Author: Luke Bouma
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Medicaid & EBT Recipients Can Still Get Amazon Prime For Just $5.99 a Month
Yesterday Amazon announced their first price hike on Prime’s yearly membership in over 4 years. The good news is Amazon still has several programs to offer Amazon Prime to Americans who need help. If you receive Medicaid or EBT benefits you can get Amazon Prime for just $5.99 a month. This will give you full…
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Thursday Night NFL Football Will Stream For Free Once Again This Year
Today Amazon announced they have renewed their deal to stream Thursday Night NFL Football. As part of this deal NFL Thursday Night Football will stream for free on Twitch. If you are an Amazon Prime member you will be able to watch the games on the Amazon’s Prime Video app. The downside here is Amazon…
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Amazon is Raising the Price of Prime to $119
Today Amazon announced that they are raising the price of prime from $99 a year to $119. This is the first price hike on Prime’s yearly rate since 2014. The price hike will take effect on June 16th 2018. Prime members will see their price go up on their next renewal after June 16th 2018.…
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Report: Hulu Nears 20 Million Subscribers
As cord cutting grows it looks like Hulu is reaping the benefits. Earlier this year Hulu reported that they had reached 17 million subscribers. Now Hulu’s CEO Randy Freer says Hulu is drawing near 20 million subscribers during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. This still puts Hulu well behind Netflix and Amazon. Recently Amazon…
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The EU Expands Laws To Force Netflix & Amazon to Fund European Content
This week the European Union struck a preliminary deal to allow countries to force online streaming services including Netflix and Amazon to fund European films and TV shows. This deal expands the existing European Union’s broadcasting rules law to regulate Netflix and Amazon as if they are a traditional broadcast media service. “We have been successful in…
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Verizon’s Live TV Streaming Service Will Launch Along Side 5G Later This year
This week Verizon held their 1st quarter 2018 earnings call and gave new details about their 5G and live TV streaming plans. According to Verizon, they plan to have 5G launched in three to five markets by the end of 2018. From there Verizon plans to expand their roll out in 2019. “All of those markets…
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Roku Privacy Policy Hints At Plans to Expand Roku Channel to Game Consoles & More
This week Roku updated their privacy policy and included a hint at Roku’s future plan for their free streaming service called The Roku Channel. According to the Roku privacy update “Roku may show you personalized ads on non-Roku OTT devices such as third party Smart TVs, set top boxes, media streaming devices, and gaming consoles.” We…
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T-Mobile is Expanding Cell Coverage at 100s of Sites
T-Mobile is continuing to expand their footprint around the united states by expanding lowband and midband to 100s of existing towers around the United States. This upgrade will help expand coverage and add faster LET to their existing network. Our network team added lowband LTE to 100s of sites in just two weeks, which means more and…
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TCL’s New High End Roku TV 6-Series Are Now Available For Pre-Order
Today TCL announced that the long-awaited 6-Series Roku TVs are now available for pre-order. This is TCL’s new high-end Roku TVs. The TCL 6-Series includes a 4K high dynamic range picture. The set will support Dolby Vision HDR and now boasts HDR Performance Package Pro to further elevate the experience. The HDR Performance Package Pro…
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PlayStation Vue Adds FSN+ But You Need To Add Your FSN Favorites Again
Last night PlayStation Vue updated their FOX Sports Network feeds and added Fox Sports Network+ to PlayStation Vue Here is the message PlayStation Vue sent their subscribers last night: We hope you are enjoying your subscription to PlayStation Vue. On 4/25/18, your regional FOX Sports channel (“RSN”) – including SportsTime Ohio and YES Network, if applicable…