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Apple One Breakdown: What’s Included, How to Sign Up, and More
Apple’s new Apple One service bundle rolls out today, allowing users to combine up to 6 subscription services including Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News, Apple Fitness, and iCloud. It provides access to Apple services for one bundled monthly price so you can streamline your subscriptions and accounts. By combining the services and subscribing…
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Netflix Dominates Another Week of Nielsen’s Top Ten with ‘Schitt’s Creek’
Once again Netflix almost swept all 10 spots on Nielsen’s weekly streaming list, this time with Schitt’s Creek taking the lead. The Pop Original Series raked in 948 million minutes of viewing time during the week ending 10/4, bumping Netflix’s original series Ratched from the top to No. 5 with 791 million minutes. Coming in…
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Netflix is Reportedly Working on an Audio-Only Feature
Netflix is rumored to be gearing up for a new audio-only feature that lets users listen to their favorite shows while they go about their business, similar to a podcast or audiobook. Code lines in Netflix’s Android app version 7.79.1 indicate the listening feature may be being released soon. XDA first reported finding the following…
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Sony Nearing a Deal to Buy Crunchyroll from AT&T
Sony is in the final stages of buying the anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T for over $957 million. We first shared a report from The Information that Sony and AT&T were in talks about the sale of Crunchyroll in August when AT&T was asking for $1.5 billion for the service. Sony purchased Funimation Products…
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Study Shows Streaming is Up 57% Year Over Year
Viewers are spending more time overall streaming content, and advertisers are flocking to make the switch from pay-TV. In Q3 of this year, viewing time is up 57% year over year according to Conviva’s quarterly State of Streaming report. In addition, ad demand for Q3 is up significantly from the dramatic drop Q2 suffered due…
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Apple One Bundles Will be Available Tomorrow, October 30
In today’s Q3 earnings call, Apple announced that its service bundle, Apple One, will launch tomorrow, October 30. The bundle deal was announced last month, with Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services saying that “with Apple One, you can access the best of Apple entertainment across all your favorite devices with one…
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YouTube TV Now Has Over 3 Million Subscribers
In Google’s Q3 earnings call today, the company announced that YouTube TV has surpassed 3 million subscribers. The service saw a price hike this summer, bringing the cost to $64.99 per month, which didn’t seem to deter new subscribers from signing on. The higher price came with the announcement of the addition of a slate…
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YouTube TV is Offering a Free Preview of Showtime and Epix This Weekend
For this weekend only, YouTube TV is offering subscribers a free preview of two premium channels – Showtime and Epix. The preview runs from October 30 through November 2 and subscribers will find the two channels on their Home tab. On Epix, you’ll find movies including The Addams Family and Gretel & Hansel, along with…
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Here’s Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas Lineup 2020
Hallmark Channel is bringing its yearly Countdown to Christmas back even earlier this year, so you don’t have to wait to watch all the new holiday movie premieres of 2020. And thank heavens because this year could use some early Christmas cheer to lighten the mood, right? Plus, Hallmark is sprinkling around extra joy this…
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Netflix is Increasing Prices on Standard and Premium Plans
Today, Netflix increased prices for US customers. The Netflix Standard plan is now $14 per month, a $1 increase, and the Premium plan is now $18 per month, a $2 increase. We first reported that an analyst was predicting a price increase last month, noting that Netflix would make between $500 million to $1 billion…
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Crackle App Will Launch on Cox Contour Platforms
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has announced a Crackle App will soon be available on Cox Contour TV and Contour Stream Player platforms. That means all Cox TV customers will have access to Crackles full library of free entertainment, including its growing number of Originals. “Crackle is excited to work with Cox and to…
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Amazon Fire TV and Echo Show are on Major Sales for Alexa’s Birthday
Everyone’s favorite virtual assistant Alexa is turning 6 in November, and Amazon is celebrating with some big discounts on select devices. The voice assistant made her debut on November 6, 2014 and is now very much a part of our lives. Now’s a great time to take advantage of the celebration sales happening at Amazon…
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VIZIO Adds Facebook Watch App to SmartCast TVs
Earlier this week, VIZIO announced it’s launching Facebook Watch to its lineup of apps available on SmartCast TVs. Now SmartCast TV users can discover new videos based on their interests through Facebook Watch, all on their TV screen. “Bringing Facebook Watch to SmartCast furthers our mission to provide VIZIO customers with direct-to-device access to all…
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Peacock is the ‘Opposite of Quibi’ Says NBCUniversal CEO
After announcing that Peacock has reached 22 million sign ups earlier today, the company wants to make it clear that there is a plan to continue growing the service. That plan includes building Peacock’s content library with “familiar” titles that people already know, love, and want to come back to. “The fact that we have…
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Bette Midler Confirms the Original Sanderson Sisters will Star in ‘Hocus Pocus’ Sequel
Last year we posted about reports of a Hocus Pocus sequel in the works at Disney. Now Bette Midler herself has confirmed she will be reprising her role as Winifred Sanderson, accompanied by her on-screen sisters Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as fellow witches. Midler she and the others were approached to star in…
