Category: News
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EXPIRED: The New Roku SE Streaming Player Will Be Just $18 on Black Friday & The Roku Ultra Will Be Just $49.99 on Black Friday
Today Roku announced its Black Friday deals including an $18 Roku SE streaming player. This is a Roku Express with a new name and color made exclusively for Black Friday and sold at Walmart starting November 28th, 2019. Supply of the new 2019 Roku SE will be limited and if it is anything like last…
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Roku & Walmart Team Up to Make 4K Roku TVs Under the Onn Brand Starting at $148
Today Walmart released its Black Friday deals, and hidden inside of them was a new line of Roku TVs under the Onn brand. These TVs include a 50″ 4K Roku TV for just $148 and a 40″ HD version for just $98. Want something bigger? Walmart will have a 58″ 4K Roku TV for just…
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Apple Reportedly Wants to Bundle Apple TV+, News+, & Apple Music
Today Bloomberg reported that Apple is reportedly considering bundling Apple TV+, News+ and Apple Music starting in 2020 as it tries to gain more subscribers. This comes from sources who point out that Apple included a provision that would let Apple bundle News+ with other subscription services. Currently, Apple’s News+ service costs $9.99 a month,…
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Pluto TV Hits 20 Million Active Users as Strong Growth Continues
Today Viacom announced its 4th quarter 2019 earnings. In it, Viacom announced that Pluto TV now has 20 million active users as of October 2019, up from 18 million in July. Pluto TV has grown by 67% since January 2019. When Viacom purchased Pluto TV in January, it had just 12 million subscribers. (Note: this…
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EXPIRED: Here Are the Best Black Friday Deals for Cord Cutters That We Know About Including a $49.99 Roku Ultra & a $19.99 Fire TV Stick
Black Friday is just two weeks away, and we are starting to get an idea of some of the best deals for cord cutters from Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. These deals include a $49.99 Roku Ultra, a $29.99 Roku Stick+, and a $19.99 Fire TV Stick. These are the deals we know about. It…
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ABC’s Streaming News Service Announces New Senior Executive Producer
Today, ABC News President James Goldston announced the latest addition to the ABC team. Justin Dial has been hired as Senior Executive Producer for ABC News Live. His new responsibilities will include managing programming, creative direction and design, growing the editorial team and overseeing live coverage during breaking news and events. ABC News President James…
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Roku is Now Offering a Showtime and Starz Bundle
Roku has just announced that they will now offer an all new SHOWTIME + STARZ Value Pack through Premium Subscriptions on The Roku Channel. The value pack includes both of the premium channels, bundled for $16.99/month after a 7 day free trial. When you choose the value pack, you can easily manage your subscriptions with a…
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HBO Max is Working on a ‘Friends’ Reunion Special
If you’re a Friends fan, you might want to hold on to your seat. Rumor has it a real, unscripted reunion special is underway courtesy of HBO Max. However, any hopes of an actual reboot or scripted reunion were dashed by the show’s producers at the Tribeca TV Festival in September, saying it was off…
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Sling TV Updates Its Apple TV App With New Features
Today Sling TV updated its iOS app with several new features including Launch Into Live and Browse While you Watch. Now with Sling TV on Apple TV you have more control than ever over how your app behaves. Here is how Sling TV describes these features. · Launch Into Live: Now when you open the Sling TV…
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The Free Streaming Service Stadium Announces Its 2019 College Basketball Scheduled That Includes 66 Games
Are you ready for college basketball? Today the 24/7 multi-platform sports network Stadium announced their college basketball line up which includes more than 65 games from five conferences. Throughout the season, the games will feature commentary talented broadcasters including Chris Hassel, Doug Gottlieb, Ari Wolfe, Jeff Goodman and Kristen Balboni. The lineup includes games from…