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The Head of PlayStation Vue Talks About Why PS Vue Dropped Viacom Channels
This week the head of PlayStation Vue and Vice President at Sony Dwayne Benefield talked with WGN Radio. One of the questions that came up was why Sony dropped several channels from PlayStation Vue including Viacom channels. During the talk the host asked why PlayStation Vue dropped some channels and Dwayne Benefield answered by saying: “The way…
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Hulu Adds ABC News Live & CBSN to Their Lineup
Today Hulu’s live TV streaming service added ABC News Live and CBSN the 24/7 CBS News network. These news networks join others already on Hulu including CNBC, CNN, CNN International, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, and HLN. “This is an important step in our ongoing strategy of expanding distribution of CBSN, now available on…
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Philo Adds The Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Drama, & Hallmark Movies
Today Philo announced that just in time for the start of ‘Count Down to Christmas’ they have added The Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Drama, and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. All three channels will be included in Philos $16 a month package. This means you can now get over 40 channels including A&E, AMC, BBC America, The…
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Vidgo Officially Announces Their New Live TV Service & We Talked to Vidgo’s CEO
This week the long-awaited live TV streaming service Vidgo launched. First announced at CES 2016, Vidgo had quietly been just sitting there. Now it has launched two Spanish packages and plans to launch a $39.99 English package soon, which Vidgo says will be a “compelling skinny bundle with over 50 channels of English programming.” “The…
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Cable Executives Are Still Trying to Say Cord Cutting Costs More Than Cable
For years now, cable executives have pushed the idea that cord cutting costs more than cable TV. In recent months that argument has died off a bit, but it looks like it is once again being used to push back on cord cutting. Yesterday, Ted Hearn, the VP of Communications at the American Cable Association,…
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Stadium Will Air 4 Football Games For Free This Week
In 2017 Stadium launched on Pluto TV, Twitter, Facebook, and over-the-air in select markets. Stadium is owned by a collection of industry leaders including MLBAM, NHL, the PGA TOUR, Time Inc, and Sinclair Broadcasting Group—the largest over-the-air TV owner in the United States. For football fans Stadium has slowly built up their lineup of games…
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Philo is Giving Away 3 Months of Pandora Premium For Free But The Deal Ends This Week
Been thinking about trying Philo? Well, Philo just made the deal even better. Not only will you 37 channel for $16 a month Philo but now you will also get Pandora Premium for 3 months. Typically Pandora Premium costs $9.99 a month. If you want this deal though you need to hurry as the deal ends…
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Amazon Drops Shudder From Their Amazon Channels Service
Do you use Amazon Channels to manage your subscription to Shudder? Well according to AMC Networks the parent company behind the horror based streaming service Amazon has dropped the service. In a message posted on Shuddar’s website AMC said: Attention Shudder Community. We have a real Halloween horror story! Amazon has made the unfortunate decision to…
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PlayStation Vue is Adding More Sinclair Owned Locals
Back in April PlayStation Vue with little warning dropped all Sinclair owned ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC locals. In September PlayStation Vue has started to re-add Sinclair owned locals and now they are continuing to add more Sinclair owned locals. There is still no official announcement but multiple PlayStation Vue subscribers have contacted Cord Cutters News saying their…
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MSNBC’s New Streaming Service Will Launch Later This Year With More Coming in 2019
Earlier this year we learned that MSNBC was working on a standalone streaming service. Now we have learned more about the service as it will be called NBC News Signal and will launch by the end of the year as a nightly show and full time in mid-2019. According to reports, NBC Signal will launch an…
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Apple Plans to Launch Their TV Service in 2019
For some time now we have heard that Apple was getting close to launching their new subscription TV service. Now according to The Information Apple plans to launch the new streaming service in the first half of 2019. According to reports, Apple is spending about $1 billion on content for their on-demand streaming service. This…
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Google Play Is Offering FREE 4K Upgrades for Previously Purchased Movies
Did you buy a movie in SD or HD from Google Play? It is possible you can now get a 4K version of that movie for free according to a report from 9to5 Google. Back in 2016, the Google Play Store started to offer 4K UHD movies on devices like the Nvidia Shield. Yesterday, Google…
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AT&T Confirms They Are Beta Testing a “New Streaming Video Device” Likely For DIRECTV NOW & DIRECTV
Today AT&T announced during their 3rd quarter 2018 earnings that they have started beta testing for a new streaming video device. This is the first official confirmation of a streaming player that is reportedly called the Osprey. In their 3rd quater 2018 earnings statement AT&T said “49,000 DIRECTV NOW net adds with 346,000 net losses in traditional video…
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AT&T’s 5G Network Will Launch in “The Next Few Weeks”
Today AT&T’s CEO John Donovan announced that their 5G network will launch in the next few weeks. This all came during AT&T’s 3rd quarters 2018 earnings call. According to AT&T, they plan to roll out 5G internet to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Indianapolis, Oklahoma City,…
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DIRECTV NOW Added Just 49,000 New Subscribers in The 3rd Quarter of 2018
Today AT&T announced that DIRECTV NOW added just 49,000 subscribers in the 3rd quarter of 2018. This comes as their traditional pay-TV services like DIRECTV lost 346,000 subscribers. This is a dramatic drop in new subscribers compared to the 2nd quarters of 2018 when DIRECTV NOW added 342,000 subscribers. Many had expected stronger numbers as it…
