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Redbox Expands Free Streaming Service with Over 100 Hours of Comedy Content
Redbox announced a deal with Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud today that will bring over 100 hours of stand up specials and TV shows to the free streaming service. The lineup includes All-Star Comedy Jam: I’m Still Laughing, All-Star Comedy Jam: Orlando, Gary Own: True Story, Kevin Hart: What Now? All Access, DeRay Davis: Power…
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IMDb TV is Now Available on Comcast X1 and Flex
Amazon’s free streaming service, IMDb TV, is now available to Comcast X1 and Flex customers. Xfinity customers using X1 and Flex can access the app by saying “IMDb TV” into their Xfinity Voice Remote. With IMDb TV, viewers will get a library of free streaming content, along with originals from Amazon Studios including the docuseries Luke…
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Newly Released ‘Black Widow’ is Vudu’s Top Transactional Title this Week
Marvel Studio’s blockbuster summer release Black Widow became available to own last week and has now secured the top-earning spot on Vudu. Black Widow is now available to own on Vudu in 4K UHD with Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range and Dolby Atmos multi-dimensional sound. F9 is the second-most popular title on the video site, followed…
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AT&T TV Becomes DirecTV Stream on August 26: Here’s What You Need to Know
Earlier this month, AT&T announced that it had completed the spinoff of DirecTV, creating a separate video business. Within the new company, all streaming offerings will be under the umbrella of DirecTV Stream. When the announcement was made, there was no launch date for the new DirecTV Stream. Now, the company has updated its website…
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The Roku Channel Adds 17 New Channels to Its Free Streaming Lineup
In addition to El Rey Network making its way to The Roku Chanel, Roku’s free streaming service announced today 15 more new channels that will start streaming today and one new channel being added Thursday. With the addition of the new channels, The Roku Channel is now home to over 200 free streaming channels. Here…
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Report: Streaming Time Grew 13% in Q2, 2021
While speculation was that the pandemic-induced streaming boom of 2020 would fade, new reports show that viewing time has continued to increase even from last year’s unprecedented numbers. Conviva’s State of Streaming Report for Q2 2021 shows that time spent streaming grew by 13% compared to last year during the same time. South America contributed…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video the Week of August 16, 2021
We’re halfway through the last month of summer, but there’s plenty of new streaming content to finish the season strong. This week, Netflix is all about the Originals with new debuts including The Secret Diary of an Exchange Student and its new action-drama Sweet Girl starring Jason Momoa as a husband and father who lost…
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How to Watch MLB Games Without Cable the Week of August 16
Week 22 of the 2021 MLB regular season starts today with a loaded lineup of nationally televised games. ESPN, ESPN+, MLBN, TBS, YouTube, and FS1 will be the home of this week’s national games, with various regional sports networks providing the local broadcasts. Fans will be back in attendance throughout the league; however, cord cutters…
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The Roku Channel Will Add El Rey Network on August 17
Roku and Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network are partnering together to launch an exclusive linear channel dedicated to Latinx-infused entertainment on The Roku Channel. The channel will launch Tuesday, August 17. Cinedigm announced earlier this month that it would be reviving El Rey Network for a streaming audience. The ad-supported channel will feature content curated…
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Cartoonito Preschool Block is Launching on HBO Max and Cartoon Network This Fall
WarnerMedia Kids & Family announced its new Cartoonito programming block for preschool children will be launching on HBO Max and Cartoon Network on September 13, 2021. The Cartoonito block will take a modern approach to kids’ content by facilitating “humancentric learning,” focused on originality and inclusion. The content will be targeted at preschool audiences of ages…
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Paramount Will Release Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins to Streaming Audience on August 17
Paramount will release the movie Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins for on-demand streaming audiences tomorrow, August 17, and on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 19. The film was released in theaters on July 23, but Paramount opted for a shorter than normal theatrical window. You can pre-order the movie on Amazon…
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Get a 30 Day Free Trial of Discovery+ When You Buy a New Roku Device
Roku is offering a 30 day free trial for Discovery+ when you buy and activate a new Roku streaming device. With Discovery+, you’ll get access to over 55,000 episodes of 2,500+ current and classic shows from Discovery brands including HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Magnolia, ID, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel and more. Stream lifestyle, true crime,…
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9 Animated Marvel Shows to Watch if You’re Loving ‘What If…?’
“What If…,” Marvel’s latest animated series is an anthology set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that will be streaming exclusively on Disney+. The show will focus on alternate storylines of the MCU as we’ve come to know it, and it will flip everything we know on its head. Many stars of the MCU will lend…
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Video: Why You Should (And Shouldn’t) Pick a Budget Live TV Streaming Service
This week, we highlight four live TV streaming services with starting prices that place them in what we’re calling the Budget category. Some of these options offer base prices that place them well below the industry average of around $65 per month, which could make them great additions to a cord cutters library. But what…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: DISH Faces Off Against Sinclair, More Roku Originals Arrive, and More
This week, we learned of another carriage dispute, this time involving DISH, Sinclair, and more than 100 channels. Elsewhere, several streaming services announced their latest subscriber numbers, with some touting increases and others noting recent losses. Meanwhile, WarnerMedia continues to make deals that signal its intent to return to exclusive windows for movie theaters. Here’s…
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