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DIRECTV NOW, Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, & More Saw a 58% Jump in Subscribers This Year
Today comScore released a new look at the growth of live TV streaming services like Sling TV, Hulu, Philo, YouTube TV, and more. This study looked at the growth of live TV streaming and how people used it. According to comScore, the number of Americans subscribing to a live TV streaming service jumped 58% in…
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CBS All Access Hits 2.5 Million Subscribers
It seems CBS All Access has found a winning formula thanks to their new Star Trek: Discovery show. This week, CBS reported that they have hit 2.5 million CBS All Access subscribers during the TCA summer press tour. To build on this success, CBS has announced a new set of Star Trek shows including shorts…
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Walmart Is Expected to Spend Billions on Their New Streaming Service
A few weeks ago, we learned that Walmart was planning on launching their own on-demand subscription streaming service. According to the Wall Street Journal, the new service is being billed as the Netflix of “Middle America.” Walmart is hoping to diversify and take on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video with a service they hope…
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Amazon & YouTube Are Reportedly Interested in Buying Fox Regional Sports Networks
As part of the deal to get Department of Justice approval of the Disney and Fox merger was a requirement that the Fox Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) would be sold off. According to the deal, when Disney closes on the sale of most of 21st Century Fox they would sell off the regional sports networks…
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DIRECTV NOW is Adding More Nextstar Owned CBS Affiliates
Today AT&T started adding more CBS, FOX, and NBC affiliates to their live TV streaming service DIRECTV NOW. This time Nextstar affiliates are being added. So far we have confirmed WNCT in Greenville North Carolina and KLAS in Las Vegas, NV have been added. Update: We are now hearing that some ABC and NBC Nextstar locals have also…
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Here is Everything New on Netflix, Hulu, & Amazon For The Week of August 13th 2018
Netflix Aug. 13 Alexander: The Ultimate Cut Splash and Bubbles: Season 2 The Nut Job Aug. 15 Adventures in Public School Hostiles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LNTrcguDaw The 100: Season 5 Aug. 16 Evan Almighty Wish I Was Here Aug. 17 Disenchantment (Netflix Original) Magic for Humans (Netflix Original) Pinky Malinky (Netflix Original) Spirit Riding Free: Season 6– (Netflix…
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Amazon Just Updated Alexa on Older Fire TVs & Fire TV Sticks
Today Amazon started to roll out a 5.2.6.6 update on older Fire TV models including the 1st and 2nd gen Fire TVs and Fire TV Sticks. With this update, it brings the new Alexa interface that was first introduced with the Fire TV Cube to the older Fire TV devices. This update was first spotted…
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Disney May Offer a Discounted Hulu, ESPN+, & Disney Streaming Bundle
Next year Disney will be launching their new live TV streaming service. At about the same time, they should be getting a majority control of Hulu thanks to their purchase of FOX’s share of Hulu. Now it seems that Disney is hoping a discounted streaming bundle will help attract you to subscribe. According to Disney’s…
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YouTube TV’s 14-Day Free Trial Offer Ends Tomorrow
Been thinking of trying YouTube TV? Well you may want to hurry as right now YouTube TV is offering a 14-day free trial. YouTube TV has for some time been changing the length of their free trial. At one point it was even as high as 30 days. More recently it has been a 7-day…
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FuboTV Adds New Leadership Former Warner Bros & TIDAL
Today fuboTV announced that they have added two new executives to their leadership team. Erik Gerson and David Yoon have been appointed to the newly-created positions of senior vice president, engagement and senior vice president, design, respectively. “fuboTV is committed to raising the bar in user engagement and experience across our live TV streaming platform, and…
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How to Watch College Football Without Paying For Cable TV (2018 Update)
College football is now here, and in 2018 college football is easier ever! The best part is there is no longer a need to agree to a two-year contract with cable TV to watch college football with crazy high costs. This is your guide on how you can watch college football without the high cost…
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Netflix’s Chief Financial Officer is Stepping Down
Today it was announced that Netflix’s Chief Financial Officer is stepping down. David Wells joined Netflix back in 2004 and has been a CFO at Netflix since 2010. Mr. Wells says he plans to stay on until Netflix finds a replacement CFO. “It’s been 14 wonderful years at Netflix, and I’m very proud of everything…
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Which Roku is Right For You? We Break Them Down to Help You Pick The Right Roku Streaming Player (Updated August 2018)
Roku has recently made some updates that will give cord cutters access to more free and easily accessible content. Whether you’re using a Roku device, or want to watch online without a device, we’re showing you how, below. Roku Features Roku is one of the most used services for cord cutters. With a range of…
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Cox Added Over $100 in Fees & Taxes to One Customer’s Bill
We have all seen it: that internet plus TV bundle that just sounds too good to be true. According to the ad or the phone agent, it looks like it would be cheaper to get cable TV than cut the cord. Just this week, one of our readers sent us a bill with this exact…
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Facebook Bans The Sale of Kodi Boxes & Jailbroken Streaming Players
Recently there has been a slow move to crack down on the sale of the so-called Kodi Boxes and devices described. Now Facebook is moving to ban anything that comes with Kodi installed or is described as a jailbroken streaming player. Back in May 2017, Facebook moved to ban these devices with a rule that said they…
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