Author: Jess Barnes
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Locast Brings Its Live Local Streaming Service to Portland
Locast, the nonprofit local broadcast TV service, has expanded once again and is now available for residents in the Portland market. This is the service’s 31st market. Locast is now making 39 local channels available to around 3 million residents in the area, which includes the Oregon cities of Salem and Tillamook as well as…
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YouTube TV Adds 7 New Channels to Its Live TV Lineup
YouTube TV added seven more channels to its lineup today, finally bringing viewers the rest of the ViacomCBS channels promised last summer. The new channels added today are BET Her, Dabl, MTV2, MTV Classic, Nick Jr, NickToons, and Teen Nick. YouTube TV shared the news in a tweet today. In May 2020, YouTube TV announced…
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Pluto TV Adds Three New Channels to Its Streaming Lineup
Today, Pluto TV launched three new channels. Viewers can now find even more true crime, competition series, and home design content on the free streaming service. Here are the new channels now streaming on Pluto TV. Crime 360: Love true crime, but want something beyond the podcasts? Crime 360 is the perfect place for you, with non-stop…
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Get Philo for Just $1 With a Qualifying Best Buy Purchase
Philo and Best Buy are expanding their partnership and offering a promotion for new subscribers. Right now, those without a Philo subscription can sign up for just $1 for their first month (normally $20) with a qualifying purchase at Best Buy. Qualifying purchases include everything from an Amazon Fire TV Stick to smart TVs to…
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Popular Piracy App Mobdro Taken Down, Four Arrested
Yet another illegal streaming service went dark recently and, after weeks of rumors that law enforcement was involved in the takedown of the Mobdro app, we now know more about what happened, thanks to a statement from Eurojust (European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation). “With the support of Eurojust, the Spanish authorities have taken…
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Tubi is Interested in Creating Original Content
Tubi will follow the lead of Pluto TV, Crackle, and The Roku Channel in moving into original content for its free streaming service. Steve Tomsic, Chief Financial Officer of Fox discussed the free service’s interest in developing originals during an investment conference this week. Sources for Bloomberg confirmed that Tubi is having conversations with potential…
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Marvel’s ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’ Premieres Friday: Watch the New Trailer Now
Marvel Studios’ “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” debuts on Disney+ this Friday, March 19. To get Marvel fans excited for the premiere, Disney released a new trailer today. In the two minute long video, all eyes are on the shield, as Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes make the decision to work together and take on a…
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Amazon Prime Video is Working on a Shuffle Feature
Amazon is bringing a shuffle button to Prime Video, allow users to choose a series and play a random episode. Android Police first spotted the feature on Android devices. The feature can be used by viewers who know what show they want to watch but don’t care about watching in any specific order. Shuffling episodes…
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Sling TV is Offering a Free Preview of Its Comedy Extra Add-On March 14-20
With March Madness beginning soon, Sling TV is reminding cord cutters that they can catch many of the upcoming games with Sling Orange or Sling Blue, with. TNT and TBS already included in both packages. To give basketball fans even more access, Sling is offering a free preview of the Comedy Extra add-on from March…
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Ad-Supported HBO Max Tier Will Not Include Same Day Warner Bros. Movie Premieres
After learning Friday morning that AT&T is planning to launch the ad-supported tier of HBO Max this June, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar delivered a presentation on HBO Max during today’s Investor Day event. While we didn’t get the pricing information we were hoping for, we did learn one key detail about the new tier. When…