Author: Luke Bouma
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The New Roku Premiere is Now Available For Pre-Order On Amazon
Earlier today Roku announced a new Roku Premiere and a Roku Ultra. Now the Roku Premiere is available for pre-order from Amazon. So far the Roku Ultra has not poped up as available for pre-order on Amazon at this time. Hopefully, it pops up for pre-order soon. Note the Roku Premiere Plus is only available for…
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Here is Everything New on Netflix, Hulu, & Amazon For The Week of September 24th 2018
Netflix September 25th Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl September 26 Norsemen: Season 2– NETFLIX ORIGINAL The Hurricane Heist September 28th Chef’s Table: Volume 5– NETFLIX ORIGINAL El Marginal: Season 2– NETFLIX ORIGINAL Forest of Piano– NETFLIX ORIGINAL Hold the Dark– NETFLIX FILM Jack Whitehall:…
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SiriusXM is Buying Pandora
Today it was announced that SiriusXM will be buying Pandora in an all-stock deal worth $3.5 billion. The deal will reportedly close in early 2019, but Pandora reservices the right to “actively solicit, receive, evaluate and potentially enter negotiations with parties that offer alternative proposals following the execution date of the definitive agreement.” With this deal,…
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Comcast is Reportedly Wiling to Sell 30% of Hulu to Disney
Recently FOX agreed to sell most of 21st Century FOX to Disney. This deal includes their 30% control of Hulu that would give Disney 60% of the streaming service. Now it is being reported that Comcast is also willing to sell their 30% stake of Hulu to Disney giving Disney 90% control over Hulu. This…
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Metro PCS Becomes Metro by T-Mobile & Adds Free Amazon Prime
Today T-Mobile announced that they are rebranding their Metro PCS brand to Metro by T-Mobile. With this deal, T-Mobile announced that Metro by T-Mobile will include free Amazon Prime and a subscription to Google One cloud storage and mobile backup. “The number of Metro customers has doubled in the past five years for a reason……
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Apple’s New Netflix Competitor Service Is Reportedly Very Bland
This weekend The Wall Street Journal published a report from inside Apple’s team that is building their new Netflix competitor. According to that team, Apple’s new streaming service will be bland and is being called an “expensive NBC.” According to Apple’s staff, CEO Tim Cook is trying to keep the content clean with little “gratuitous…
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Roku Announces Roku OS 9 with Google Assistant Support, Spotify, & Volume Leveling
Today Roku officially announced their new Roku OS 9 update that will be coming later this year for Roku players and to Roku TV s in early 2019. With this update, Roku will add the ability to control your Roku with Google Assistant devices and adds support for new music programs like Spotify and Pandora…
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Roku Announced Three New Streaming Players
Today Roku announced three new Roku streaming players including the return of the Roku Premiere and an updated Roku Ultra. “Roku Premiere and Roku Premiere+ are the easiest and most affordable way to stream in outstanding picture quality. Tens of millions of 4K TVs will be sold this year; we’re seeing more content, even live…
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Sinclair Promises 3.0 OTA TV Chips in January
Earlier in September, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced plans to show off a new ATSC 3.0 receiver chip at CES in January 2019. This chip will cost $3 and make it possible for smartphones, tablets, and laptops to pick up free over-the-air TV. You may be wondering if we are on ATSC 1.0 today and are…
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Sling TV Strikes a New Deal with beIN
Last week DISH and Sling TV announced a new long-term deal with beIN to carry beIN on Sling TV and DISH. This comes as AT&T’s DIRECTV NOW streaming service blacked out beIN in August. Last year PlayStation Vue also dropped beIN from their lineup. This leaves Sling TV as one of the few streaming services…