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Amazon Adds Hands Free Control of Netflix & Other Apps on The Fire TV Cube
One of the biggest selling points for the Fire TV Cube is hands free control. With the Fire TV Cube, there is a built-in Echo that allows you to control your Fire TV without the need to touch your remote. Now Amazon has added voice control support for 3rd party apps like Netflix. This was…
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PlayStation Vue Now Lets You Use Amazon Pay Instead of PSN Wallet
One of the more annoying parts of PlayStation Vue was the need to use the PSN Wallet to pay for PlayStation Vue. (Who doesn’t hate the two separate emails first saying funds have been added to your PSN Wallet and the second saying you have paid for PlayStation Vue.) Now Sony has added the ability…
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YouTube TV is Giving Away One Week Credits Due to This Weeks Outage
Today YouTube TV announced a free week of service for subscribers impacted by this week’s Outage. Here is the email they sent out: Hi there, We’re sorry about the unexpected YouTube TV interruption on Tuesday. We love our TV as much as you do, and our goal is to make sure that you can access…
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Expired: Amazon Has Marvel Movies For Rent Starting at $1.99 Each
Looking for a movie to watch this weekend? Right now Amazon has 8 movies to rent starting at $1.99 each. (Except for Ant-man and The Wasp that is $2.99. This also includes the Disney Pixar movie The Incredibles. The best part is you can rent them now and watch them anytime in the next 30 days.…
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YouTube Is Making It Easier for Advertisers to Target Cord Cutters
Yesterday, YouTube announced that they will allow advertisers to target cord cutters through YouTube (and likely YouTube TV) who are watching on their TV. “Consumers are cutting the cord, and this is a tremendous opportunity for advertisers to reach their audiences in the living room with digital video. With the launch of TV Screens device…
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Sprint Subscribers Can Now Get a Special Deal on Hulu’s Live TV Streaming Service
Are you a Sprint customer? Right now you can get a 30-day free trial of Hulu’s live TV streaming service for free. The deal does not stop there and if you decided to pay you can get Hulu’s live TV streaming services for $34.99 a month for the first 6 months. ($39.99 a month after…
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The New Live TV Streaming Service Vidgo Will Launch Next Week
Today Vidgo officially launched their iOS app and confirmed to Cord Cutters News that they will launch in beta next week. Vidgo will start with several Spanish language packages starting at $19.99 with 30 Spanish channels from the US, Mexico, Central America, South America, and Spain according to Vidgo’s website. Later on, Vidgo will launch an English language package…
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Funimation Is Leaving VRV & Crunchyroll
Yesterday it was announced that Funimation will be leaving VRV. Soon you will no longer be able to access Funimation content through VRV. Funimation also announced plans to end their content deals with Crunchyroll. Now if you want to watch their shows and movies you will need to subscribe the Funimation streaming services. “As you…
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You Can Now Get FREE SiriusXM with Your Echo
Do you own an Echo device? Right now, you can get a three-month trial of SiriusXM for free. Want to buy SiriusXM right now? You can get a free Echo Dot if you sign up for SiriusXM All Access or SiriusXM Premier. With the SiriusXM All Access package, you get access to 150+ channels, streaming,…
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Sling TV Will Now Sell You An Antenna & Install It Starting At Just $99
Ever wish you could get someone to install an indoor or outdoor antenna for you? We have good news- Sling TV will now sell you antenna and have DISH install it for you. No longer do you need to worry about running cables into your house or making sure an outdoor antenna is properly installed because…
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Spectrum is Increasing The Cost of Their Cable TV Service Next Month
If you still have Spectrum’s cable TV service get ready to pay more. It was reported yesterday that they will be increasing their broadcast TV price from $8.85 to $9.95. Their receiver costs will go from $6.99 to $7.50. Digital adapters will go from $4.99 to $5.99 each and if you have the Latino View add-on it…
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Amazon Partners With PlayStation Vue on The Fire TV
This week Amazon announced that they have partnered with PlayStation Vue to better integrate into all current Fire TV models. “We’ve partnered with Sony’s PlayStation Vue to create a new seamlessly integrated experience — now Fire TV customers can easily discover and stream shows, live sports, and breaking news without frustration.” Amazon said in a statement on…
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Sinclair Is Planning to Launch a FREE News Network to Take on Fox News
For years it has been reported that Sinclair was working on a news network. Now it has been reported that they plan to launch a 24/7 news network called STIRR. Now we are learning more about the service thanks to Sinclair Broadcasting Group President and CEO Christopher Ripley at the NAB show in New York…
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Redbox is Adding ‘Hocus Pocus’ to Their Kiosk Just in Time For Halloween
Recently Redbox announced that they are adding the classic Disney Halloween movie Hocus Pocus to their Kisosk across the United States. The best part is you can rent the DVD for just $1.75+ or the Blu-ray for $2+ per night. https://youtu.be/t05xT1D5VpI Summary: You’re in for a devil of a time when three outlandishly wild witches — Bette…
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Apple is Holding a Product Announcement Event
Today Apple announced that they will hold an event to announce new products on October 30th, 2018. Early reports are that new iPads and Macs will be apart of this announcement. So will we see any new cord cutting tech from Apple? Well, it is very unlikely we will see a new Apple TV yet…
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