Category: News
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Viacom Has a Plan to Stay in the Streaming Game
With so many new streaming services being introduced, some existing services are feeling the pressure. ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish has a plan. Now that Viacom and CBS have combined again, Bakish says that he wants the company to be competitive in every area of the industry, including ad-supported and paid video on demand services. “We…
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60 Million Americans Will Cut the Cord in Next Five Years, Study Says
A new study from Roku shows that around 60 million households will watch TV exclusively through streaming by 2024. At that number, streaming will be more popular than traditional pay TV. As we reported earlier, the Roku study shows that two million Americans have already cut the cord so far in 2019. That’s after 3.5…
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YouTube TV Now Supports Amazon’s Fire TV Single Sign-On (The Official YouTube TV App is Likely Coming Soon)
Earlier this year Google and Amazon announced that YouTube TV would be coming to the Fire TV this year. No date has been announced as Amazon and Google both just say the app will come sometime this year. Now we have a hint that the official YouTube TV is coming soon as overnight Amazon added…
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Amazon is Announcing New Hardware Today – Here is What You Can Expect
Amazon is hosting an event in Seattle today, where the company is expected to unveil new hardware. While the company is known for keeping news under wraps leading up to major announcements, there has been a lot of speculation about what we might see at the event. We’ve heard rumors that announcements will include new…
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AirTV Channel is No Longer Available on Roku
Update: We reached out to Sling to ask about the AirTV channel leaving Roku. Sling confirmed that customers were told ahead of time that the channel would be leaving and were given instructions for using their AirTV with the Sling app. Roku users who use the AirTV to stream to the device may not be…
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T-Mobile and Microsoft Have Partnered for Project xCloud Game Streaming
Microsoft and T-Mobile will be teaming up for Project xCloud which will optimize mobile game streaming starting next month. “Mobile game streaming is the future and has the potential to unlock console-quality game play anywhere. I for one want to be at the forefront of that revolution driving it forward,” said Neville Ray, Chief Technology…
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EXPIRED: Don’t Forget: Amazon’s Fire TV Recast OTA DVR is On Sale For Just $169.99
Need a DVR for your antenna? Good news as right now Amazon now has The Fire TV Recast DVR again on sale for a new all-time low price. You can get the Fire TV Recast DVR 500GB version for $169.99 typically $229.99. Or you can get the 4 tuner 1TB version for $209.99 down from…
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CBS Continues Expanding Local Version of CBSN, Now to Boston
CBS has launched another direct to consumer news service, CBSN Boston, the third of 13 planned launches. Prior to the launch of CBSN Boston, there was CBSN New York and followed by CBSN L.A in June. San Francisco is set to be the fourth, launching in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to a report…
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Hulu is Giving Their App Icon a New Look
Hulu has updated their app icon for Apple devices a new look. The new icon has a black background with green lettering. Starting today, the new logo will be used on iOS devices and tvOS. The logo will start being used on other devices soon. Hulu says that the change was made as “part of…
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tvOS 13 is Now Available For Apple TV Owners – Here is Why You Should Update
Good news for Apple TV owners! tvOS 13 is now available for download! The tvOS 13 is a dramatic change from the current Apple TV look. This update brings a new home screen, multi-user support, and more to the Apple TV. “tvOS powers the Apple TV 4K experience and continues to set the standard for…