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  • PlayStation Vue Makes It Easier to Find On-Demand Content

    PlayStation Vue Makes It Easier to Find On-Demand Content

    This week PlayStation Vue updated their Apple TV app with a slightly updated user interface. The biggest change is the addition of a dedicated On-Demand tab. No longer do you need to jump around between networks to find on-demand content. Now you can easily locate all the on-demand content from multiple networks in a single…

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  • Locals Are Now Streaming Free on Roku, Apple TV, & Fire TV in Phoenix & San Francisco

    Looking for a way to stream locals? If you live in Phoenix or the San Francisco Bay areas, you can use the BTV app on Apple TV and Fire TV to stream some of your local channels for free. (The Roku Channel will follow soon, according to BTV.) “LocalBTV” is available as a pilot service…

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  • Sinclair is Counter Suing Tribune

    As of a few weeks ago, the highly anticipated Sinclair and Tribune TV merger is dead. Now both companies are seeing each other as the fight over who is responsible gets started. A few weeks ago Tribune filed a lawsuit against Sinclair. According to the lawsuit Sinclair “committed to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain regulatory approval…

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  • Expired: The Fire HD 8 Tablet is On Sale For Just $49.99

    Amazon today has their Fire HD 8 Tablets with special offers on sale for just $49.99 down from $79.99. If you want the version without the special offers that is on sale for just $79.99 down from $109.99.  Update: Looks like the Fire HD 8 is now sold out. That is currently the same price as…

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  • PlayStation Vue Just Added ESPN College Extra & PlayStation Emerging Filmmakers

    Just a few minutes ago PlayStation Vue added PlayStation Emerging Filmmakers Program and multiple ESPN College Extra channels. PlayStation Vue Emerging Filmmakers channel includes on-demand programming like Orthus about an FBI agent and a ruthless hitman share a twisted secret, Banned in Bosie, Hyperreal, The Many Lives of Any Winters, and Two Roads. “Today, we are thrilled…

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  • Roku & JVC Team Up to Launch a New Line of Roku TVs

    Today Roku and JVC announced that they have teamed up to launch a new line of Roku TVs. The new TVs from JVC will hit Roku stores later this year. “Roku is America’s #1 streaming platform because it is incredibly easy to use and offers access to countless movies and TV episodes all from the home…

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  • PlayStation Vue Won’t Let You DVR The 200 Newly Added ABC, FOX, & NBC Locals

    Yesterday PlayStation Vue added 200 live locals. The bad news is you can’t DVR any of them according to the PlayStation Vue help page you can’t record them. This is not a new issue as you already couldn’t DVR HBO, Showtime, and Cinemax. You also couldn’t fast forward FOX, FX, and FXX recordings. A statement on…

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  • College Students Can Now Get Spotify, Hulu, & Showtime For $5 a Month

    Today Spotify, Showtime, and Hulu announced that they are partnering to offer U.S. college students a streaming bundle for both music and TV shows. Starting today, eligible students can sign-up for Spotify Premium for Students, now with Showtime and Hulu giving them access to not only stream music but also their favorite television shows and…

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  • DIRECTV NOW Drops BeIN Sports

    This week DIRECTV NOW dropped BeIN from their Deportes Package. This leaves Sling TV and fuboTV as the only two live TV streaming services still offering BeIN as apart of their lineup. DIRECTV NOW Deportes was a $5 add-on that included BeIN Sports en Espanol, Univision Deportes, Fox Deportes, and ESPN Deportes. The question now…

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  • Sling TV is Having a Free Preview of The Pac-12 Network

    Today Sling TV announced that the Pac-12 network will be free to all Sling Orange and Sling Blue customers until September 17th, 2018. This gives you access to every Pac-12 Network, not just that national feed. Sling TV offers Pac-12 Networks without regional restrictions, customers can watch any team, no matter where they live. This…

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  • The Ultimate Guide to PlayStation Vue (Updated August 2018)

    Recently PlayStation Vue added over 200 live locals. With so many new locals we thought it would be a great time to update our PlayStation Vue guide. The Basics PlayStation Vue is a live TV streaming service from Sony, available in the United States. Users can use the monthly subscription to stream live TV, record…

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  • PlayStation Vue Added Over 200 ABC, FOX, & NBC Locals Yesterday

    Yesterday PlayStation Vue’s Vice President Dwayne Benefield announced that they have added over 200 new locals including Tribune owned locals. This puts PlayStation Vue at over 450 locals now This helps push PlayStation Vue back into the running for one of the services with the most locals. Hulu still leads the race for the most locals…

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  • Here is Everything Leaving Netflix in September 2018

    Everything Leaving Netflix September 1 13 Going on 30 A Royal Night Out Batman Begins Casino Dead Poets Society Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Exporting Raymond Forgetting Sarah Marshall Ghostbusters Hachi: A Dog’s Tale Hotel for Dogs I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry It Might Get Loud Joyful Noise Just Friends…

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  • Amazon is Working on A Free Ad Supported Streaming Service

    It looks like Amazon is working on a new streaming service to take on services like Tubi, Crackle, and The Roku Channel. According to The Information, the new service will be called Free Drive and will include free ad-supported content. This is not new for Amazon as they have for some time offered free episodes…

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  • PlayStation Vue is Re-adding Tribune Owned FOX Affiliates

    Back on December 15, 2017, PlayStation Vue dropped Tribune-owned Fox affiliates around the United States. Sadly, this happened just before the NFL playoffs started. The good news is it looks like PlayStation Vue has started to re-add the locals today. A few hours ago we started to get reports that PlayStation Vue has started to…

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