Author: Jess Barnes
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‘Hamilton’ Gave Disney+ a 72% Increase in App Downloads
A stage recording of the musical “Hamilton” was released on Disney+ Friday, July 3. With the debut came a spike in mobile app downloads. Over the holiday weekend, the Disney+ app was downloaded 513,323 times with 266,084 of those downloads coming from the US, according to Apptopia and first reported by Variety. Those numbers show that…
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STIRR Adds Four New Channels to Its Free Lineup
STIRR is adding even more content to its free streaming lineup. Recently, the platform added four new channels. AFV Family Channel (Channel 65) The AFV Family Channel is family-friendly comedy for all! America’s Funniest Videos brings you the best home videos and family-friendly comedy programming you can watch together with everyone in your family. The…
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TCL 8 Series is On Sale for a Limited Time
TCL’s first Mini-LED TV, the 8-Series, is back to its lowest price. Until July 5, customers can buy the 65-inch 8-Series for just $999.99 and the massive 75-inch model for $1799.99, exclusively from Best Buy, both in store and online. Here are some of the features of the 8 series: Quantum Contrast technology: Our new…
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Comet Presents ‘When Animals Attack’ July 4th
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are our own. Who doesn’t want a When Animals Attack marathon? On July 4th, beginning at 2 pm ET, Comet will be hosting the “Beast Mode: When Animals Attack” marathon. Here’s the lineup: 2 pm: Spiders 4 pm: Spiders 2: Breeding Ground 6 pm: Spiders 3D 8 pm:…
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FCC Welcomes DISH Acquisition of Boost Mobile
After DISH announced that it had completed the acquisition of Boost Mobile, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai made a statement saying he “welcomed the announcement by T-Mobile and DISH Network that the divestiture of Boost Mobile to DISH has been completed.” The acquisition was a condition of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger in April this year.…
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Roku Channel Adds Three More Channels to Its Free Lineup
The Roku Channel, Roku’s free streaming channel, has added more content to the lineup. This time, the channels are coming from three of the most well known magazines. Architectural Digest (Channel 474) AD is the international authority on design and architecture. AD provides exclusive access to the world’s most beautiful homes and the fascinating people…
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AT&T Increases the Price of AT&T TV and DirecTV
It isn’t just streaming services that are seeing price hikes this week. AT&T quietly increased the first year monthly cost of both DirecTV and AT&T TV for new customers. Existing customers will not see an increase. The change in pricing was first reported by Phillip Swann earlier this week. With the update, there will…
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Verizon Fios is Giving New Customers Hulu and Disney+ for Free
Verizon Fios is making its fiber internet plans more appealing for new customers with a limited time deal. New customers can now get Hulu and Disney+ for one year at no extra cost. “New Verizon customers can get up to 12 months of Hulu on us, adding Hulu originals, movies and TV series available to…
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IPTV Service Shut Down, Replaced with Anti-Piracy Warning Message
Another IPTV service was shut down this week. Distributed under the brand Global Entertainment, the service seemed to be taken over by police in the UK Tuesday. Rather than the content they had paid for, users were met with this message: “This illegal stream has been seized by Norfolk and Sussex Police. Watching illegal broadcasts…
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Tubi Adds Bob Ross Content to Its Collection
Free streaming service Tubi announced today that it will bring 30 seasons of Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting to the platform on the Docurama Channel from Cinedigm. Over 30 seasons and nearly 400 episodes will stream on Tubi by the end of July, absolutely free. “Bob Ross and his unforgettable style make The Joy of…