Author: Jess Barnes
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Roku Shares Most-Searched Emmy Nominees on the Platform
In July, the 77th annual Primetime Emmy Award nominees were announced and there were plenty of streaming titles on the list. Severance, an Apple TV+ Original, earned 27 nominations, HBO Max’s The Penguin earned 24, and there were 23 nominations each for HBO Max’s The White Lotus and Apple TV+’s The Studio. You can see all of…
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Unhappy About the DIRECTV Price Hike? Try One of These Streaming Service Alternatives
DIRECTV is alerting subscribers that price hikes are going into effect today. With the increase, DIRECTV package prices are going up by as much as $10 per month, making it the most expensive live TV streaming service on the market. If you’re looking for less expensive alternatives, we have some options that might work for…
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YouTube TV Subscribers Can Now Find and Watch Games Through Roku Sports
Roku just announced a new partnership with YouTube TV that will integrate the streaming service with Roku Sports. Just in time for football season, this new integration makes it easier for sports fans to tune into NFL games, including games from NFL Sunday Ticket. YouTube TV subscribers will be able to go to the Roku…
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DIRECTV Adds Hundreds of Local Stations to MySports Genre Pack
DIRECTV has secured deals to add nearly 650 local broadcast stations to its MySports Genre Pack. The agreements mean that viewers in most markets will now have access to their local ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates, along with the FOX affiliates that were already in place. With the addition of hundreds of local stations, DIRECTV…
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Get a Sneak Peek at Landman Season 2
Today, Paramount+ is sharing a first look at the new season of Landman. The show will be coming back exclusively to Paramount+ on Sunday, November 16, 2025. Landman is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas and is a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs. Based on the notable 11-part podcast…
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HBO Max Updates Its Linear Channel Names
HBO Max subscribers will notice another name change in the streaming app. Starting today, HBO’s linear channels will be getting updated names “to better reflect the respective content offerings.” Here are the new channel names: The updated names will be available to HBO Max subscribers as live in-app “Channels,” which launched last year on select plans.…
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Roku Surpassed Broadcast, With Over 20% Of All TV Viewing in July
For the third month in a row, TV viewers in the US spent more time streaming content on Roku devices than watching broadcast TV. The data, which comes from a Nielsen report, shows that streaming on Roku devices accounted for 21.4% of all TV viewing time in the U.S. in July, while broadcast TV made…
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Streaming Deal: Get 50% Off of Paramount+ Annual Plans for a Limited Time
Right now, you can sign up for a Paramount+ Premium or Paramount+ Essential annual plan at a deep discount for your first year. With the deal, the Paramount+ Essential plan costs $29.99 for the first year and the Paramount+ Premium plan is just $59.99 for the first year. The deal is coming at the right…
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DISH Told to End Claims of Cheaper Prices in a BBB Challenge
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs, has recommended that DISH stop making claims that customers will save $30 per month when switching to DISH from DIRECTV. The challenge was made by DIRECTV. According to the press release about the challenge and subsequent recommendation, the NAD took issue with several claims about $30…
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C-SPAN is Coming to YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV
C-SPAN announced today two new distribution deals. Three C-SPAN channels — C-SPAN, C-SPAN2, and C-SPAN3 — will join be coming to YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV. “We are proud that this agreement will give millions more Americans access to our unfiltered coverage of the nation’s political process,” said C-SPAN CEO Sam Feist. “For…