Author: Luke Bouma
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You Can Get $15 Off Two Fire TV Sticks
Amazon has a new promotional offer allowing new cord cutters to stock up on their Fire Sticks at a reduced rate. If you use promo code 2PACK at checkout you can get $15 off two Fire TV Sticks with Alexa Voice Remotes. How It Works Add two Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote devices…
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How to Hide Your Viewing History on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon
So do you ever watch something like 50 Shades of Grey but don’t want your kids or your mom to see it on your watch again list? We have good news for you. Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon all allow you to hide a show or movie you don’t want everyone to know about. Netflix If…
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YouTube TV Updates Their DVR & Adds More On-Demand Content
Last week YouTube TV quietly rolled out an update to their DVR and added more on-demand content. So let’s take a look at what is new. DVR Update YouTube TV added a slight visual update to their DVR. Now on select devices when you log in you will see a show title tile before each…
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Amazon Paid $18 Million in Royalties to Independent Filmmakers in 2017
For years independent filmmakers have struggled to find outlets for their content. While YouTube and others may have offered a place for the movies to be seen many often hoped for a place to truly profit from their content. Now it looks like Amazon is becoming that place and is even pulling content creators away…
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The Dangers of Buying an Expensive Fully Loaded “Kodi Box”
Recently preloaded so-called “Kodi Boxes” have become popular. These boxes sometimes cost $300 or $400 each and promise free access for life to everything from cable channels to movies still in theaters. According to reports, these boxes have been selling by the hundreds of thousands. You can find them at flea markets, malls, and even…
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Editorial: Are We Seeing the Start of a Cord Cutting Price War?
For years now the dream of cord cutting has been the idea that it would trigger a price war. Similar to how a growing number of wireless carriers are driving unlimited data plans and family bundles, many had hoped live TV streaming services would do the same. Now it is starting to look like the…
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Reminder: Amazon’s HBO Deal is Coming To an End This Year
For some time now Amazon and HBO have had a deal to give Amazon Prime subscribers access to a back catalog of HBO shows. Now that deal is coming to an end. While we can confirm that the deal will come to an end this year according to a Variety story; however, signs are pointing…
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NewsON Now Streams Local News in 84% of The United States
Want to watch your local news on the go? NewsON is a free streaming service that gives users live and on-demand access to local news. You can access your local news when and how you want via iOS, Android, and Roku. When the news is live you will get a live feed, and if you miss it live…
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A $360 Cable Bill? We Take a Look at How It Happened to One Customer
We have all seen that way too good to be true deal on cable TV. From ads to people saying, “the deal was just too good I had to take it.” Yet what happens when all the freebies and promos come to an end? Thanks to one of our readers we can take a look…
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Set TV is Being Sued By Netflix, Amazon, & Other Major Studios
This week a long list of studios including Netflix and Amazon sued a Set TV. The lawsuit claims Set TV committed “mass infringement” of the content owned by the studios. The suit was filed on Friday in U.S. District Court in Central California, and the list of plaintiffs includes Amazon, Netflix, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures,…