Author: Luke Bouma
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Verizon is Expanding its 5G Network to Denver & Providence
Today Verizon announced that they are expanding their 5G network into Denver and Providence starting July 1st, 2019 as they work to get 30 markets live with 5G by the end of 2019. “We said we’d be live with 5G in 30 cities this year, and today, Denver, CO goes live. Providence, RI joins the…
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YouTube TV’s Updated User Interface is Now on Android TV
Back in May YouTube TV started to test an updated user interface with a larger preview screen and more channel suggestions. Google’s YouTube TV team confirmed that this feature is being tested as part of a “phased launch experiment.” A few weeks later the tests stopped and the old preview screen and channel suggestions returned.…
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Over 91% of Cord Cutters Subscribe to 4 or Fewer Streaming Services
Recently there has been a huge push promoting the idea that cord cutting costs more than cable because cord cutters subscribe to so many services. Our readers have loudly pushed back on the idea that they pay more than cable TV. To confront that idea, Cord Cutters News added a new question to our quarterly…
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Yahoo Finance Comes to Fire TV & Android TV
This week Verizon launched Yahoo Finance on the Fire TV and Android TV. With this new app, users can access live-streamed market coverage, as well as on-demand video clips and editorially curated playlists, exclusive live-streamed events, original series, personal finance content, and more. About Yahoo Finance: From the moment the market opens, stay up-to-the-minute with…
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NBC Merges All of Their Streaming Apps Into a Single App
Love using network apps to access live streams or on-demand content? Hate having to have multiple apps installed? Today NBC addressed that issue by merging all of their network apps into a single app. Now with the new NBC app, you can access all NBC Universal networks content from a single place including E!, CNBC,…
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PlayStation Vue Adds The Tennis Channel to More Packages & Adds CuriosityStream
Today PlayStation Vue announced that they have added the Tennis Channel form the Elite Package to the Core package and above. In the past, you would have had to pay $59.99 or more to get the Elite package now you can get The Tennis channel in the $49.99 Core package. PlayStation Vue has also added…
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Amazon’s Twitch Services Launches Paid Subscriber Options Similar to YouTube Memberships
Recently YouTube launched a feature to let fans of YouTube channels subscribe to them to access exclusive content. Now Amazon’s Twitch streaming services is also launching a subscription service to let fans of popular streams subscribe for exclusive content. Now Twitch streamers can offer VIP badges and custom Subs to their subscribers. Twitch streamers will…
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TCL’s 43″ Roku TV With 4K Dolby Vision HDR is On Sale For Just $259.99
Looking for a really cheap 4K HDR TV with Dolby Vision built in? Right now you can get the TCL 43″ Roku TV with 4K Dolby Vision HDR TV for just $259.99. This is down from the list price of $499.99. The best part is this TV is also compatible with Alexa and Google Assitant…
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Dish Announces Dish Fiber Internet & Streaming TV For Multifamily Communities
Today Dish announced its new Dish Fiber home internet service for multifamily communities like apartments. With this move apartment owners can offer high-speed fiber internet from Dish and live TV streaming over Dish’s fiber service using a Dish Smartbox. “The decision of choosing an internet and TV provider has historically been left to residents, which…
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Philo is Coming to Android & Amazon Fire Tablets
Since launch one of the biggest complaints about Philo has been the lack of Android support. Today Philo is announcing support for Android phones and tablets as well as Amazon Fire Tablets running Fire OS 5 or later. This helps open up Philo to even more users who want to watch it on Android devices.…