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EXPIRED: Here Are the Best Black Friday Deals for Cord Cutters That We Know About Including a $49.99 Roku Ultra & a $19.99 Fire TV Stick
Black Friday is just two weeks away, and we are starting to get an idea of some of the best deals for cord cutters from Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. These deals include a $49.99 Roku Ultra, a $29.99 Roku Stick+, and a $19.99 Fire TV Stick. These are the deals we know about. It…
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ABC’s Streaming News Service Announces New Senior Executive Producer
Today, ABC News President James Goldston announced the latest addition to the ABC team. Justin Dial has been hired as Senior Executive Producer for ABC News Live. His new responsibilities will include managing programming, creative direction and design, growing the editorial team and overseeing live coverage during breaking news and events. ABC News President James…
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Roku is Now Offering a Showtime and Starz Bundle
Roku has just announced that they will now offer an all new SHOWTIME + STARZ Value Pack through Premium Subscriptions on The Roku Channel. The value pack includes both of the premium channels, bundled for $16.99/month after a 7 day free trial. When you choose the value pack, you can easily manage your subscriptions with a…
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HBO Max is Working on a ‘Friends’ Reunion Special
If you’re a Friends fan, you might want to hold on to your seat. Rumor has it a real, unscripted reunion special is underway courtesy of HBO Max. However, any hopes of an actual reboot or scripted reunion were dashed by the show’s producers at the Tribeca TV Festival in September, saying it was off…
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Sling TV Updates Its Apple TV App With New Features
Today Sling TV updated its iOS app with several new features including Launch Into Live and Browse While you Watch. Now with Sling TV on Apple TV you have more control than ever over how your app behaves. Here is how Sling TV describes these features. · Launch Into Live: Now when you open the Sling TV…
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The Free Streaming Service Stadium Announces Its 2019 College Basketball Scheduled That Includes 66 Games
Are you ready for college basketball? Today the 24/7 multi-platform sports network Stadium announced their college basketball line up which includes more than 65 games from five conferences. Throughout the season, the games will feature commentary talented broadcasters including Chris Hassel, Doug Gottlieb, Ari Wolfe, Jeff Goodman and Kristen Balboni. The lineup includes games from…
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How to Watch CMA Awards on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, & More
Looking to watch the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards this week? The CMA Awards will be airing November 13th, 2019 starting at 8 p.m. EST on ABC. The good news is as a cord cutter you have many options to stream the Awards on your Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV. Here is our short…
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The $14.99 a Month Live TV Streaming Service Vidgo Launches a Roku Channel
Today the $14.99 a month live TV streaming service Vidgo announced that they have launched a Roku Channel that will allow you to stream their service on Roku. For $14.99 per month, you get 48 channels in the National English Streaming Plan. (Note: This is only a test launch and more channels will be added…
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Disney+ Added Over 10 Million Subscribers In Just Over 24 Hours
Today Disney announced that it now has added 10 million new subscribers since it launched. This would make Disney+ one of the fastest-growing streaming services ever. The Disney+ app is now available on Roku, PS4, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android, iOS Chromecast, and Xbox, along with Samsung and LG smart TVs. The service costs $6.99/month…
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Netflix is Getting New Kids Shows Produced by Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon has signed a multi-year deal to produce new kids shows for Netflix. Some of the new titles will be based on popular Nick programming like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Loud House. In addition to new titles surrounding existing Nick characters, this new collaboration will bring original feature films and series to Netflix…
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Hulu is Expanding Internationally But Hulu Employees Are Worried About the Future Under Disney
In May of this year, Disney signed a deal with Comcast, giving the company full operating control of Hulu. Soon after, we reported on discussions of how Disney+ and Hulu planned to work together on everything from content to customer management. After ESPN+ launched last year, and after the official launch of Disney+ this week,…
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Sling TV is Now Available on Facebook’s Portal TV
Today Sling TV announced that it has added its live TV streaming service to Portal TV. Now you will be able to use Sling TV through Facebook’s new streaming player, Portal TV. “Connecting with your family near and far is easier this holiday season with Facebook’s newly released Portal TV, from the Portal family of…
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Disney Will Air New Disney+ Episodes Every Friday Starting November 15th
Now that Disney+ has launched and viewers through the US, Canada, and the Netherlands have started watching the original content streaming on the platform, you may be wondering about the content schedule. When will new episodes of your favorite Disney+ series air? Beginning November 15, most new episodes of each series will premiere on Fridays…
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Netflix Is Leaving Older Roku Players Because of DRM & Others Could Do The Same
In early October, news broke that Netflix was ending support for older Rokus on December 1, 2019. Sadly, Netflix has not posted a full list of Roku players that are losing support on December 1, but Roku says the first two Roku models will lose Netflix at that time. (If you are affected by this…
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A U.S. Senate Committee Will Vote Today on Banning Hidden Cable TV & Internet Fees
Today the United States Senate Commerce Committee will vote on banning hidden fees on cable TV, internet, and phone providers as part of the renewal of the Satellite Television Access Reauthorization (STAR) Act. Update: According to reports the vote on the STAR bill is being delayed. The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications…
