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Spectrum Will Increase TV Fees in March
Spectrum TV customers will see an increase in their bills, beginning next month. On March 18, 2022, Spectrum will be increasing broadcast TV fees and equipment fees. With the price hike, equipment fees will go up by $1 per month while broadcast TV fees will go up by just over $3 per month. Spectrum gave…
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Sling TV Will Now Accept Crypto as Payment
Starting this week, Sling TV subscribers will be able to pay for their monthly subscription with cryptocurrency. Through payment provider Bitpay, subscribers can pay with their preferred digital currency, from Bitcoin Ethereum to Dogecoin. “Sling is dedicated to offering flexibility, variety and ease. Users can curate a personalized content library with options like Extras, Premiums…
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Roku Reaches 60.1 Million Active Users
In its Q4 earnings report today, Roku announced that it has exceeded 60 million active accounts, an increase of 8.9 million for the quarter. “Audiences around the world continue to shift to TV streaming due to its affordability, ease of use, and breadth of content choices. In 2021, we increased active accounts by 8.9 million…
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Crunchyroll is Now Available on Nintendo Switch
Crunchyroll announced today that the app has launched on Nintendo Switch. Anime fans can enjoy more than 1,000 series and 30,000 episodes on the Crunchyroll app, through their Nintendo Switch console either docked at home or taken on the go, complete with offline viewing support. Crunchyroll is the first Nintendo Switch app to offer offline…
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fuboTV Brings Back Monthly Subscriptions
Just eleven days after removing monthly plans for new subscribers and introducing quarterly pricing, fuboTV has ended its pricing “experiment” and has brought back monthly subscription plans. On February 6, fuboTV listed quarterly subscriptions on its website. A fuboTV spokesperson confirmed that monthly packages were temporarily unavailable, saying “We have temporarily made our channel packages…
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DIRECTV STREAM Now Offers Nearly 250 PBS Channels
DIRECTV STREAM now offers close to 250 PBS channels. With the addition of the new channels, DIRECTV STREAM’s PBS channels now reach 99% of the country. Subscribers can now watch local content from their PBS channel, along with PBS Kids, and on-demand content from PBS. DIRECTV STREAM officially announced that PBS channels were coming to…
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Paramount+ Will Integrate Showtime Content, Starting This Summer
Paramount wants to make it easier to watch all of its content by combining Paramount+ and Showtime into one app. Subscribers will be able to sign up for Showtime within the Paramount+ app and easily watch content from both in the same app. The merged service will debut this summer and the services will still…
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Another ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff is Coming to Paramount+
During the ViacomCBS Investor Day event today, Paramount+ announced that fans will be getting more of the hit series ‘1883’ along with the next chapter of the ‘Yellowstone’ origin story, ‘1932.’ Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, 1932 will follow a new generation of Duttons during the time of western expansion, Prohibition, and…
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Pluto TV Hits 64 Million Active Users, Paramount+ Reaches 32.8 Million Subscribers in Q4
Today, ViacomCBS shared its Q4 numbers, including subscriber numbers for its streaming services. In total, the company’s streaming services reached 56 million subscribers. Paramount+ added 7.3 million subscribers to reach 32.8 million by the end of the quarter. Highlights for Paramount+ for the quarter included Clifford The Big Red Dog, Mayor of Kingstown, 1883, South Park: Post Covid, live…
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fuboTV is Giving Subscribers a Free Preview of the News Plus Add-On
fuboTV is giving subscribers an opportunity to check out its News Plus add-on for free through February 27. With the add-on, subscribers will have access to more national and international news from eight channels. The add-on launched last month and is normally available to all fuboTV subscribers for $2.99 per month. Channels in the add-on…