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In November 2018, 58% of Netflix’s New Shows & Movies Are Non-Netflix Originals (For The First Time in Months)
For the first time in months, less than half of Netflix’s new movies and TV shows will be Netflix originals in November 2018. This time only 42% of the new movies and TV shows are Netflix originals, down from 55% in October 2018. This is a bit of a surprise because in September 2016, Netflix…
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Amazon Partners With Pluto TV To Add 12 Free News Channels to Their Live Channels Interface
If you use the Fire TV live channels interface you may have noticed 12 new channels now show up alongside services like PlayStation Vue and your antenna. This week Amazon added 12 news channels from places like Cheddar, CNBC, NBC News, CBS News, and more to the Fire TV’s channel guide. This was first spotted by…
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Former YouTube TV & Google Executive Joins Hulu
Today Hulu announced that they have added former YouTube and Google Fiber executive Heather Moosnick to their management team. Heather Moosnick joins Hulu as Senior Vice President of Content Partnerships. In this role, Moosnick will drive Hulu’s content acquisition strategy across its live and on-demand programming — from full library series and movies to current network television…
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The Roku Channel Store is Currently Down
Are you having trouble setting up a new Roku or installing a new Roku Channel? Right now the Roku Channel store is currently down for unknown causes. This means new Roku players cannot be set up and current Roku owners cannot install new Roku Channels. If you have a Roku already set up with the…
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Report: Most Americans Think Cable TV is “Unaffordable”
Today The Hollywood Reporter announced the results of a new exclusive poll that says 56% of Americans think cable TV has become unaffordable. 47% think satellite TV has also become unaffordable. When asked about streaming only 17% said they thought that it was unaffordable. According to the poll, 90% of Americans say the most important…
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Sony Is Doubling Down on PlayStation Vue
Over the last few months, there has been a slow drum beat from investors and analysts calling for Sony to shut down PlayStation Vue due to disappointing subscriber numbers. In reply, Sony’s Kenichiro Yoshida said that they see PlayStation Vue as a way to not only sell TV services but also as a way to…
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By the End of 2018 Most Locals Will Be Streaming on a Live TV Service (Looking Back at Old Predictions)
In late 2017, I made a prediction that most ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC locals will be streaming on one or more live TV service by the end of 2018. Now that does not mean each service will have all locals, but one or more of the services will offer the channels. Many people thought…
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Cord Cutting Q&A! What Speed Do You Need for Streaming? PlayStation Vue Up for Sale? À La Carte TV? & More
Every week we hold a Cord Cutting Q&A on YouTube answering your cord cutting questions. We understand not everyone can make our weekly Q&A, so we want to answer some of the most popular questions we have been getting. Today we talk about PlayStation Vue being sold to Amazon or Apple, what you should do…
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Here is Everything New on Netflix in November 2018
November 1st Angela’s Christmas Bram Stoker’s Dracula Bring It On: In It to Win It Cape Fear Children of Men Close Encounters of the Third Kind Cloverfield Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Doctor Strange Fair Game – Director’s Cut Follow This: Part 3 From Dusk Till Dawn Good Will Hunting Jet Li’s Fearless Julie & Julia…
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Expired: Amazon Fire Kids Tablets Are On Sale Starting At $79.99
Right now Amazon has the full lineup of their Kid Edition Fire Tablets on sale starting at $79.99 down from $99.99. Here is a full list of everything on sale: Fire 7 Kids Edition Tablet $79.99 Down From $99.99 Up to $129 in savings on Fire 7 tablet, 1 year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, and…
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fuboTV Set a New Record For Most Unique Viewers Yesterday
Today fuboTV announced that they had nearly 170K unique viewers yesterday October 28th, 2018. This was a 21% jump over its previous all-time high on September 23rd, 2018. According to fuboTV, there also was nearly 100K concurrent streams on fuboTV at 1 PM Eastern as NFL games kicked off and El Clásico was underway. That was an…
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AT&T Announces Their First 5G Hotspot
Late last week AT&T announced their first 5G hotspot that they will use when AT&T rolls out 5G in the next few weeks. AT&T says this device will be used to roll out 5G internet in 12 cities this year including Houston, Jacksonville, Louisville, New Orleans, and San Antonio with 19 cities coming in early…
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You Can Now Use Alexa to Control Your Nvidia Shield
Today Nvidia announced that you can now use Alexa to control your Nvidia Shield. “Comfortably holding the crown as the most open streaming platform, SHIELD gives you more of what you want than any streaming media device. It’s the streamer with access to more of your music, movies and TV shows from multiple ecosystems. Not…
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The Disney Channel is Streaming Halloween Movies For Free on YouTube
Looking for some great Halloween movies you can watch for free? Right now on YouTube, the Disney Channel is streaming all four Halloweentown movies. Here are the details the Disney Channel posted on YouTube: Happy Halloween from Marnie and her magical family! Watch all 4 Halloweentown Movies 24/7 throughout October (Movies Included: (Halloweentown, Halloweentown II:…
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Samsung Integrates Pluto TV Into Their Smart TVs Along Side OTA Channels
Do you own a newer Samsung smart TV? If you use an antenna to watch local channels you may have noticed that you suddenly have about 20 streaming channel alongside the channels from your antenna. It seems that over the weekend Samsung started to update more of their smart TVs to add channels from Pluto…
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