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MLB Season Kicks Off Tonight on ESPN+
With a delayed start and an abbreviated season, the MLB kicks off its season tonight at 7:30 pm ET to an empty stadium. But your home-viewing experience will be largely the same as any normal season with the games being broadcast on ESPN+, beginning with the Red Sox hosting the Orioles for Opening Day tonight.…
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Quibi App Update Now Allows You to Screenshot Shows
Let the memes begin…Quibi has just released a new feature that lets users screenshot its shows, but like seemingly everything the streamer does, it has to be in a format that takes some getting used to. Instead of the home+lock buttons for iOS or volume button for Android, screen shotting on Quibi consists of holding…
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One Third of Cable Subscribers are on Soon-to-Expire Promo Rates
A recent study by equity research company Cowen reports that 33% of cable TV subscribers are paying promotional deal prices for their current subscriptions, rates that will soon expire, and bump them up into higher prices. The survey was conducted June 26-27 with 1,021 U.S. consumers for Cowen’s Q2 cable TV and satellite video report.…
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Everything Coming and Going on Netflix in August 2020
It’s already time for a new month of Netflix originals, classic favorites, and intriguing documentaries coming to the streaming service in August. This month’s highlights include Season 2 of the Netflix Original Glow Up with a hunt for Britain’s next makeup star, plus YouTube’s Cobra Kai seasons 1-2 hits Netflix later this month after speculations…
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FOX Sports Will Add CGI Fans to Fill the Stadium During MLB Games
Fox Sports is trying to make everything about the new MLB season seem as normal as possible, and what could be more normal than seeing virtual fans across your TV screen? FOX Sports shared the news in a short press release, saying they’ll use cutting-edge Pixatope software to add virtual fans to the broadcast, all…
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Pluto TV App Will Now Come Preloaded on Select Verizon Android Devices and More
Today, the Pluto TV app went live across Verizon Android devices in the largest free, ad-supported streaming deal to date. Select new Verizon devices will now come preloaded with the Pluto TV app, with Fios cable boxes, Stream TV, and 5G Amazon Home Fire devices getting the rollout throughout the summer. This deal brings three…
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Watch the Premiere of Crackle’s New Original Documentary in August
Crackle has teamed up with Screen Media to release its upcoming original Anything is Possible – The Serge Ibaka Story launching exclusively on the platform August 1. The film is produced by Lebron James’ company UNINTERRUPTED and debuted at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. The film follows Toronto Raptors’ power forward as he makes a…
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‘Perry Mason’ Renewed for a Second Season on HBO
Today HBO announced its mystery drama series Perry Mason for a second season. This news comes just before the Season 1 finale hits the HBO Max streaming service on August 9. “It has been an exciting journey to work with the immensely talented team behind PERRY MASON,” said Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming. “Viewers…
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Peacock Launches Olympic Pop Up Channel ‘Road to Tokyo’
Today NBC’s new streaming service Peacock announced its first pop-up channel, “Road to Tokyo,” exactly one year out from the new start date of the delayed Olympic Games. The channel will be a 24/7 stream of highlights and classic moments from the Olympics and Paralympics past. The channel lineup also features 10 documentaries produced by…
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Hockey Returns to TV With NHL Playoffs on Aug. 1
The National Hockey League is returning to the ice and TV screens Saturday, August 1 at 12:00 PM ET with the New York Rangers taking on the Carolina Hurricanes in the first game of the 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers. The qualifiers will include 16 teams playing eight best-of-5 series and a round-robin among the top…