Category: News
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The Free Streaming Service Filmrise Launches a New Set of Apps on The Fire TV
For years Roku has had a huge advantage when it came to free content. Now Amazon has closed that gap by first launching its own streaming service and now bringing a large collection of Filmrise apps to the Fire TV. First launched in 2010, Filmrise has a huge catalog of movies and TV shows. These…
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SiriusXM and Pandora Launch Pandora NOW
Sirius XM and Pandora have teamed up to create Pandora NOW, according to a press release from last week. The goal of Pandora NOW is to combine the personalized listener experience of Pandora with the curated lists and reach of Sirius XM Radio. The new “exclusive listening experience” is for both Sirius XM customers and…
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Philo Is Testing a Co-Viewing Feature
Today at the National Association of Broadcasters Conference Ben Chambers the CTO at Philo gave a talk about the service. During that talk, Mr. Chambers updated everyone on the progress of Philo’s co-viewing feature that will allow people in different places to watch the same show and movie together even if they are in different…
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More Older Americans Are Now Subscribing to Video Streaming Services
For years it has been said that streaming was mostly something teens and 20 somethings did. Now according to a new study from Ovum, Americans 35-44 are the most likely to subscribe to a streaming service according to a presentation at NAB from Tony Gunnarsson Ovum Principal Analyst. According to Ovum, people aged 35-44 are…
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The Classic Movie Streaming Service Criterion Collection Launches Today
Late last year it was announced that FilmStruck was shutting down. FilmStruck was a partnership between TCM now owned by AT&T and The Criterion Collection. Now The Criterion Collection has announced plans to launch their own streaming service later today. (We do not know the exact time of the launch but today is when it…
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Hulu Wants to Create Ads Targeting Binge Watchers
Recently we learned that Hulu planned to cut the number of ads per break. Hulu also recently cut the price of their streaming service with ads by $2. Many have wondered how Hulu can do cut its price and number of ads. Now we have learned that Hulu plans to counter some of this by…
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To Address the Growth of Cord Cutting The American Cable Association Changes its Name
For years the ACA stood for the American Cable Association now cord cutting has changed that. Now the ACA is changing its names to the American Communications Associations to address how TV is becoming a smaller part of what they do. “For more than twenty years, ACA Connects members have made the necessary investments to…
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Millions of People Have Had Their Passwords to Places Like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, PlayStation Vue, & More Stolen
For years now we have been warning about people stealing Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, PlayStation Vue, and Sling passwords. Typically, they do this to turn around and sell them in both bundles of passwords and passwords to specific services. Now a new study gives us a look at how many people have had their passwords stolen.…
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Ticketmaster Is Giving Away 30 Days of Hulu Free
Have you been thinking about buying some tickets online? Ticketmaster may have a deal that makes you want to give them a try. Right now, you can get a 30-day free trial of Hulu with your purchase of a ticket from Ticketmaster. This deal is limited to new subscribers, but if you have been thinking…
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EXPIRED: Deal Alert: Buy 2 Fire TV Stick 4Ks & Get a $10 Prime Video Credit
Right now Amazon has a special deal for the Fire TV Stick 4K. Right now if you buy two and activate at least one of them you can get a $10 Amazon Prime Video credit. This is a limited time deal that will end on April 13th, 2019. Legal Details: This is a limited-time offer.…