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The Met Opera is Offering Access to Performances You Can Stream for Free
The Met may be closed but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy opera from the comfort of your own couch. After canceling all of its upcoming performances through the end of March over coronavirus outbreaks, The Metropolitan Opera in New York is “Nightly Met Opera Streams,” on its website, a series of Live in HD…
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Gray Television Withdraws Bid for Local Channels
Gray Television has reportedly withdrawn its bid for Tegna Television, the current owner of 66 local stations. Previously, we reported that Gray Television and an investment group were in the running to buy the local stations. Soon after, Byron Allen’s Allen Media Broadcasting also entered the bidding war. Gray was offering $8.5 in cash and…
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The Streaming Service CuriosityStream is On Sale for $5/Year for Returning Customers (Ends Today)
Miss great educational shows, documentaries, and more? CuriosityStream is a streaming service created from the original founder of the Discovery Channel has a special for you right now. Today Curiosity stream is turning 5 years old and to celebrate you can get a year of CuriosityStream for just $5 for the HD plan, if you’re…
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Pluto TV Improves Its Commercials, Making the Service Even Better
One of the main complaints about Pluto TV has been commercials that would often just play randomly. Now Pluto TV has slowly been improving its commercials as it works to be the best free cord cutting service. Many have recently noticed that Pluto TV—on a growing number of channels—is no longer just randomly placing ads…
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Sling TV Launches Stay in & Sling for FREE News and Entertainment
Today, Sling TV launched Stay In & Sling, meant to give Americans free access to news and entertainment while we deal with the COVID-19 crisis. Sling is providing news, plus thousands of shows and movies for the whole family, with no paid SLING TV account required. “To stay informed in these uncertain times, Americans need…
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Fox Sold Roku Shares to Morgan Stanley Ahead of Tubi Acquisition
Yesterday, a block of 6 million Roku shares went up for sale. That night, Fox Corp. reached out to Morgan Stanley, asking the company to take on Fox’s 5% stake in Roku, according to sources for The Wall Street Journal. Morgan Stanley accepted the deal, took the shares, and sold for $58/share. Today, Roku bounced…
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Fox Acquires Free Streaming Service Tubi in a $440 Million Deal
Fox has just acquired the free streaming service Tubi, reportedly for $440 million in cash. “Tubi will immediately expand our direct-to-consumer audience and capabilities and will provide our advertising partners with more opportunities to reach audiences at scale. Importantly, coupled with the combined power of FOX’s existing networks, Tubi provides a substantial base from which…
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Sundance Now is Offering a 30-Day Free Trial With Code
Stuck inside? Don’t let all that social distancing go to waste! Sundance Now is offering a 30-day free trial to its streaming service, up from the regular 7-day pass. AMC Network’s Sundance Now boasts a rich selection of engrossing true crime, heart-stopping dramas and intelligent thriller series from around the world. Check out these 7…
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Frontier Moves Toward Restructuring Debt by Entering Interest Payment Grace Period
In January, we reported on Frontier Communications’ struggle to survive with the growth of cord cutting. At that time, reports showed that Frontier was planning to file for bankruptcy this month. Now, Frontier has announced that it will invoke a 60 day grace period to pay its debt, originally due March 16. “We remain actively…
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Netflix Now Has Streaming Rights to ‘Community’ Along With Hulu
Netflix has announced it the single-camera comedy Community will be available to stream on the platform starting April 1, 2020. This makes it the second place you can watch the show on a streaming service. Hulu is currently home to the 2009 NBC sitcom, with all six seasons available for streaming. Global rights for the show…
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Movies Anywhere Will Now Let You Lend Movies to a Friend
Movies Anywhere, the service that allows you to build your digital movie collection by connecting iTunes, Amazon Video, Google Play, Vudu, and other accounts, has a new feature. With the Screen Pass feature, you can share movies you’ve purchased with friends and family. Screen Pass allows Movies Anywhere users to share up to three films…
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Movie Theaters Including AMC Theaters Announce They’re Closing For Up To 3 Months
Beginning today, AMC theaters announced they will be shutting their doors for the next six to 12 weeks to combat the spread of coronavirus. This includes all 634 locations in the U.S. and Canada and is effective Tuesday, March 17, 2020. “We are ever so disappointed for our moviegoing guests and for our employee teams…
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The NFL Can Now Begin Negotiating TV Rights Deals, Agrees to Longer Season
The NFL can now begin negotiating deals for airing games, after the league and the NFL Players Association came to an agreement yesterday. We reported last month that the Collection Bargaining Agreement would affect everything from the number of games in the season to which networks will win rights to air the games. Multichannel reports…
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Pluto TV Adds 4 New Channels Including 24/7 Cops
Today the free streaming service Pluto TV added four new channels with the addition of Spike TV’s Cops 24/7, America’s Voice, BlazeTV, and TokuSHOOTsu. Here is where you can find these new channels. BlazeTV Channel 250 Blaze Live is news and entertainment for people who love America. Our programming is pro-free speech and unapologetically pro-America.…
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Staying Home Could Increase Media Usage By 60% Nielsen Says
Nielsen has released a report showing that when consumers stay at home during major events, media consumption can rise by 60%, with working from home driving an increase in viewership. “Be it snowstorms, hurricanes or a global pandemic, media users ramp up their media consumption to stay informed, kill time, find solace and stay in…
