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Sports Entertainment Channel ‘Whistle TV’ is Now Available on Roku
Today, Team Whistle announced its lifestyle and sports entertainment channel Whistle TV is now available on The Roku Channel. Whistle TV features more than 1500 hours of content featuring niche sports programming as well as inspirational movies, documentaries and more. The free, ad-supported channel adds Roku to its expanding reach, in addition to its current…
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Tubi Has Free Thanksgiving Shows and Movies for the Whole Family
From preparing your Thanksgiving dinner to settling in for a movie night with family, Tubi has you covered. The free streaming service is serving up comedies, dramas, cooking shows, and more. Here’s a taste of the Thanksgiving content you’ll find on Tubi: Cold Turkey (2013) – Starring Cheryl Hines, Peter Bogdanovich, and more. A dysfunctional…
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STIRR Adds Popular Veteran Show ‘Military Makeover’ to its Library
STIRR announced the popular home improvement show Military Makeover will now be available on the free platform. A BrandStar Original, the show aims to honor military veterans with home upgrades and renovation out of respect for the service and sacrifices they’ve made. The series is also currently on Lifetime and The American Forces Network. “Military Makeover…
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AT&T is Raising DirecTV Prices in January 2021, Lowering the Price for Starz and Showtime
AT&T will be increasing prices for DirecTV and U-Verse TV packages beginning January 17, 2021. They’ll be lowering the price of Showtime, Starz and Cinemax by $3 a month each. As with previous price hikes, AT&T claims increased programming costs is the reason behind the price adjustment. “Due to increased programming costs, we’re adjusting the…
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XUMO Announces Its First Original Content Partnership
Today XUMO announced its first-ever partnership for original content in the latest expansion to its library of free movies. With this new partnership, Bold Soul Studios will premiere its new original White Elephant exclusively on XUMO and just in time for the holidays. “We love the idea of disrupting traditional models and debuting directly on an…
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12M Homes Streamed Election Day Coverage for Free on Roku
New data shows that an estimated 20 million people streamed election news on The Roku Channel and Roku’s other multiple free, ad-supported channels. In a nationwide survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults conducted by The Harris Poll for Roku, 8/10 respondents were streamers. Streaming consumption during the election surged, possibly contributing to why this…
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T-Mobile is Discontinuing TVision Home
Just after launching its TVision Live streaming service in October, T-Mobile is notifying customers that it will be discontinuing its TVision Home service in December. T-Mobile is encouraging TVision Home subscribers to migrate to TVision Live. TVision Home was a relaunch of Layer3. The service launched in April 2019 that the company described as an…
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Sinclair Regional Sports Networks Will Be Rebranded as Bally Sports
Sinclair Broadcast Group and Bally’s, owner of Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Casino, announced today an agreement for a long term partnership that will rebrand Sinclair’s 21 Fox regional sports networks under the Bally’s name. Bally’s will reportedly pay $85 million to Sinclair in a ten year deal for naming rights. Sources tell The NY…
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Wonder Woman 1984 Will Get Same-Day Premiere on HBO Max At No Added Cost to Users
We’ve reported on the rumors and possibilities in the past few weeks and months, but it looks like we have official confirmation now. Variety reports that Wonder Woman 1984, which has seen a number of delays due to COVID-19, will officially debut on HBO Max on Christmas Day, Dec. 25th, in the US — the…
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Ting Mobile Launches Three New Plans, Starting at $10/Month
Ting Mobile is introducing new Flex, Set 5 and Unlimited nationwide postpaid plans. Unlimited talk and text plans start at just $10/month with unlimited talk, text, and data starting at $45/month. “Moving from pay-as-you-go rates to these plans represents a fresh new approach for Ting Mobile, and allows customers to choose plans that meet their…
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DistroTV is Serving up a 24-HR Marathon of Past Thanksgiving Parades
Some Thanksgiving Day Parades will be cancelled this year and others will look a little different, so DistroTV is partnering with Plymouth Rock TV to bring a 24-hour marathon of parades from the past marching right into your home. Starting Wednesday, November 25, and continuing through Thanksgiving Day, viewers can tune in to DistroTV.com to…
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Charlie Brown Holiday Specials will Air on PBS and PBS Kids, Alongside Streaming on Apple TV+
The tradition of watching Charlie Brown holiday specials can continue, even for those without access to Apple TV+. Apple says it will make the specials available on PBS and PBS Kids along with offering the programming on its streaming service. Last month, Apple announced that it had acquired rights to all new and classic Peanuts…
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Comcast Launches New Watchwith Livestream App for X1 and Flex
Today Comcast launched its new livestreaming app Watchwith on Xfinity X1 and Flex. To demonstrate the co-watching feature, Xfinity has partnered with Bravo for an interactive pre-show event with stars from the network’s newest franchise, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Tonight at 6:30 pm PT/9:30 pm ET, RHOSLC fans can join an exclusive…
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Amazon Introduces Alexa Routines for Fire TV
Amazon announced today that it will bring Alexa routines to Fire TV devices. Alexa Routines is a feature that allows users to create Alexa command “bundles,” or personalized groups of commands that can be executed together with one voice command. Starting today, Amazon customers can include Fire TV commands in their Alexa Routines. Amazon offers…
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ATSC 3.0 Goes Live in Raleigh, NC
NextGen TV continues to expand across the US. Five local TV stations in Raleigh NC announced that they will begin broadcasting with NextGen TV. Those stations include WTVD (ABC), WNCN (CBS), WUVC (Univision), WLFL (CW), and WRDC (MyNet). NextGen TV will be able to support new features incusing immersive audio and video, broadcasting to mobile…
