Category: News
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Watch Live, Local TV for Free with the New Streaming Service VUit
Syncbak announced this week the launch of VUit (pronounced “view it”), a new ad-supported streaming service offering access to live, local channels, along with national channels and on-demand content. VUit launched with over 200 television station partners, owned by Gray Television, Meredith Corporation, Cowles Media Company, Heritage Broadcasting Group and Morgan Murphy Media. “With VUit,…
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Launch Production Company, Sign Massive Netflix Deal
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have launched a production company and signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to produce scripted series, docu-series, documentaries, features, and children’s programming for the streamer. Deadline reports that the couple has met with several streaming services and traditional media companies about a mega-deal rumored to be potentially around $150 million.…
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The New Originals and Episodes Coming to ESPN+ This Month
This month, ESPN+ is debuting a slate of new original shows and episodes. Joining the ESPN+ lineup are a series highlighting sports betting throughout history, a behind the scenes look at the 2020 NHL playoffs, a comedy commentary series, and more. “Our new programming slate features a bit of everything, from sports legends to ESPN’s…
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US Near the Bottom in 5G Speed Rankings
The 5G cell network first hit the United States about 18 months ago, so we’ve got some good data now about its overall performance. And unfortunately, it’s not great news. Out of 12 countries tested by Opensignal (an independent mobile analytics company), Saudia Arabia was the clear winner, leading the way both in overall speed…
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Samsung Will Launch New 4K Projector, ‘The Premiere’ Later This Year
Samsung has announced the latest edition to its ‘Lifestyle’ series, this time it’s a 4K, ultra-short throw projector called ‘The Premiere.’ The laser projector is designed to be a high-end alternative to Samsung’s traditional QLED TVs that doesn’t pull focus away from your home decor. According to Samsung, this projector can be placed right in…
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Paid ATSC 3.0 Based Service Evoca is Now Live in Boise, Idaho
Evoca has kicked off its early access program for residents of Boise, Idaho. Evoca is a new company aiming to leverage ATSC 3.0 to offer pay TV service. The company says it offers “unmatched audio and video clarity and a variety of quality, must-watch TV programming for less than $50 per month.” Those in the…
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Disney+ Announced ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Release Date
After a long wait and much speculation, Disney+ officially announced the release date for season 2 of The Mandalorian. The series will return to the platform on October 30th for the second season. Just like season 1, new episodes of the show will be released weekly on Fridays. Not too many details have been shared…
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Locast Expands to Detroit
Locast, the nonprofit-run local broadcast TV streaming service, is now available in the Detroit area. The service is offering over 65 local V channels for free to those in the Detroit and Ann Arbor market in Michigan. “For the first time, more than 4.5 million residents in Michigan will be able to watch their local TV…
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Amazon Music Partners With Twitch to Launch Live Streaming Feature
Today Amazon and Twitch announced their partnership to integrate Twitch’s live, on-demand streaming feature into the Amazon Music app, allowing artists to go live to their fans through the platform. The feature is now available to the 55 million Amazon Music users on both iOS and Android. This launch comes at a time when in-person…
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Netflix Outlines New Tricks to Offer More Data-Cap-Friendly 4K
In a lengthy and detailed post published on the Netflix Technology Blog, a group that focuses on encoding and video algorithms laid out new techniques they hope will offer up higher-quality video for subscribers. In some cases, their internal testing has offered similar video quality at half the bitrate of their current encoding techniques —…