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DIRECTV NOW Starts Beta Testing The New App on Roku Players
Today AT&T started rolling out invites to test the DIRECTV NOW app beta on Roku players. Now this is just testing the app not the DVR. According to the emails going out the DVR will come later. “The True Cloud DVR is not available for Roku devices yet. We’ll let you know when it’s ready…
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Report: CBS & Viacom Boards to Discuss Merger
Just over a week ago we learned that talks between CBS and Viacom have started for a possible merger. Now we have learned that the talks are going to the next level as CBS and Viacom Boards of Directors will meet to discuss the merger idea. Back in 2010, the two companies merged only to break…
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fuboTV Adds 9 new CBS & NBC Affiliates
Today fuboTV announced that they have added 9 new NBC and CBS affiliates. With this move fuboTV now offers NBC to over 50% of Americans. Here are the 7 NBC affiliates that fuboTV added: NBC KOAA – Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO WITN – Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC WLEX – Lexington, KY WMTV – Madison, WI WNYT –…
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Pandora Premium Arrives on the Fire TV
Yesterday Pandora updated their Fire TV app with several new features. For the first time Pandora Premium members will be able to access their on-demand content through the Fire TV. So, what’s new? Search and play songs, albums, or playlists for any occasion. Enable Autoplay so the music never ends. Pandora keeps it going with…
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Fire TV Adds Single Sign-On Support
Today Amazon enabled the ability to sign in once with a pay-TV provider and get access to a growing list of apps like Hallmark Channel, CNN Go, DIY, A&E, History, and more. This allows you to avoid the annoying task of having to log into each app individually on the Fire TV. Now you can log in…
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YouTube TV Adds Casting Support For Roku Players
When YouTube TV first launched it only worked on Android, iOS, and Chromecast via casting. Later they added support for casting to Apple TV, and released an app on Android TV. Now YouTube TV has added support for Roku players and TVs. UPDATE: A few hours ago Google updated YouTube to remove support for casting…
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Charter is Testing 5G Home Internet in 6 Cities
For some time now we have known that Charter has been working on 5G home internet. Now they have announced six cities that Charter will test out 5G home internet. 5G home Internet promises to bring fiber Internet speeds without the cost of running fiber to each house. With 5G you will be able to get…
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Tablo DVR Owners Now Have Access to New Advanced Recording Features
Today Nuvyyo, the company behind Tablo DVRs, is rolling out a massive update with new advanced DVR features. With this update, Tablo DVR owners will be able start a recording up to 10 minutes early and let it run up to 3 hours beyond the program’s scheduled end time. This allows Tablo DVR owners to…
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The FCC Just Made It Easier For Google Fiber to Expand
For years Google Fiber has fought to expand their internet services into new markets. Sadly they have been slowed by existing providers blocking access to poles. This has greatly impacted Google’s ability to expand their fiber internet service. Now an FCC Committee has handed Google Fiber, and other internet providers who want to expand, a…
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Hulu Added 14 ABC, FOX, & NBC Affiliates This Week
This week Hulu topped 500 live ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC affiliates nationwide. This comes as Hulu’s live TV service added 14 new ABC, FOX, & NBC affiliates this week. Here are all the affiliates that Hulu added this week: NBC Affiliate DMA WSMV Nashville KOB Albuquerque-Santa Fe WNYT Albany-Schenectady-Troy WLEX Lexington KOAA Colorado Springs-Pueblo…
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Here is Everything New on Netflix in February 2018
February 1 3000 Miles to Graceland 42 Grams Aeon Flux American Pie American Pie 2 American Pie Presents: Band Camp American Pie Presents: The Book of Love American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile Ella Enchanted Extract GoodFellas How the Beatles Changed the World John Mellencamp: Plain Spoken Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Kill Bill: Vol. 2…
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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…