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Today at CES Vewd (formally Opera TV) Announced Their New Smart TV OS Called Vewd
According to Vewd, their new smart TV is the first smart TV OS that “truly leads with video, offering an immersive, dynamic and cinematic viewing experience directly from the homescreen.” A Vewd rep went on to say smart TVs with their new OS will not need to download apps. “Vewd OS offers thousands of popular…
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Westinghouse Announces a New Line of 4K Android TV Powered Smart TV
Last night Westinghouse Electronic announced a new line of Android TV-powered smart 4K Ultra HD televisions. This new line of Smart TVs is powered by Android TV and includes features like voice search along with Google Cast. Westinghouse’s new Android 4K Ultra HD TVs will be available in Q2 2018 and come in sizes ranging from…
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Channel Master Announces a New 60-Mile “Smart Antenna”
Today Channel Master, the company best known for their line of OTA DVRs, announced a new smart antenna called the SMARTenna+. This 60-mile indoor antenna uses a new Active Steering technology from Ethertronics. With this Active Steering feature the antenna will automatically maximize TV channel reception. The SMARTenna+ does this by scanning for over-the-air TV…
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Hulu Wins Their First Golden Globe
Tonight Hulu won their first Golden Globe for their original series, The Handmaid’s Tale. Not only did Hulu win one Golden Globe but Hulu nabbed a total of two awards at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards. The Handmaid’s Tale won the Golden Globe Awards for: Best Television Series – Drama Best Performance by an Actress In Television Drama –…
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Deal Alert: NHL.TV Season Pass Just $49.99 (Limited Time Deal)
Typically a season pass of NHL.TV costs $139.96 for out of market games. Right now for a limited time a season pas of NHL.TV for all out of market games costs just $49.99. Compare that to the monthly $29.99 deal that they are still selling and it is a steal. The single TV deal has…
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Facebook Will Live Stream the “Golden Globes Preshow” For FREE
This weekend the awards season kicks off with the “2018 Golden Globe Awards” on NBC. If an antenna is not an option for you and you want a free option to watch the award show, you may want to check out Facebook. This year Facebook and Dick Clarke Productions have teamed up to stream the…
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Amazon Shuts Down Their Anime Streaming Service
This week Amazon quietly shut down Anime Strike, their anime streaming service that was part of Amazon Channels. Anime Strike was a $5 a month service that you could add to your Amazon Prime membership as part of Amazon’s Channels service. According to Amazon, the content currently on Anime Strike is being moved to Prime…
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5 Cord Cutting Trends to Watch For During CES 2018
CES 2018 officially gets kicked off in a few days, but the unofficial start is tonight with the kickoff of the first CES press event. Cord Cutters News is already at CES meeting people, companies, and looking at the newest products hitting the market. Before everything gets crazy busy, I wanted to list a few…
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For The First Time Ever The Golden Globes Will Be Live Streamed
Last year if you wanted to stream the Golden Globes legally you found yourself out of luck. NBC made it clear that their contract with the Golden Globes did not allow them to stream the award show. This year you will be about to stream the Golden Globes on NBC’s website at http://www.nbc.com/live You will also be…
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Hulu Added 6 NBC Affiliates This Week – Now Has 446 Live Locals
This week Hulu added 6 new NBC affiliates. This brings Hulu’s total number of locals up to 446. Here are all the NBC locals Hulu added this week as sent to us by Hulu: NBC Affiliate DMA KCRA Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto WTMJ Milwaukee WLTZ Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL) KBMT Beaumont-Port Arthur WGEM Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk WRGX Dothan Here are…
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The New 3.0 OTA TV Standard Will Be Announced at CES 2018
A few months ago, the FCC approved the move to a new 3.0 OTA standard. With this move over-the-air TV will now have 4K, more channels, better coverage, and more. However, there still has yet to be a standard set of rules for companies to start building tuners and transmitters to use the new 3.0…
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DIRECTV NOW Went Down After a New Build Was Pushed Out
For the second time, this week DIRECTV NOW is down according to several of our readers and posts we found on Reddit and has been for a few hours according to reports for our readers. This outage is happening shortly after AT&T pushed a new build of the beta app out and it is possible…
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fuboTV Adds 15 New NBC & CBS Affiliates
fuboTV had a busy week this week as they quietly added 15 new NBC & CBS affiliates. With these new locals, fuboTV now has 126 local affiliates across the United States. Here are all the affiliates added this week: NBC WESH – Orlando, FL KSHB – Kansas City, MO WTMJ – Milwaukee, WI KSBY –…
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Today Apple Announced a Documentary Series About Homes to Its Original Programming Lineup
Today Apple added a new original documentary series called “Home” to their lineup according to Variety. The show will give an inside look at extraordinary homes from around the world and feature those who built them. Apple has signed on to produce 10 one-hour episodes of Home but no release date has been announced. “Home” joins…
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The Streaming Service Cheddar Makes The Jump to Comcast’s X1
Today Cheddar one of the best streaming options for news just struck a major deal to bring their content to Comcast’s X1 streaming platform. This move marks one more major streaming service to team up with Comcast along with Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, and more. “It’s amazing and validating to turn on the TV and see…
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