Author: Luke Bouma
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MSNBC Is Planning on Launching a Standalone Streaming Service This Year
Recently Fox News announced plans to launch a standalone streaming service for cord cutters. Now it looks like MSNBC will follow Fox News’s lead by launching their own cord cutting service. According to a report from Variety, MSNBC is hiring staff to help create the new streaming service. This new service will be made up…
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PlayStation Vue Will Likely Be on Sale This Weekend
Been thinking of getting PlayStation Vue? Well right now you can get $10 off per month of PlayStation Vue’s Core plan for 2 months. The only catch is Sony has not said exactly when the sale will start. This deal was announced on the official PlayStation blog but was very vague. We are not sure if…
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DIRECTV NOW is Making Changes to Their Apple TV Deal (Hurry or You Will Miss Out)
If you missed out on the Apple TV 4K if you prepay for 4 months of DIRECTV NOW we have good news for you. You still have 24 hours to get the Apple TV deal when you prepay for 4 months of DIRECTV NOW. Starting Saturday, June 8th 2018 that deal jumps back up to…
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fuboTV Added 6 New Live Locals Today
Today fuboTV announced that they add 6 new locals. This will give fuboTV a total of 294 live locals. These include stations owned & operated by or affiliated with CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW or Telemundo; plus access to FOX network programming in 36 additional local markets: FOX coverage in 91% of U.S. households, including 50 of the top 50 and 136 markets total.…
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A New Study Suggests Cable TV Will Be Doomed Sooner Than First Thought
The news just keeps getting worse for cable executives. Earlier this year LendEDU released a new study that looked at cord cutting. According to that report, 56% of cable TV subscribers are activity considering cord cutting. Now if 56% of their customers seriously considering dumping them was not scary enough, the study also found that…
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Sling TV Expands Their News Lineup With Cheddar Big News
Today Sling TV and Cheddar announced that Sling TV has added Cheddar Big News. Starting today subscribers of “Sling Orange” or “Sling Blue” service will now get Cheddar big news. With Cheddar Big News you will find live news coverage covering the biggest news stories from around the world. “We have always been supportive of…
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Apple TV’s Zero Sign-On Won’t Work With Cord Cutting Services
This week Apple announced a new feature for their Apple TV. This new zero sign-on feature will automatically log you into your favorite network app without ever having to log in. However, the sad news is this new feature won’t work for cord cutting services such as Sling TV, Hulu, and Philo. Now when we…
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Amazon Just Officially Announced The Fire TV Cube
Today Amazon announced the new Fire TV Cube. $119 it’s a Fire TV and an Amazon Echo. Though if you are a Prime member you can pre-order you can get it for $89.99. (Ends June 8th.) The Fire TV Cube goes on sale June 21st 2018. “We believe voice makes it easier for customers to…
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DIRECTV NOW Went Down During the NBA Finals Tonight
Tonight DIRECTV NOW crashed hard under what looks to be extremely heavy use. Shortly after the start of game 3 of the NBA Finals DIRECTV NOW crashed hard. Not only for users watching the NBA Finals but for all users. Update: DIRECTV NOW is back online. Here is what DownDetector looked like shortly after…
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The TV Network Buzzr is Now Streaming For FREE on Twitch
If you love game shows Buzzr is the network for you. Previously if you wanted to watch Buzzr you had to hope it was available with your antenna. Recently Buzzr launched a free stream on their website but didn’t support any streaming players. Now Buzzr has started to offer a free 24/7 stream on Twitch. Now…