Author: Philip Palermo
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Discovery Plus Launches and Roku Nabs Quibi’s Content
We’re only a week into the new year, but we’ve got plenty to discuss. Several companies have shared some of their plans for next week’s CES 2021. And we already have our first new streaming service launch of the year. Meanwhile, Roku ended the week by acquiring the content left behind after Quibi’s closure. Here’s…
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Sony’s 2021 Bravia XR TV Line Will Feature Fancy ‘Cognitive’ Processing and Google TV
At an online event today, Sony announced a line of new LCD and OLED displays powered by Google TV, the Android TV variant we first saw in the Chromecast with Google TV. Sony’s touting its Bravia XR line as the world’s first “cognitive intelligence” TV, which it says is a step above the advanced AI…
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Samsung’s CES 2021 Lineup Includes Neo QLED, Massive MicroLED TVs
We’re fast approaching the online-only 2021 iteration of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and Samsung has offered up a preview of what it has in store for the event, and for the upcoming year. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the company’s continuing to focus on bigger and better TV tech, including a line of what it’s calling Neo…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Price Hikes and Carriage Disputes Ring in the New Year
It’s January, which means 2020 is officially in the rearview mirror. And while we’re at the start of a brand-new year, some old, familiar topics have popped up in recent headlines — namely: price hikes and carriage disputes. In this week’s wrap-up we highlight some of the biggest stories of the final week of 2020.…
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$10 Price Hike Reportedly Coming to ESPN+ Annual Plan
Price hikes have hit a number of streaming services of late, and it looks like sports-focused ESPN+ will be next in line. Per Sports Business Journal, the annual price for ESPN+ will jump from $49.99 to $59.99 starting on Jan. 8th, 2021. The move reportedly marks the first price increase for the annual plan since…
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LG Adding QNED Tech to Its 2021 LCD TV Line
LG has made a name for itself with its highly regarded OLED (organic light-emitting diode) TVs, but the TV maker also continues to refine its LCD models, including a newly announced line of 4K and 8K TVs based on what it’s calling QNED Mini LED display tech. The company says its new QNED Mini LED…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: New Carriage Deals and Even More Star Wars Shows
The holidays were in full swing this week, but there was still plenty to talk about in the world of cord cutting and streaming. AT&T reached an agreement with Tegna regarding access to local channels. Elsewhere, Disney shared news of yet another Star Wars series coming to the service — this one featuring a very…
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Hands-On (and Voices-On) With Amazon’s New Fire TV Update
First announced earlier this month, Amazon’s new Fire TV software update is trickling out to users over time, starting with the third-gen Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick Lite models. Meanwhile, the company sent us a review unit to check out, so we’ve been getting some hands-on time with the new user interface to…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: HBO Max on Roku, Apple TV Coming to Chromecast, and More!
Well, it finally happened. This week saw the appearance of the HBO Max app on Roku. Elsewhere, we learned the Apple TV app will be coming to Chromecast with Google TV in early 2021 and Peacock shared some info on its plans for next year as well. In other words, it’s been another busy week!…
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PlayStation 5 Adds CBS News App to Streaming Library
It looks like Sony is gradually building up its stable of streaming apps for its new, high-powered video game console, the PlayStation 5. In addition to the HBO Max app that was made available this week, PS5 users now have access to the CBS News app as well. As we mentioned in our recent look…