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Comcast is Launching a $5 a Month Streaming Platform Called Xfinity Flex
Today Comcast announced that they are launching a $5 a month streaming service. This new service will aggregate streaming apps both paid and free into a single place. This new service is limited to Comcast Xfinity internet customers. Comcast says “Xfinity Flex comes with more than 10,000 free online movies and TV shows—including live streaming…
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YouTube TV Now Lets You Record Every March Madness Game With One Click
Hate having to work and maybe miss a historic March Madness game? Now YouTube TV just made it easier to never miss a big game by adding the ability to record every game with just one click. This means you no longer have to go through and tell YouTube TV to record every game like…
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Sling TV Teams Up With Former Muppet’s Mastermind to Create a New Mascot Called Slingy
Today Sling TV introduced a new mascot for their ads called Slingy. Slingy was designed and created by Tim Clarke, famed puppet builder and one of the masterminds behind “The Muppets” puppet design. “Slingy is on a mission to let everyone know that Slinging is easy and anyone can do it – even a puppet!…
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T-Mobile Extends Its Contract With The MLB to Offer Free MLB.TV
T-Mobile and Major League Baseball have announced that they will be extending their partnership for four more years. T-Mobile has been the Official Wireless Sponsor of the MLB since 2013. As of this year, T-Mobile will also be the Official Wireless Sponsor of Little League International. For T-Mobile users, this extension means the continuation of…
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Apple’s New Streaming Service Sounds a Lot Like Amazon Channels
Next week it is reported that Apple will launch a new streaming service to take on Netflix. Now, as we learn more, it is starting to sound a lot like Amazon Channels with some additional content included. Over the last few weeks, we have heard how Apple is trying to team up with everyone from…
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T-Mobile Begins Offering a Limited Pilot Home Internet Service As They Work on Their 5G Home Internet
Today T-Mobile announced that they have started to test home internet services using LTE. This program is looking for 50,000 households to start testign out T-Mobile’s new home internet services ahead of their 5G home internet services launch. “Two weeks ago, I laid out our plans for home broadband with the New T-Mobile. Now, we’re already…
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Who Has the Best DVR? DIRECTV NOW vs YouTube TV vs Philo vs Hulu vs PlayStation Vue vs Sling TV vs fuboTV
One of the most common questions we get is which live TV streaming service has the best DVR? DIRECTV NOW vs YouTube TV vs Philo vs Hulu vs PlayStation Vue vs Sling TV vs fuboTV vs Watch TV? There is no one service that is perfect for everyone and that includes their DVRs. So, today,…
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A New Study Says Cord Cutting is Not Getting More Expensive For Most Cord Cutters
Today a new study from Parks Associates took a look at how much cord cutting really costs on average. According to Parks Associates, the average cost of subscription streaming services has remained unchanged for the last three years at about $8 a month for the average cord cutter. In the report Packs Associates said: “Given…
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DIRECTV NOW is Offering $60 in Credits If You Stay
Are you upset with DIRECTV NOW’s new $10 price hike? Was a $30 credit not enough to get you to stay with DIRECTV NOW? Now to get you to come back to DIRECTV NOW DIRECTV NOW is offering some customers $60 off DIRECTV NOW if you stay for six more months. Last night multiple readers…
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Disney Now Has a Majority Ownership of Hulu
Earlier today Disney closed on their deal to buy most of FOX including their share of Hulu. This means for the first time Hulu will have a majority owner as Disney now owns 60% of Hulu. The other 40% of Hulu is currently owned by two companies with Comcast owning 30%, and AT&T owning 10%.…
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MoviePass New Uncapped Plan is $9.95/Month for a Limited Time
This week, MoviePass announced a new plan, MoviePass Uncapped, to allow subscribers to see more movies in theaters across the country. The plan has fewer restrictions and more flexibility, so subscribers can watch both the blockbuster movies and independent films they want to see. Here are the highlights of the plan: No cap on the…
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Love Independent Movies? Checkout Gravitas Movies New Streaming Service
Indie film distributor Gravitas Ventures has just launched a streaming video on demand service, Gravitas Movies. Gravitas Ventures has been distributing independence movies for 13 years. The company has its roots in digital media. Gravitas has partnered with streaming services to distribute its movies to a digital audience, including offering movies on iTunes and having…
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Amazon Channels Adds MLB.TV
Today Amazon announced that they have added MLB.TV to their Amazon Channels service. Now you can manage your MLB.TV membership through your Amazon account making it easy to add and drop MLB.TV. “Prime members love the convenience of streaming live sports on-the-go—and now with MLB.TV, they won’t have to miss watching their favorite teams play,” said Marie…
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PlayStation Vue Adds The Law & Crime Network
Today it was announced that PlayStation Vue has added the Law & Crime network to their lineup. You will find the Law & Crime network in the PlayStation Vue Core Package and higher packages. “Our distribution footprint continues to expand significantly. And, clearly, we have seen tremendous audience growth as more partners like Sony Vue,…
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The Paramount Movies Streaming Service is Shutting Down
This morning, ParamountMovies.com announced that their digital movie rental and purchase service will be shutting down, following the announcement from UltraViolet in January. As of today, you’ll no longer be able to rent, purchase, or play movies through the Paramount Movies website. The website will still be active and sharing information about new releases and…
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