Author: Luke Bouma
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ESPN Is Now Paying the Price For Living in Cord Cutting Denial
Ever wonder why ESPN and other networks got caught off guard by cord cutting? According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, many of the executives were in denial. According to the report, in 2014, ESPN’s research department presented data arguing that cord cutting was unlikely to become widespread. One former ESPN executive went…
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PlayStation Vue Just Launched a National FOX Feed to Replace Lost Locals
A couple of weeks PlayStation Vue lost access to Sinclair owned FOX locals and in last December they lost Tribune owned Fox Locals. Now Sony has announced plans to launch a live FOX feed in markets where they no longer have a local Fox affiliate. “We are always evaluating the PS Vue service to ensure we are…
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So What Can Save PlayStation Vue From Shutting Down? We Take a Look
This week Sony announced that for now, they plan to keep PlayStation Vue. This comes after some analysts called for the service to be shut down. Sony also clearly said in their presentation that the “market and future business model (for PlayStation Vue) remains uncertain.” So what can save PlayStation Vue from analysts pushing for…
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Here is Everything New on Tubi in June 2018
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White And Blonde The Limey Vampire in Brooklyn Moonstruck Sling Blade Overboard The Doors Yentl Valkyrie Forces of Nature House of 1,000 Corpses Jeepers Creepers Southie 1984 A Prayer for the Dying Beneath Loch Ness Blame It on Rio Canadian Bacon Captivity Carolina Child’s Play Collision CRIME and PUNISHMENT in SUBURBIA…
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Amazon Adds Hands Free Alexa To Amazon Music on Android & iOS
Every wish you could change a song our skip forward on Amazon Music without needing to pick up your phone? Now you can do just that with a new update to Amazon Music that adds hands-free Alexa support. Alexa was first added to Amazon Music a few months ago. Yet you still had to physically…
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The Weather Channel’s Local Now Service Teams Up With Tribune
Today The Weather Channel announced that they have partnered with Tribune to bring local news to their Local Now service. With this deal The Weather Channel’s Local Now service gains access to local news from the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, Miami Herald, Baltimore Sun and more. “We’re excited to partner with Tribune…
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Netflix is Now Worth More Than Comcast
As the way Americans watch TV shows and Movies change so has the value of the companies that offer them. As more Americans move to streaming online as you would expect Netflix would benefit from this move. Now at least in market value Netflix is bigger than Comcast. Today according to FierceCable Netflix is now…
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Twitch Plans to Stream 500 Classic Episodes of Doctor Who for FREE
Starting May 29th Twitch in partnership with the BBC plans to stream 500 episodes of Doctor Who for free. This event will start May 29th and running for 8 hours each day beginning at 11 am PDT. Each block will repeat twice immediately after so you can catch any missed episodes. This is not the first…
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Sling TV Adds Newsmax & Free Speech TV
Today Sling TV announced that they have expanded their Newsline up with the addition of Newsmax and Free Speech TV. You will find these channels in the News Extra add-on for both Sling Orange and Sling Blue. For now, though both channels will be free to all Sling TV subscribers through August 24th, 2018. Newsmax –…
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Dish Plans to Spend $10 Billion to Build a 5G Home Internet Network
5G internet brings the promise of competition to home internet. Instead of having to run a wire to each house in a town, companies can build a few towers and deliver 5G internet in a fraction of the time. Now Dish wants in on the effort joining Charter, Google, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and others. Not…