Category: News
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NASCAR is Returning This Sunday, Here’s How to Watch
NASCAR announced a revised schedule for May, beginning with its return to racing this Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET. The 400-mile NASCAR Cup Series race is the first of seven races scheduled this month. This marks the first return to live sports since COVID-19 shut down all scheduled live events. The NASCAR races will take…
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Comcast Says Flex Shipments Have Passed 1 Million
Comcast says deployments of its Xfinity Flex media streamer have passed the 1 million mark since the device launched last year. The Flex is Comcast’s take on the type of streaming devices made popular by Roku, Amazon’s Fire TV line, and others, and the company has been offering them to its internet-only customers for free.…
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How to Watch Taylor Swift’s City of Lover Concert Sunday May 17
Like most other summer events, Taylor Swift’s Lover Fest, originally scheduled to start on July 3, has been postponed due to coronavirus. Luckily for those who planned to see the event live, a City of Lover event was recorded in September last year, and that performance is being aired this weekend for all Taylor Swift…
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44% of Streaming Television Subscribers are Cable Converts
If you currently have a live television streaming service like YouTube TV, Sling TV, or Hulu with Live, there’s about a 50% chance you’re a cable convert. According to a recent study from Leichtman Research Group, 44% of live TV streaming customers switched after canceling a big cable subscription. 26% of people who subscribe to…
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The BBB is Warning Roku Users Not to Pay Activation Fees
Complaints have been filed with the Better Business Bureau against CaliGeeks in 25 states, stating that the company misled Roku customers to believe that they needed to pay a fee to activate their Roku devices. In the complaints, Roku customers say that when they attempted to activate their devices, they received an error message, telling…
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Netflix Europe is Changing Default Streaming Quality Back to Normal
Netflix is slowly returning its streaming quality back to normal in part of Europe after nearly two months of reduced quality. In March, Netflix reduced video streaming quality at the request of the EU to help ease overall network congestion as effects from the coronavirus outbreak put additional strain on the European internet. With more people…
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A New Star Trek Series is Coming to CBS All Access
CBS All Access has announced a new Star Trek series heading to the streaming service. “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” will star Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. Not much detail is out yet about the series, including when it will premiere, but it…
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Crunchyroll Appoints New Leadership for Japan and Asia-Pacific
Today the anime powerhouse Crunchyroll announced appointed Julian Lai-Hung as the Head of Content Strategy & Business Development focused on Japan and Asia-Pacific. This news comes just after the company unveiled its deal with HBO Max to bring a wide selection of anime titles to the new streaming service at launch. During Lai-Hung’s career in…
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Netflix Could Be Losing Millions Each Month Due to Password Sharing
For years, most streaming services have taken a relatively lax attitude towards password sharing. While they’re officially against it policy-wise, they’re just not taking the relatively easy steps to prevent it. Netflix raised some eyebrows though late last year when during their third-quarter earnings call, they said they were “looking at consumer-friendly ways to push…
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Netflix is Making Two New Rom-Coms Starring Reese Witherspoon
Netflix and Reese Witherspoon’s company Hello Sunshine have reached a deal to commission two new romantic comedy’s for the streaming service. The two companies will produce Aline Brosh Mckenna’s Your Place or Mine with Jason Bateman’s Aggregate Films, and the New York Time bestseller The Cactus. Witherspoon is set to star in both productions. “We…