Author: Luke Bouma
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Google Responds to Reports of New Ads on The Android TV Home Screen
This week reports started to come out that Google was placing ads on the home screen. Reportedly, Google is testing ads on the home screen that shows a row of sponsored content. This has exploded with a wide range of Android TV owners saying they have seen the new ads. Google has reached out to…
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fuboTV is Now Live in Spain
Update: fuboTV reached out to clarify that fuboTV has been live in Spain for some time now. Back in December 2018, fuboTV announced that they are launching in Spain with a Spanish/English language package costing just 3.99 Euros/month. fuboTV is the first major US based live TV streaming services to launch in Europe. Others including…
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The Weather Channel’s Local Now Forecasts Are Coming to Cheddar’s Free Streaming Service
Today it was announced that Cheddar and The Weather Channel have teamed up to bring The Weather Channel’s Local Now forecasts to Cheddar. This means soon you will be able to get your Weather Channel’s Local Now updates as part of Cheddar’s free news services. Cheddar will also continue to offer its content to The…
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A New Net Neutrality Bill Just Passes The US House Energy & Commerce Committee
This week the US House Energy & Commerce Committee passed a new bill to restore Net Neutrality rules and force the FCC to not overturn them in the past. The bill still needs to pass the House and Senate before being sent to the President but this is an important first step. “Our bill protects…
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Illinois Wants to Expand Chicago’s Netflix Tax Statewide
Chicago was one of the first areas to specifically tax streaming services. If you live in Chicago and subscribe to services like Netflix and even music services like Spotify you have to pay a special tax. Now lawmakers in Illinois’ House have proposed a statewide tax on services called the “Entertainment Tax Fairness Act,” that…
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DIRECTV NOW Plus & Max Are Adding Viacom Channels Today
Last week DIRECTV NOW updated their website to promote that some Viacom channels like Nick, MTV, BET, and Comedy Central would be coming to DIRECTV NOW. Now today is the day DIRECTV NOW says Viacom channels will be added. DIRECTV NOW already had Viacom channels in its old grandfathered packages but when the new Plus…
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Is Cord Cutting Slowing Down?
Recently one of the arguments against cord cutting has been that it is not growing as fast as some have predicted. Cord cutting did set records for growth in 2019, but some experts expected more. Now we are once again seeing this pop up in 2019. According to a report from Digital TV Research, the…
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TCL’s 75″ 4K HDR Roku TV Price Was Just Cut By $359.50 on Amazon
Want a really big 4K HDR Roku TV? Right now TCL’s 75″ 4K HDR Roku TV is on sale on Amazon for $1,599.99 down from $195.49. This is the TCL 6-Series that represents the high end of the Roku TV line currently listed for sale. Want something a little smaller and cheaper? Right now the…
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Jeff Bezos Retains Control of His Amazon Stock Along With Control of Blue Origin & The Washington Post After His Divorce
Today it was announced that Jeff Bezos the founder Amazon will retain control of his Amazon stock following his divorce. His now ex-wife Mackenzie Bezos has agreed to take 4% stake in Amazon but let Jeff Bezos control the voting of that stock. She also agreed to give up her stake in Blue Origin and…
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fuboTV Adds Series Recording To its DVR
For years now the main complaint about fuboTV was that its DVR did not support the ability to record a full series. In the past, you had to record individual episodes or events. Now, fuboTV has added the ability to record full series with just one click. fuboTV offers 30 hours of personal cloud DVR storage…