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Amazon Plans to Become More Selective with Amazon Channels
Last week The Information reported that Amazon plans to become more selective in what they offer on their Amazon Channels service. Amazon Channels currently allows Amazon Prime members to subscribe to over 200 streaming services including HBO NOW and CBS All Access. Going forward Amazon is going to be pickier on who they accept into…
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Apple Plans to Launch Their TV Streaming Service This Spring
For some time now, we have known that Apple was hard at work building a Netflix-like streaming service. According to a report from The Information, Apple plans to launch their on-demand streaming service by mid-April. This is in line with other rumors that said Apple would launch the service this spring. It is said that…
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YouTube TV Is Causing Some Roku Devices to Freeze Up
Have you been watching YouTube TV and suddenly had your Roku freeze up followed by a reboot? This has been a rumored issue for some time, but last night YouTube TV confirmed the issue and says Roku is working on a fix. Here is a tweet from YouTube TV confirming the issue: Hi Kevin, some Roku devices…
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Hulu Just Released a New Trailer For Season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale
Back in May of 2018 Hulu announced a 3rd season of their hit show The Handmaid’s Tale. Now we are getting a new look at the season. Our turn. #WakeUp pic.twitter.com/uzJxJJF27o — The Handmaid’s Tale (@HandmaidsOnHulu) February 3, 2019 According to Hulu season, 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale has seen the audience double since the launch…
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PlayStation Vue is Offering a 14-Day Free Trial For a Limited Time
Have you been thinking of giving PlayStation Vue a try? Right now for a limited time, Sony is offering a 14-day free trial of PlayStation Vue. (Typically PlayStation Vue only offers a 5-day free trial.) Sony has offered this deal in the past but it has been a bit since they last offered a 14-day…
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Nexstar Plans to Sell 14 Stations in Order to Buy Tribune
This week Nexstar announced plans to sell 14 stations according to an FCC filing. This is part of a $6.4 billion deal to buy Tribune’s ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC stations. This deal will add more than 40 stations to Nexstar’s list of locals including KTLA in Los Angeles, WPIX in New York, and WGN-TV in…
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AT&T’s $15 a Month TV Service Watch TV Now Has 500K Accounts
Last week during AT&T’s earnings call AT&T announced that they have 500,000 AT&T Watch TV accounts. AT&T was careful not to call them subscribers but, according to AT&T, they have 500,000 “accounts established.” So why is AT&T unwilling to call these subscribers? It is likely because most of them are free accounts offered to AT&T…
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Here is How You Can Help Pick What City Locast Will Come to Next
This week Locast launched in Washington DC and Baltimore. Now Locast is asking for donations to help pick the next city they will launch in. You can visit https://www.locast.org/donate-next-city/ and for each dollar you donate toward a $250,000 goal Locast will add one vote to your home town. Los Angeles is leading with $650 followed…
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Cord Cutting This Week 61 – DIRECTV NOW Loses 267,000 Subscribers, Hulu New Ads, Cable’s Downfall, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also let…
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PBS’s CEO Says They Are Talking With Services Like PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, YouTube TV, & More
Last year PBS announced efforts to launch on live TV streaming services like Hulu and YouTube TV. They carefully warned though that well PBS owns the rights to many of the syndicated shows the local content is owned by 350 some member stations that PBS as a parent company does not own or control. This…
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Here is Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, & Amazon in February 2019
Feb. 1 About a Boy American Pie American Pie 2 American Wedding As Good as It Gets Billy Elliot Dear Ex Final Destination Free Rein: Valentine’s Day Hairspray Hostel Jaws Jaws 2 Jaws 3 Jaws: The Revenge Personal Shopper Pretty in Pink Russian Doll Siempre bruja The Edge of Seventeen True: Happy Hearts Day Velvet…
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PlayStation Vue Adds a West Coast Feed of the Smithsonian Channel
This week PlayStation Vue quietly added a west coast feed of the Smithsonian Channel to their lineup for PlayStation Vue Core and higher subscribers. This comes just a few months after PlayStation Vue added an east coast feed of the Smithsonian Channel to their lineup helping expand the reach of the Smithsonian’s great lineup of shows…
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YouTube TV is Offering an Extended 2 Week Free Trial For a Limited Time
Been thinking of trying YouTube TV? Well right now may be the time to do it as they are offering a 14-day free trial. YouTube TV has for some time been changing the length of their free trial. At one point it was even as high as 30 days. More recently it has been a…
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AT&T Confirms DIRECTV NOW No Longer Offers ESPN3
A few months ago, DIRECTV NOW customers lost access to ESPN3 content. At the time some support agents said this was just a glitch and ESPN3 support would return shortly. Now AT&T has confirmed that ESPN3 is not coming back and should never have been part of DIRECTV NOW. In a statement on DIRECTV NOW’s…
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Here is Everything Coming to Amazon’s IMDb Freedive in February 2019
Amazon recently launched a new free ad-supported streaming service called Freedive. This service runs through the Amazon-owned IMDb website. At launch, Amazon promoted the service as being available on Fire TVs and online. Now overnight Amazon updated their Roku channel to add free ad-supported movies. “Customers already rely on IMDb to discover movies and TV…
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