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Expired: Roku’s Pre-Black Friday Sale Has Started Including Deals On The New Roku TV Wireless Speakers
Today Roku quietly kicked of their pre-Black Friday sale by cutting the price of their new Roku TV Wireless Speakers and Roku Streaming Stick. Right now you can get the Roku Streaming Stick for just $29.99 down from $49.99 and the 2018 Roku TV Wireless SPeakers for just $149.99 down from $199.99. Roku will also have…
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DIRECTV NOW Is Once Again No Longer Supporting ESPN3
For about two weeks now readers have been reaching out to Cord Cutters News letting us know that ESPN3 is no longer supporting DIRECTV NOW logins on the ESPN app. ESPN3 gives additional access to ESPN content like games airing on ABC and games not airing on any ESPN channel. Last night ESPN3 was working for…
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Amazon, Sinclair, & TEGNA Are All Trying to Buy FOX’s Regional Sports Networks
As part of the deal to get Department of Justice approval for the Disney and Fox merger there was a requirement that the Fox Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) would be sold off. According to the deal, when Disney closes on the sale of most of 21st Century Fox they would sell off the regional sports…
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Expired: Roku, Fire TV, & The Nvidia Shield Will All Be On Sale For Black Friday
Looking for a great deal on a streaming player? This Black Friday Roku, Amazon’s Fire TV, and the Nvidia Sheild will all be on sale. Here are the Roku deals you will find on Black Friday: The Roku SE is a rebranded version of the Roku Express. (Not sure if it is the 2016 or…
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DIRECTV NOW’s Android TV Box’s User Interface is Revealed
Last week DIRECTV NOW started to email subscribers asking for beta testers for their new Android TV-powered streaming player. This new device is likely to be used for both DIRECTV NOW and a new DIRECTV streaming version AT&T announced last year. The device is an Android TV-powered streaming player called Osprey. (AT&T is very likely to…
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Sling TV’s President Wants to Break the Bundle
Recently at the Streaming Media West conference, Sling TV’s President, Warren Schlichting, opened up about their plans for the service. Schlichting repeatedly revealed why Sling TV wants to break the bundle. During the interview Sling TV’s president said, “Well, you know almost every programming negotiation this is an issue and it’s a little bit of,…
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DIRECTV NOW Restores Support For ESPN3
For about two weeks now readers have been reaching out to Cord Cutters News letting us know that ESPN3 is no longer supporting DIRECTV NOW logins on the ESPN app. ESPN3 gives additional access to ESPN content like games airing on ABC and games not airing on any ESPN channel. Now Cord Cutters News can confirm…
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Amazon Alexa Adds Pandora Premium
Good news for Pandora Premium subscribers. Starting today you can now use Pandora Premium through your Alexa-enabled devices. “Premium users can now play their favorite songs, albums and playlists with simple Alexa voice commands, providing for the ultimate hands-free music experience this holiday season. Whether you’re cleaning the house to impress your in-laws, carving a Thanksgiving turkey,…
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CBS is Giving Away a FREE Month CBS All Access For Black Friday
Are you looking for a streaming Black Friday deal? Right now CBS All-Access has over 10,000 episodes on demand including original programming like Star Trek Discovery. New episodes are added the next day and in a growing list of areas, you also get a live stream of your local CBS affiliate. Currently, CBS All-Access is available…
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Roku Streamed Over 6.2 Billion Hours in Just 3 Months
Roku is having a really great 2018 as Roku has seen a huge jump in new users and revenue. Now we are learning that Roku is also seeing a huge jump in hours streamed. According to Roku, the number of hours streamed in the 3rd quarter of 2018 jumped 63% to 6.2 billion hours streamed.…
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Expired: The Fire TV Recast DVR is On Sale For Black Friday
Just a week after the Fire TV Recast DVR launched Amazon now has it on sale for $50 off. Right now you can get the Fire TV Recast DVR 500GB version for $179.99 or the 1 TB version for $219.99. About the Fire TV Recast DVR: Fire TV Recast is a DVR that lets you watch…
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Pluto TV Adds Content From Discovery Networks to Their Lineup
Today Pluto TV and Discovery Networks announced a deal to bring select Discovery shows to Pluto TV’s free streaming service. This won’t be live streaming of Discovery’s popular cable networks but will offer free streaming of popular shows from networks including Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, ID, Discovery Life, Science Channel, and TLC. Select episodes from series including…
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YouTube Is Offering Free Legal Movies (With Ads)
Recently YouTube quietly added about 100 hours of movies to YouTube. These movies are 100% free with ads and include a mix of well-known movies like Rocky, The Terminator, Zookeeper, Legally Blond, and others. The growth of ad-supported streaming services has really taken off as advertisers take notice of the opportunities streaming offers. Walmart and…
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The Hallmark Channels’s Streaming Service Tops 500,000 subscribers
Today CrownMedia the parent company behind the Hallmark Channel announced their Hallmark Movies Now streaming service now tops 500,000 subscribers. According to Crown Media Hallmark Movies Now has seen 93% surge in viewership and an 11% increase in subscribers versus the corresponding period in 2017. “Movies & Mistletoe” – the SVOD counterpart to sister linear networks’ top-rated…
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Amazon & AT&T Team Up to Offer Exclusive Early Showings of ‘Aquaman’
Today Amazon will announce that Prime members will get exclusive first shot at tickets to early showings of the new Warner Bros. Aquaman movie. In a statement posted online Amazon said: “Starting today, Prime members can purchase tickets for early showings of Aquaman a week before the movie’s nationwide release The exclusive showings will take place at 7…
