Author: Jess Barnes
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Today is The Last Day to Get Free Apple TV+ For Many Customers
Did you purchase a new Apple device between September 10 and November 1? If you haven’t already redeemed your free year of Apple TV+, today is your last day to get the deal. Before launching, Apple announced that any customer who purchased a new new iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, or Mac capable of…
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Pluto TV Adds Star Trek: Picard For Free for a Limited Time
Pluto TV is now airing the first episode of the CBS All Access original series Star Trek: Picard on their free service. Pluto shared the news on their Twitter account this morning. Check out their tweet, below. You now have even more places to watch the premiere episode of #StarTrekPicard! Enjoy a 24-hour marathon of Episode…
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TCL’s 6-Series Roku TV Wins CES Future Tech Award
This year at CES, Future Tech Awards were given to those people and products that are influencing the tech industry. Awards were given for Future Choice, chosen by Future Tech’s editorial staff, and Reader’s Choice, voted on by consumers. In the Reader’s Choice category, over 200,000 votes were cast by readers across Future’s technology portfolio.…
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Facebook Watch Cuts Back on Original Programming
Facebook is increasing its programming budget for Facebook Watch. However, the new strategy involves pulling back on some of the original content found on the platform. The Information shared this story in an exclusive report, noting that the programming budget for Facebook Watch will be around $1.4 billion for this year. Recently, Facebook cancelled two…
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ESPN+ Will Have Streaming Rights to PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is finalizing its TV rights deal and, according to sources for AP News, ESPN has won the rights for streaming. This would make PGA Tour content available to stream on ESPN+. As AP News points out, ESPN+ previously aired PGA Tour coverage, allowing subscribers to stream parts of the event in 2018…
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MoviePass is Officially Dead as Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy
On Tuesday, MoviePass’s parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy through the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the filing, the company reported that it owes as much as $1.2 million to customers. “As a result of filing the Petition, a Chapter 7 trustee will be appointed by the Bankruptcy Court to…
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AT&T’s Ad Company Xandr Partners with Four New Media Brands
AT&T’s advertising company, Xandr, has added four media brands to its marketplace, Community – the CW, Tastemade, AccuWeather, and Microsoft Advertising. These four join Xandr’s current lineup of partners which includesWarner Media’s CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, B/R Live, Otter Media, and Warner Bros., as well as A+E Networks, AMC Networks, Cheddar, Bloomberg, Vudu, VICE, Hearst…
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Sling TV Partners with Blockbuster for Free Friday Movie Nights
Sling TV and Blockbuster, owned by DISH, have paired up for Flashback Fridays. These free movie nights start this week. Starting Friday, Jan. 31, Sling TV will air a different movie every Friday to Make It A Blockbuster Night, no charge or credit card needed. This throwback movie series starts this Friday with The Illusionist,…
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Amazon’s Fire TV is Named As The Preferred 4K Streaming Device for the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is just days away and millions of people will be tuning in to watch the 49ers and the Chiefs in Miami on February 2nd. For the first time ever the 2020 Super Bowl will be streamed in 4K through the FOX Sports app. Now, Fox has announced that the Fire TV is…
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SpaceX Successfully Launched 60 More Satellites This Morning
After a series of weather delays, SpaceX successfully launched another 60 Starlink satellites this morning via Falcon 9. The launch took place at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this morning at 9:06am EST. The Falcon 9 booster has been used in two previous SpaceX missions and the booster has been recovered again. By mid-2020, SpaceX has…