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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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Pluto TV Will Launch in Latin America in March 2020
ViacomCBS announced today that their free streaming service Pluto TV will launch in Latin America at the end of March 2020. This free, ad-supported, streaming TV service will offer a broad range of genre-based content in Spanish and Portuguese. Pluto TV will be available on cable operator platforms, on the web, and in an app…
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AT&T TV NOW vs fuboTV: Which is the Better Deal? We Take a Look…
Are you searching for a streaming service that has all of the channels you watch, features you use, and in the budget you’ve set? We can help. In this post, we’re comparing two live TV streaming services, AT&T TV NOW and fuboTV, to help you decide if one of these services might be the right…
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Privacy Continues to be a Major Concern for Cord Cutters When Using Streaming Players
A new study from Hub Research called “The Case for Voice Control” shares shows that privacy is a top concern for consumers when it comes to choosing any device, including smart speakers. 4 in 10 consumers own a smart speaker, the study shows, with most consumers using their speaker for entertainment. However, 7 in 10…
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How to Watch The Iowa Caucuses Results on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, & More
Today February 3rd, 2020 the Iowa Caucuses will happen for the Democratic candidates. The good news is you don’t need a two-year contract with your cable TV provider to watch the results. Right now there are many options to stream CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, CNBC, and even many free options on your Roku, Fire TV,…
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Comcast Warns of More Price Hikes in 2020
Last month Comcast announced that they had lost 732,000 TV customers in 2019. Comcast went on to warn that TV prices are expected to increase in 2020. Not a shock as Comcast has raised TV prices already in 2020 just a few months after announcing the last round of price hikes. For now, Comcast has…
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