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Hulu with Live Will Raise Its Price Next Month
Today, Hulu is notifying Hulu with Live customers that the price of the live TV streaming service will increase to $64.99/month beginning December 18. That’s a $10 per month increase. The price hike will put Hulu with Live at the same price as YouTube TV after YouTube announced its own increase this summer as it…
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Samsung Adds Tizen Smarts to Computer Display for a ‘Do-It-All’ Monitor
Samsung’s latest computer display packs in Tizen-powered smart TV features to create what the company calls the “world’s first do-it-all screen.” The Smart Monitor, as it’s called, is also Samsung’s first monitor to feature WiFi, Bluetooth, and the company’s Wireless DeX feature, which lets users connect Galaxy devices. “Consumers’ reliance on monitors has dramatically increased…
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Call Philo’s New Phone Line to Get TV Recommendations Across all Streaming Platforms
Looking for TV show recommendations? Philo has launched a new phone line you can call to get recommendations for movies and TV shows to watch on the streaming services you already subscribe to, Philo customers or not. The limited time “Philo Phone Line” is in celebration of the streamer’s three-year anniversary Nov. 14 and World…
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Redbox Adds Pac-12 Insider & More to Free Live TV Lineup
Redbox is building its collection of channels on its Redbox Free Live TV platform. Today, Redbox announced the addition of 13 new channels, including Pac-12 Insider, Conde Nast’s Vogue, GQ, Bon Appetit, Vanity Fair, and Glamour, Divorce Court, So Yummy, and five Stingray music channels. The Pac-12 Insider channel is expanding on Redbox’s partnership with…
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60% of American Households Have Both Pay TV and Streaming Subscriptions
Not that we need another study to confirm this, but new numbers from Leichtman Research Group reinforce what we can already see – cable’s numbers keep slipping. According to new data from Leichtman, traditional pay television (either cable or satellite) is now in less than 66% of American homes. While many people are simply cutting…
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HBO Max is Coming to Fire TV Devices November 17
WarnerMedia announced today that HBO Max will begin rolling out to Amazon Fire TV devices, Fire TV Edition smart TVs, and Fire Tablets on Tuesday, November 17. “We are very excited that Amazon customers will now be able to enjoy the best-in-class content that lives within HBO Max,” said Tony Goncalves, Head of Sales and…
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Quarantine Has Made People Want to Rewatch More Nostalgic TV
Apparently, staying home all day with nowhere to go has made people turn to the classics for entertainment. A new survey shows 7/10 respondents say quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic has made them more nostalgic than they’ve ever been before. There’s just something comforting in rewatching old favorites that can’t be replicated. The survey of…
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Season 5 of Rick and Morty “More on Schedule” Due to COVID-19
The Coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has upended television and movie production all across the globe, but the production of one fan-favorite TV series may have actually benefited from everyone being stuck at home. While speaking virtually at PaleyFest NY 2020 (one of the biggest television festivals in America), Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon said…
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‘Wonder Woman’ Might Hit HBO Max Along Side its Theatrical Release on Christmas Day
New rumors have emerged that WarnerBros. could be planning to send Wonder Woman 1984 to streaming shortly after or even on the same day as its theatrical release. Bloomberg first reported WarnerBros decision to shorten the theatrical window and release the sequel on HBO Max within weeks of the theater premiere on Dec. 25. Now…
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Peacock is Launching a ‘Saved By The Bell’ Channel Just Before the Reboot Premiere
Peacock is bringing all your favorite Bayside High moments back in one place with a new Saved by the Bell channel set to launch November 16. The channel will feature more than 100 episodes, all for free on Peacock. You can get a blast from the past with Zack, Kelly, Slater, Jessie, Lisa and Screech…
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How to Watch Ravens vs. Patriots on November 15, 2020
The bright lights of Sunday Night Football will be shining on 2 former league MVPs, as Cam Newton’s New England Patriots take on Lamar Jackson’s Baltimore Ravens. The 6-2 Ravens are traveling to Foxborough as the 3-5 Patriots are trying to keep their playoff hopes alive in a tough AFC. Fans will not be in…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: AirPlay 2 Comes to Roku Devices, Disney+ Anniversary, and More
This week, we took a good, long look at Roku’s new OS 9.4 and new AirPlay and HomeKit support on certain Roku devices. Meanwhile, more companies are sharing their latest earnings and subscriber numbers. T-Mobile is expanding its home internet service plans, and Microsoft is sweetening the Xbox Game Pass deal with free access to…
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A Darkwing Duck Reboot is in Development
The 90s cartoon reboots continue, this time bringing back our favorite crime fighting duck in a Darkwing Duck project reportedly being developed for Disney+. Variety shared an exclusive report Friday, with sources sharing that Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, and Alex McAtee of Point Grey Pictures will executive produce. Darkwing Duck originally aired from…
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Cable Companies Will No Longer be Required to Give 30 Day Notice of Channel Blackouts
The FCC has approved a rule change saying that cable operators will no longer need to give customers 30 days notice before a channel is removed from a cable package. The wording now says that cable operators must give customer notice of the loss of a channel “as soon as possible,” rather than specifying 30…
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Netflix Head Says Its Seemingly-High Series Cancel Rate is the ‘Industry Standard’
Recently, Netflix has been in the news for canceling what seems to be a lot of its originals before even giving them the shot of a second season. But the streamer’s CEO Ted Sarandos and head of global TV Bela Bajaria are defending their ax-rate saying it’s normal for today’s streaming climate. “We actually have…
