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Here is Everything New on Netflix, Hulu, & Amazon in June 2018
Here is everything coming to Netflix in June 2018. June 1 November 13: Attack on Paris Busted! – Season 1 finale He Named Me Malala Assassination Games Blue Jasmine Disney’s 101 Dalmatians Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Just Friends National Treasure Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist Outside In Righteous Kill Rumor Has It Singularity Taking…
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Chicago’s Netflix Tax Survives Legal Challenge
Increasingly taxes on streaming services are becoming more popular. Chicago was one of the first to launch a so-called Netflix Tax with a 9% tax on internet-based entertainment services including video, music, and gaming services. Recently the Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit challenging the tax on behalf of Chicago taxpayers. This week the court…
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Sling TV Now Has More Than 60,000 On-Demand Titles
Today Sling TV has confirmed to Cord Cutters News that they now have over 60,000 on-demand titles. This comes as Sling TV announced yesterday that they have teamed up with The Film Detective to bring their library of over 3,000 movie titles to Sling TV’s Hollywood Extra channel. Now Sling TV subscribers will be able to watch…
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Hulu Has Hired Former Netflix & Samsung Executives as New VPs of Marketing
This week Hulu expanded their marketing teams by Ryan Crosby, formerly Netflix’s director of global creative marketing, and Nick Tran, previously head of brand culture at Samsung Electronics. During his time at Netflix, Ryan Crosby oversaw the team responsible for driving awareness, acquisition and viewing for Netflix original series including “Orange Is the New Black,” “House of Cards,”…
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Twitter Will Stream a FREE Halftime Show During the NBA Finals Tonight
Today Twitter announced that they have partnered with UNINTERRUPTED and Crown Royal to air a live halftime show during the NBA Finals. The show will stream for free on Twitter during the game this will give NBA a free option to stream all the news around the NBA Finals with “We’re thrilled to partner with UNINTERRUPTED…
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The TV Network Buzzr is Launching a FREE Online Stream
If you love game shows Buzzr is the network for you. Previously if you wanted to watch Buzzr you had to hope it was available with your antenna. Now Buzzr has announced that starting June 1st 2018 you will be able to watch Buzzr for free on their website BuzzrPlay.com. This will give you access…
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Viacom is selling MTV Campus Networks to Cheddar
Today Cheddar Inc. and Viacom announced a deal to sell MTV Networks on Campus to Cheddar. MTV Networks Campus offers news and entertainment piped into 1,600 college campuses across the U.S. The network will be renamed CheddarU and will feature content from the company’s flagship financial-news streaming service and segments from Cheddar Big News. Cheddar says…
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California’s Senate Just Passed One of The Toughest Net Neutrality Laws
Today one of the toughest Net Neutrality bill currently being considered in the United States passed through California’s Senate. This puts the bill about halfway to becoming law in the state of California. Senate Bill 822 would prohibition slowing down or blocking access to content and a ban on zero-rating. The zero-rating ban would be…
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Nielsen Is Expanding Their Stats to Include YouTube TV & XUMO
Nielsen is best known for informing the world about who watches what. In the past, they used journals and boxes that monitor select homes to get an idea of what people watch. More recently, Nielsen has been teaming up with services like Sling TV to get even more accurate numbers. Now Nielsen is expanding their…
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AT&T Says Their $15 TV Streaming Service Will Only Launch if Their Time Warner Deal Closes
Recently AT&T announced plans for a skinnier version of streaming service DIRECTV NOW, called AT&T Watch. This new service will be priced at $15/month and be a sports free version of DIRECTV NOW. According to Mr. Stephenson, the service drops sports programming and will focus on other channels similar to how Philo works. The hope is the…
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DIRECTV NOW’s Apple TV Deal is Extended Through June
Today AT&T confirmed to Cord Cutters News that they have extended their DIRECTV NOW’s Apple TV deal through the end of June 2018. Originally today was the last day to get an Apple TV from DIRECTV NOW. Typically an Apple TV 4K costs $170, but with this deal, you can get four months of DIRECTV…
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Sling TV Adds 3,000 Classic Movies to Their On-Demand Lineup
Today Sling TV announced that they have teamed up with The Film Detective to bring their library of over 3,000 movie titles to Sling TV’s Hollywood Extra channel. Now Sling TV subscribers will be able to watch The Film Detective library of movies on-deamnd through their sling TV app. About The Film Detective: The Film Detective…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Market Share Grows But Roku Remains Dominant
Today Parks Associates officially released a report looking at the current state of the streaming player market. According to the report the Amazon Fire TV market share grew to 25% up from 16% in 2016. The Google Chromecast feel from 21% in 2016 to 18% today. Roku well still dominates at 37% has been flat since…
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PlayStation Vue is Adding More Nexstar Owned ABC Affiliates
Back in November 2017, Nexstar announced that their ABC, CBS, and NBC owned affiliates would be coming to PlayStation Vue. Now it looks like PlayStation Vue is once again adding more Nexstar owned ABC affiliates by adding WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut When this deal with PlayStation Vue and DIRECTV NOW was announced Nexstar CEO said…
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Philo is Adding PeopleTV, Tastemade, & Cheddar Big News
Today Philo announced that they that they are adding PeopleTV, Tastemade, and Cheddar Big News to their $16 a month package. This puts Philo at 40 channels for $16 a month. Tastemade will be live today. Philo says Cheddar Big New and PeopleTV coming soon. “Philo is simply a better way to watch TV, and with the addition of…
