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AT&T’s New Streaming Service Will Rely Heavily on HBO Content
AT&T recently announced plans to launch an on-demand streaming service. According to AT&T, their new on-demand service will launch in the fourth quarter of 2019 and it will include three levels: a basic entry-level option that will offer movies, a premium service level with original HBO programming and “blockbuster movies,” and a final level that…
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DIRECTV’s Streaming Service Will Be Cheaper Than DIRECTV NOW
This week AT&T’s Chief Randall Stephenson revealed more about the future of DIRECTV NOW and the new DIRECTV streaming version launching in 2019. According to Stephenson, DIRECTV’s new streaming service will cost less than DIRECTV NOW. This comes as AT&T announces plans to thin out DIRECTV NOW by dropping channels with a goal of keeping…
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New Sling TV Customers Can Get a FREE Roku Express
Recently Sling TV updated their offer to include a free Roku Express if you prepay for one month of Sling TV. This is a limited time deal but no end date has been announced. If you are thinking about signing up for Sling TV this may be an offer you should check out. You can…
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Roku’s SVP in Charge of Players & TVs is Retiring
Today Roku announced that Chas Smith Roku’s Senior Vice President and GM of Roku TVs and Roku Players will retire at the end of the first quarter of 2019. Chas Smith has been with Roku since March of 2010 as Vice President of sales and led online Roku Player sales. In 2012 he took over the…
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Expired: The Nvidia Shield is On Sale For Just $167.99
Nvidia Shield is on sale for Black Friday with a new all-time low price of $167.99. (This deal is for the Shield and remote only.) The Nvidia Shield has long been seen as the flagship Android TV device on the market. It is also one of the few Android TV devices out there to have an…
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Vidgo & DAZN Team Up
Vidgo a new live TV streaming services announced plans to launch a joint bundle deal with DAZN. Vidgo currently offers several international packages and a soon to be released English language package. Now you can get both Vidgo and DAZN for one monthly fee of $29.99 for their Latino mas package. (Or get DAZN as an…
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AT&T Plans to Charge $50 to $60 a Month For DIRECTV NOW
Today AT&T’s chief Randall Stephenson opened up more about the future of DIRECTV NOW and the new DIRECTV streaming version launching in 2019. Part of that talk revolved around plans to charge $50 to $60 a month for DIRECTV NOW after thinning it out. During a talk at UBS Global Media and Communications Conference Stephens…
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Report: Hulu & AT&T Are Working On Videos Ads When You Pause a Show
Today it was reported that both Hulu and AT&T are testing out full video ads when you pause a show. Now if you pause your TV show, AT&T and Hulu hope to place ads on that. This is nothing new but what is new is replacing it with a video ad that fills all or…
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If Roku Goes Up for Sale, Who Would Buy Them? We Take a Look
Rumors have been flying for years now that Roku, the company, is or will be up for sale. This does not mean Roku is struggling. Roku just had one of the best quarters ever in the history of the company. Sales are going strong and by most reports over half of all streaming players in…
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DIRECTV NOW’s Future Is Unknown
Recently AT&T made two announcements that will likely represent a major change of direction for DIRECTV NOW. First, AT&T announced a third live TV streaming service with the launch of a DIRECTV streaming (along with AT&T Watch TV). AT&T also announced that they expect DIRECTV NOW to lose subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2018…
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AT&T Just Made Cord Cutting Harder
This week AT&T announced they are putting an end to prorated credits if you cancel their service. For example, right now if you cancel DIRECTV on December 15, they would credit you for the rest of December that you didn’t use. (Assuming your contract had ended.) Now if you cancel on or after the first…
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The Hallmark Channel’s SiriusXM Christmas Station is Now Free on Alexa
Starting today and running through December 25th SiriusXM is giving free access to 15 holiday radio channels to Alexa owners. The channels include access to acoustic, Christmas classics, pop content, jazz, Latin classics, Hallmark Channel, traditional holiday music, and more. If you live in the United States or Canada and don’t have a SiriusXM subscription you…
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Here is Everything New on Netflix, Hulu, & Amazon in December 2018
December 3rd Blue Planet II, season 1 Hero Mask The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot, season 2 December 4th District 9 December 6th Happy!, season 1 December 7th 5 Star Christmas Bad Blood Dogs of Berlin Dumplin’ Free Rein: The Twelve Neighs of Christmas Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle Nailed It! Holiday! Neo Yokio: Pink…
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Pluto TV Announces Their Holiday Lineup
Today Pluto TV announced a new lineup of holiday movies and event that will air for free over the holiday season. Here is the list of some of what you can expect on Pluto in December: Naughty or Nice? — This Christmas programming definitely landed Pluto TV on Santa’s Nice List! Christmas Eve Music Peter,…
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Hulu is Adding ‘ASK DR. RUTH’ Documentary
Last week Hulu announced a deal to bring the new documentary the chronicles the popular radio and TV host. The new Ask Dr. Ruth documentary will hit Hulu in 2019. About the film: Directed by Ryan White (The Keepers, The Case Against 8), Ask Dr. Ruth chronicles the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became…
