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Super Bowl LIV Was the Most Livestreamed Super Bowl in History
Fox has reported viewing numbers from Super Bowl LIV, calling it the most live streamed Super Bowl in history and the 10 most watched overall Super Bowl ever. In a press release, Fox said that there was an average per-minute live streaming audience of 3.4 million. That number is up 30% from last year’s 2.6…
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Hulu May Top 3 Million Live TV Subscribers Today
Later today, Disney will announce its official 1st quarter 2020 numbers. (Note Disney’s 1st quarter 2020 earnings ends in December.) Now we are getting early hints that Hulu may have over 3 million live TV subscribers. Hulu with live TV will reportedly share that the service has over 3 million subscribers, thanks in part to Disney+’s…
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Tablo DVR’s New Premium Service Launches This Week
Back in January the behind the popular Tablo DVR announced that they would be launching a new premium service for customers who want to use the automatic commercial skipping feature. In the past the commercial skipping beta we free now as it exits beta you will need to pay more in order to use Tablo’s…
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Pluto TV Launches a 24/7 McLeod’s Daughters Channel
Today Pluto TV added the 24/7 McLeod’s Daughters Channel 373 to their free streaming service. Here is how Pluto TV describes the new McLeod’s Daughters Channel 373: Saddle up for the drama and romance of one of Australia’s most popular TV series, McLeod’s Daughters. Pluto TV viewers can watch the entire saga of the epic story…
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T-Mobile and Sprint are Fighting Robocalls with New Technology
T-Mobile and Sprint have just announced that they’ve developed new anti-robocall technology with the latest update of STIR/SHAKEN, a cross-network system for number verification to protect against scams and robocalls. This new anti-robocalling technology will give customers peace of mind that calls from the Sprint network to the T-Mobile network (and vice versa) are really…
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VIZIO Announces 5 New SmartCast TV Apps
Today, VIZIO announced 5 new apps coming to VIZIO SmartCast TVs in partnership with the Matchpoint Blueprint platform. These new apps include CONtv, Dove Channel, Bambu, Comedy Dynamics, and Docurama. “We’re pleased to have Cinedigm’s Matchpoint Blueprint platform as a means for content owners and distributors to quickly and easily develop applications for VIZIO SmartCast,”…
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Cord Cutting Moves Forward in 2020 with ATSC 3.0 OTA TV! We Take a Look at the New OTA TV Standard
In 2020, broadcast TV stations plan to launch the new next gen over-the-air TV standard ATSC 3.0 in 60 markets and on 20 TV models. This new standard will bring a long list of improvements like 4K and better OTA TV coverage yet many still don’t know what ATSC 3.0 is. Today, we break down…
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AT&T’s DIRECTV, U-Verse, & AT&T TV NOW Lost Over 4 Million TV Subscribers in 2019
2019 was a very bad year for cable TV owners. We are now getting an idea of just how bad it was. We learned that AT&T lost over 4 million TV subscribers in 2019 when looking at DIRECTV, U-Verse TV, and AT&T TV NOW. AT&T has been excitedly pointing out that losses slowed slightly in…
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Here is Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime The Week of February 3rd, 2020
Feb. 3 Sordo Team Kaylie: Part 3 Feb. 4 Faith, Hope & Love She Did That Tom Papa: You’re Doing Great! Feb. 5 Black Hollywood: “They’ve Gotta Have Us” #cats_the_mewvie The Pharmacist Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story Feb. 6 Cagaster of an Insect Cage Feb. 7 The Ballad of Lefty Brown Dragons: Rescue Riders:…
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YouTube TV Now Has Over 2 Million Subscribers
Today Google announced that YouTube TV now has over 2 million subscribers; this puts YouTube TV in 3rd place behind Hulu and Sling TV. This is the first time in some time that YouTube TV has officially announced subscriber numbers. It had been hinted that YouTube TV had over 2 million subscribers, but today it…
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PBS Announces its Spring 2020 Lineup
Good news for PBS fans today PBS announced its spring 2020 springs schedule. Here are some of the big events that will be coming to PBS this spring. PBS is free in many areas with an antenna and on YouTube TV in most areas. WORLD ON FIRE ON MASTERPIECE Series Premiere: Sunday, April 5, 9:00…
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Apple TV+ Receives 2020 Parents’ Choice Award for Three Kids’ Series
Apple has announced that three Apple TV+ children’s series: “Ghostwriter,” “Helpsters” and “Snoopy In Space” have been selected as 2020 Parents’ Choice Gold Award winners. The three series are streaming exclusively on Apple TV+. “Helpsters” is called “positive, colorful, tuneful and educational,” by the Parents’ Choice Foundation. The live-action preschool series follows Cody and the Helpsters,…
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The Free Streaming Service XUMO TV Adds 2 New Channels
Today the free streaming service XUMO TV added the Chive TV Channel 291 and K-Pop Channel 511 to its lineup. With these new channels, you will be able to watcha huge collection of programing about the world of a huge range of topics including Korean K-pop. What is XUMO? XUMO is a free streaming service with…
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YouTube TV & Hulu Reportedly Saw Strong Subscriber Growth in 2019
While many quarterly reports are showing video subscriber losses, one analyst is estimating that two of the most popular live TV streaming services will show growth for the final quarter of 2019. Michael Nathanson, media analyst for MoffettNathanson, believes that both Hulu with Live and YouTube TV will show strong Q4 numbers, despite many traditional MVPD services…
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Disney+ Shares First Look at New Marvel Shows During the Super Bowl
Disney showed a preview of three new Marvel shows in an ad for Disney+ during the Super Bowl. Viewers got a quick look at WandaVision, Loki, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier during the game. The 30 second trailer didn’t give much away about any of the three series but did give a quick…
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