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Expired: Amazon Has a $0.50 Rental Sale Going On Right Now
Looking for a movie to watch this week? Right now Amazon has a ton many blockbuster movies for rent just $0.50 each. Movies like Avatar, Jurassic World, Rogue One, Moana, Zootopia, The Wizard of Oz, Fargo, 2001 A Space Odyssey, and more. This is just a handful of the movies currently for rent for just…
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Mohu Announces The New Leaf Chroma Designer Indoor Amplified HDTV Antenna
Want an indoor antenna that better fits the style of your home? Check out the new Leaf Chroma Designer Indoor Antenna from Mohu. In the past, most flat indoor antennas came in black or white. Now Mohu after having their fans vote is rolling out more color options to help their antennas better fit into…
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DIRECTV NOW Rolls Out a Beta Update Fixing Many Bugs & Adding CBS
Yesterday DIRECTV NOW rolled out a new beta app for their beta testers. This latest update seems to have addressed many of the common bugs the beta had. The update also for the first time added a CBS owned network CBS Sports to the beta. Here is a short list of some of the bugs…
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There Are Three Types of Cord Cutters – So What Type of Cord Cutter Are You?
I often talk about what it means to be a cord cutter and what is not a cord cutter. If you have ever been on any cord cutting group at some point you would have witnessed an argument about what is cord cutting and what makes a cord cutter. I would argue that there are…
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Tegna Invests in Tubi TV as Cord Cutting Grows
Recently Tegna, the parent company behind many broadcast TV stations around the United States, announced that they have made a “strategic investment” in the free streaming service Tubi (formally known as Tubi TV). “Tubi TV strongly aligns with TEGNA’s focus on OTT content and innovative advertising solutions,” said Dave Lougee, president and CEO, Tegna. “Through…
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Over 9,000 Americans Cancel Cable/Satellite TV Every Day
Cable companies are busy reporting their subscriber numbers and once again we see a new flood of cord cutters. According to Evercore ISI analyst Vijay Jayant, who looked at all the reports, about 845,000 Americans canceled cable TV and did not replace the service. Using some quick back of the napkin math, that works out…
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Hulu Now Offers All Four Major Locals in Nearly 50% Of United States
Today Hulu announced that they have topped 521 locals including ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC on their live TV streaming service. With these new affiliates, Hulu now offers ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC in nearly 50% of all US TV households. This gives Hulu a solid lead over their competitors including DIRECTV NOW, YouTube TV, PlayStation Vue,…
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Verizon’s New 5G Network Will Bring 1 Gbps Internet to Everyone
Today Verizon held their 4th quarter earnings call and gave some interesting new details about their plans for 5G. The promise of 5G home Internet is to bring fiber Internet speeds without the cost of running fiber to each house. With 5G you will be able to get 5G Internet wirelessly to your home, which is…
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Fox Is Bidding For Thursday Night NFL Football Rights
Recently Fox decided news and sports would be their main focus going forward. Now Fox is trying to expand their sports lineup by buying rights to Thursday Night NFL Football games in 2018. This comes from a report at USA Today Sports, who talked with sources knowledgeable about the bidding process. This means that the…
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T-Mobile Closes Their Deal to Buy Layer3 TV & Is On Their Way to “Disrupt” Traditional Pay-TV
Back in December T-Mobile announced plans to “disrupt” traditional pay TV. Now it looks like they are one step closer as they close their deal to buy Layer3 TV. “We know people love their TV, but hate their TV providers. But, the reaction to our announcement last month took even me by surprise. People are…
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DIRECTV NOW Finally Officially Adds the Sportsman Channel
Yesterday, weeks after the Sportsman Channel was added, it was finally officially added to DIRECTV NOW. We first reported that The Sportsman Channel was added a few weeks ago, but only yesterday was it made official. “We are excited to continue to add growth in all areas of our programming and content distribution,” Outdoor Sportsman…
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Philo’s CEO Opens Up About New Networks, App Support, & More
Yesterday FierceCable posted an interview with Andrew McCollum, the CEO of the live TV streaming service Philo. During the interview a few interesting points jumped out to us, and we wanted to highlight them here. Philo’s Plans to Add More Networks One of the most common questions we get is will Philo add more networks.…
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YouTube TV Hits 300,000 Signups
It looks like YouTube TV is off to a great start according to CNBC, which reported that YouTube TV now has 300,000+ live TV signups since the service launched last summer. This comes after Hulu announced they have topped 17 million total subscribers on their on-demand service. According to CNBC, citing people familiar with the…
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Updated: PlayStation Vue is Currently Down For Many Subscribers
About an hour ago PlayStation Vue went down according to reports for our readers. The outage seems to be scattered through parts of the Midwest, Northeast, and East coast of the United States. Update: After being down for about 2 hours PlayStation Vue is coming back online for most subscribers. Out in Nebraska ???? https://t.co/krrgmiXUqw…
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Update: Google Breaks YouTube on Amazon Fire TV Browsers
The fight between Google and Amazon just took a new turn today as Google cracked down on Fire TV users once again. Today Google blocked Silk or Firefox browser to access YouTube.com version made for smart TVs. Update: AFTVnews has posted a new story saying the YouTube.com/TV support for Fire TV browsers has been restored.…
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