Author: Luke Bouma
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This New RCA Antenna Is Built In to Your Window Shades
At CES 2018 RCA was showing off a new set of antennas. One of these antennas takes a new spin on an indoor antenna. RCA is showcasing an antenna built into a roller shade. Now not only can your roller shade keep the sun out, but it can also pick up free over-the-air TV. This new…
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TiVo Adds Smart Home Integration
Last week TiVo announced the addition of Smart Home Integration to make your TiVo even more useful. Now your Tivo will be able to integrate with a wide range of devices in your home. Now you can receive a text message if someone tries to unlock parental controls. Pause the TV when someone rings your smart…
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Crackle is Changing Their Name to “Sony Crackle” & Adding More Original Shows
Yesterday at the Television Critics Association (TCA) Sony had several announcements about their free streaming service Crackle. According to reports from B&C, Sony plans to change Crackles name to Sony Crackle sometime in the Spring of 2018. The announcement was made by Eric Berger, Sony Pictures Television Network Executive CP. “Our goal is to lean in on the power…
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Report: CBS & Viacom Considering a Merger to Address Cord Cutting
With the growth of cord cutting has come tough decisions on how to address the changing world of TV entertainment. Now it is being reported that Viacom Inc and CBS Corp are once again considering merging. Back in 2010, the two companies merged only to break back into two companies in 2016, at the request…
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Editorial: There Is No Such Thing as the Best Streaming Player or Best Streaming Service
There is often debate over what is the best streaming service or best streaming player. Every week during our live Q&A we get asked that question, and we regularly get messages asking us the same thing. The truth is there is no such thing as the best streaming service or best streaming player. No one…
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Every Episode of ER Is Now Streaming on Hulu
This week Hulu quietly added all 331 episodes and 15 seasons of the classic TV drama ER. ER was must-see TV on NBC from 1994 to 2009, airing Thursdays for the entirety of its run. It amassed a record-setting 124 Emmy nominations, winning 23 Emmys including one for Outstanding Drama Series. ER continues to hold the…
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Hulu Just Released a Trailer For Season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale
Here is the season 2 trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxQhWrAcQnE The second season of The Handmaid’s Tale will be released in April 2018. The Handmaid’s Tale is a Hulu original show based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood with the same name. In the United States it is being aired by Hulu…
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The Free Live Sports Service Stadium Launches on Roku & Apple TV with On-Demand Content
In 2017 Stadium launched on Pluto TV, Twitter, Facebook, and over-the-air in select markets. Stadium is owned by a collection of industry leaders including MLBAM, NHL, the PGA TOUR, Time Inc, and Sinclair Broadcasting Group—the largest over-the-air TV owner in the United States. Now Stadium has launched on the Apple TV and Roku not only…
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Giveaway! Enter Now For a Chance to Win CES Swag & a Roku Premiere+
Now that CES 2018 is over we have a flood of CES swag. What is swag? That is the stuff you can get at shows like CES. This year we have geat from Plex, GoGo, TCL, Polaroid, Nikon, & More. To top it off I am adding in a Roku Premiere+ with 4K HDR. Here…
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HDHomeRun Announces the CONNECT DUO+ OTA DVR
This week at CES SiliconDust announced the CONNECT DUO+ network DVR for over-the-air TV with 250 GB of storage. “With our latest out of the box tuner solution free OTA TV has never been easier to access. Users can now record directly to the built-in 250Gb storage of the CONNECT DUO+ using our preloaded DVR…