 14-day free trial of PlayStation Vue. The catch is you have to get it through the Living Social site or you will just get the 5-day trial. You can find this deal on Living Social’s…
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fuboTV Adds More FOX & NBC Affiliates – Now Has Over 300 Live Locals
Today fuboTV added 3 new live locals including NBC and FOX. This puts fubotTV over 315 live local affilites. Here is everything fuboTV added today: NBC additions: WPTA – Ft. Wayne WAGT – Augusta, GA FOX addition: WSYT – Syracuse NY (replaces FoxNet in the market) Updated local coverage totals: FOX coverage in 93% of…
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Netflix is Working on an ‘Animal Farm’ Movie Directed By Andy Serkies
Today it was announced that Netflix has acquired the rights to a film based on the novel Animal Farm with Andy Serkis directing and Matt Reeves producing the movie. “We are incredibly excited to have finally found the perfect creative home in Netflix for this extraordinarily zeitgeist work by George Orwell,” Serkis said in a statement.…
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YouTube is Rolling Out a Stripped Down App on Android TV
Ever wish there was less clutter on your YouTube app? Now Google has started to roll out a stripped down version of YouTube on Android TV. This version was first reported on by Android Police and seems to be rolling out to Android TV users. It now removes much of the clutter you would see when…
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