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You Could Win a Free Year of The Hallmark Channel From Frndly TV
What’s better than watching Hallmark Channel? Winning Hallmark Channel for FREE for one full year! Frndly TV has teamed up with podcast Deck The Hallmark to give 10 lucky winners a full year’s subscription to Frndly TV which includes all three Hallmark Channels for free for a year. To kick the season off, they’re hosting…
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Joe Bob Briggs is Hosting a ‘Halloween Hootenanny’ On Shudder TV
Fan favorite drive in movie critic Joe Bob Brigs is returning to Shudder TV this week to host Joe Bob’s Halloween Hootenanny, a scary movie triple feature that will stream live October 25, 2019 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Shudder TV. Joe Bob Briggs gained popularity as a B-movie critic on TNT and…
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Netflix Plans to Invest $2 Billion of New Debt Into Additional Content & Other Expenses
Today, it was announced that Netflix is taking on $2 billion in debt as a further investment in new content for the streaming platform. According to the announcement, the funds will be used for “content acquisitions, production and development, capital expenditures, investments, working capital and potential acquisitions and strategic transactions.” This investment comes just after…
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Amazon Prime Video is Coming to Twitch With ‘Watch Parties’
Do you ever want to watch your favorite show or movie with other people? Amazon is now testing a new Twitch feature called Watch Parties that will let you watch Amazon Prime movies and TV shows with other Amazon Prime members on Twitch. This feature is only being tested right now with a handful of…
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Sadly Disney+ Won’t Work on Chromebooks, Linux, & Some Android Devices Because of DRM
If you plan to get Disney+ with the hopes of using it on a Chromebook, Linux computer, or some Android streaming players, you may be out of luck. Sadly, early testing in the Netherlands has shown Disney+ does not work on these devices. So why are devices like Chromebooks blocked? It seems that Disney has…
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Spectrum & Fox Team Up to Crack Down on Piracy & Password Sharing
Today Spectrum and Fox announced a new long term deal that will keep FOX Television Stations, FOX News Channel, FOX Business Network, FS1, FS2, BTN, and FOX Deportes on Spectrum TV. As part of this deal, Spectrum and FOX have agreed to work together to “mitigate piracy, implementing business rules to address unauthorized access to…
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The Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas with 40 Original Movies Begins this Week
Are you ready for Christmas? Hallmark Channel is and they’re kicking off their Hallmark Christmas Movies series this week. This year, Hallmark will air more than 40 original Christmas movies on both the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. The best part is you don’t need cable TV to watch them. Sling TV, Philo,…
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Dish is Moving Forward With Plans to Build a 5G Internet Network
Dish announced that it will be releasing its third Request For Proposal since August, in an effort to find end-to-end deployment services vendors to move forward with building the first standalone 5G broadband network in the US. This Deployment Services RFP, set to be released the week of October 28, will include requests pertaining to…
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AT&T’s WarnerMedia is Launching New Original Podcasts From TCM, NBA TV, HLN, & More
In a first for WarnerMedia, the company took the stage at the 2019 IAB Podcast Upfront in New York October 16 to announce new original content being added to it’s premiere podcast sales network, The Roost, a division of Rooster Teeth and WarnerMedia. “WarnerMedia’s focus on the podcast space is another way the company is…
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Comcast & Viacom Ramp-up Their Anti-Piracy Fight By Joining ACE
Last week Comcast and Viacom announced that they are joining the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, also known as ACE as part of their efforts to fight piracy. “We are excited to have Comcast and Viacom join ACE – our leading global content protection organization,” said Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association.…
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Verizon is Launching 5G Home Internet in Chicago With No Data Cap
Today Verizon announced that they are launching 5G home internet that will offer peak speeds of up to 1 Gbps in Chicago. The service will cost $50 for Vierzon customers and $70 a month for non-Verizon customers with autopay and paperless billing. The best part is there will be no data cap on Verizon’s 5G…
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No, Your Roku & Fire TV Are Not Spying on You (That Is Just a New Attack on Cord Cutting)
Last week, you may have noticed your local TV station ran a segment attacking devices like the Roku and the Fire TV. A good example of one of these stories is from WPSD Local 6 HERE. The complaint is that Roku and the Fire TV, along with other streaming players, track what you watch and…
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The Free Streaming Service Locast is Adding More Channels
Locast is a free streaming service offering live streaming locals in a handful of markets. Locast does this by taking the signal from an antenna and streaming the channels online. Since the service launched, Locast has only offered a handful of channels in each market. Typically, this was the big five like ABC, CBS, FOX,…
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Nexstar and FOX Renew Affiliation Agreements
Today, Nexstar Media Group and Fox announced a multi-year agreement to renew Fox network affiliations for Nexstar owned and operated stations in 31 markets. Nexstar is also acquiring 8 Fox affiliates from its pending acquisition of Tribune, and the agreement would cover those markets as well. “We are delighted to reach this long-term extension of…
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Streaming Viewers have Reportedly Quadrupled Since 2010 With The Growth of Cord Cutting
In 2010, only 15% of viewers streamed content at least weekly. Now nine years later that number has more than quadrupled to 65%. That doesn’t surprise us, since a new report shows two out of three adults stream some kind of video online, with 2/3 of that group streaming more online than they watch via…
