Category: News
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PlayStation Vue Adds New Playback Options to Its Roku Channel
Last week PlayStation Vue quietly rolled out an updated Roku Channel with a slightly updated user interface. Many have been upset as they complain about bugs after the update, now though there seems to be one change that was not noticed when the update first rolled out. Now when you try to watch a show…
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Costco is Offering Up to $10 Off iTunes Gift Cards
Do you buy a lot of shows or music on iTunes? Right now Costco is offering $10 off $100 iTunes gift cards or $2.50 off a $25 iTunes gift card. (Limit two per Costco member.)This is a great way to save money at a place you likely are already buying stuff from. All gift cards…
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How to Watch ESPN on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, iOS, Android, & More
Fall sports are here and one of the most common questions we are getting is how to watch ESPN. With college sports, NBA, MLB, and more all airing on ESPN it is a must have for many sports fans. There is good news though as ESPN is on most live TV streaming service including Sling…
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Amazon Is Being Sued by Major Book Publishers Over Audible’s Speech-to-Text Feature
This week, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster sued Amazon over Audible’s new Speech-to-Text feature. This new feature takes spoken words and transcribes them into written words using machine learning. This allows Audible subscribers to read along as they listen to a book. As you may understand book publishers are unhappy…
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Netflix is Testing out Human-Curated Collections
Today, Tech Crunch shared news from Netflix about a new feature being tested that will provide curated lists of Netflix content. These lists, called Collections, will be curated by humans rather than AI. As Tech Crunch notes, Netflix typically makes recommendations to viewers with its advanced categorization system. Those recommendations are based on genres and offer…
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Disney+ Will Release Original Shows Weekly Instead of All at Once
One of the big questions about Disney+ is would we get the Original shows dropped all at once like Netflix or weekly like Hulu. Now we know the shows will be released every week instead of all at once. This news was confirmed by Disney to The Wrap at the D23 Expo in Anaheim California…
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The Roku Stick & Roku Stick+ With 4K HDR Are Both on Sale
Good news! The Roku Streaming Stick+ with 4K HDR support is still on sale and this time it is just $49 down from $59.99. This is the same price that Roku had the Roku Stick+ at for Amazon Prime Day 2019. The Roku Stick HD is also on sale but not at the same price…
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How to Call Roku For Free Tech Support
Roku, like many tech companies, offers free tech support by email, live chat, and phone. The only downside is it can be hard to find the correct information, leading many to call the wrong phone number for support. The good news is we have you covered. Roku’s phone support can be reached for free by…
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Cord Cutting This Week #129 – What is AT&T TV? Hulu Could Soon Be Larger Than Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also…
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Disney Has a Plan to Prevent People from Sharing Disney+ Passwords
We recently learned that Disney and Charter have teamed up to fight password sharing. Now we get a look into how Disney plans to prevent password sharing of Disney+ accounts. At the D23 event, Disney announced that you will be limited to four streams at once and no more than 10 devices per Disney+ account.…