Author: Luke Bouma
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Amazon to Start Selling The Apple TV & Google Chromecast Again
Well it looks like the fight between Amazon and Google/Apple is coming to an end for now. Earlier today Cnet confirmed that the Apple TV and Google Chromecast will both be coming back to Amazon. A few months ago we got our first hint of this happening as for a short time an official Apple TV…
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The FCC Has Repealed Net Neutrality
We have known for some time this was going to happen but today the FCC made it official and has repealed Net Neutrality. This will return the internet to the rules that governed it at the start of 2015. The vote was 3-2 party-line vote by the Federal Communications Commission to repeal the controversial utility-like oversight of internet…
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The Air TV 2 From Sling TV is Now For Sale
Yesterday we learned more about the new Air TV 2 and today you can now buy the AirTV 2 for $119.99 on the AirTV website. Here is how the product is described: How it Works AirTV solves the biggest problems associated with OTA antennas, like wiring multiple rooms and finding the right spot to get…
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Limited Time Deal: One Year of MoviePass & Fandor Streaming Just $89.99
MoviePass, the service that lets you see unlimited movies for $9.95 a month, and Fandor, a streaming service with over 5,000 movies, announced this week that they have teamed up with Costco. Now if you are a Costco member you can get MoviePass and Fandor streaming for a year for just $89.99. “We’ve long been…
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AT&T Announces Project AirGig For Wireless Gigabit Home Internet
Yesterday AT&T announced their new Project AirGig with plans to offer 1 Gigabit per second home internet wirelessly. AirGig uses existing power poles to place wireless towers without the need to build new towers. According to AT&T this will allow AirGig service can be rolled out far faster than other high speed internet service “Using…
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Disney Buys Fox For $52 Billion – Now Owns 60% of Hulu
Today it became official as Disney is buying Fox for about $29.54 per share, based on Disney’s closing share price Wednesday. The businesses included giving the deal a total value of approximately $66.1 billion, with Disney assuming $13.7 billion of Fox’s net debt. With this deal, Disney will get ownership of 20th Century Fox movie and television…
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For the Second Time in a Year Charter Is Raising Their Broadcast TV Fee
Well 2018 is almost here and we have already seen Comcast and Cox raise their prices and now Charter is doing the same. Recently Cord Cutters News confirmed that for the second time this year Charter is raising their broadcast TV fee in February 2018. At the start of 2017 the fee was $6.05 a…
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Redbox is Launching a New Streaming Service
A few years ago Redbox and Verizon teamed up for a movie streaming service called Redbox Instant. That service ended up shutting down a few years ago and any movie purchased there was moved over to what is now the FandangoNOW streaming service. (Formally MGo) For some time now we have heard that Redbox was…
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DIRECTV NOW is Sending Out More DVR Invites Tonight
Did you miss out on the first few rounds of DIRECTV NOW DVR invites? Well, go check your email as AT&T is sending out a massive number of DVR invites today. If you want to see if you got an invite to the DIRECTV NOW beta make sure to check the email address you gave AT&T and…
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The AirTV 2 Will Stream Your Antenna to Any Sling TV App Around The World
A few weeks ago we reported that Sling TV was working on a second gen Air TV device. Now we get some new details of what it can do. According to a new app called “AirTV: Watch Local TV Anywhere” that briefly appeared in the Amazon app store and was spotted by AFTVnews you will…