Category: News
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Get Sling TV for Just $10 for Your First Month
In case you missed it, Sling TV announced last month that you can subscribe for just $10 for your first month on either Sling Orange or Sling Blue (normally $35/month). The offer also includes DVR Plus (normally $5/month) giving you 200 hours of storage. If you want to bundle the two packages, you can sign up…
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Law & Crime Channel Launches on The Roku Channel
Another new addition to The Roku Channel has been announced. Law & Crime, a channel focusing on live trials and true crime, is now available on The Roku Channel in the US and Canada. Law & Crime gives viewers an inside look at high profile cases with multiple trials aired daily. The channel also offers…
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Rotten Tomatoes Launches its Own Channel on Roku
Rotten Tomatoes may be known for its movie ratings and reviews, but now the company is going beyond the Tomatometer and launching its own OTT channel. Rotten Tomatoes Channel, is a free 24/7 channel launching today on The Roku Channel with more than 100 hours of premium long and short-form video content, including 10 originally…
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Peacock is Expanding its Documentary Library with Three New Originals
Peacock hit the green light on three new documentaries heading to the platform. Diamond Princess, Perfect World: The Gamer Murders, and Downey Wrote That (all working titles) are next up on the docket. Diamond Princess is the real life story of hundreds of passengers stuck on board the Princess cruise ship during the Covid-19 outbreak. The…
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Roku Express 4K+ Review: Roku’s Pint-Sized 4K Streamer Packs a Punch
One of the headlining members of Roku’s spring 2021 lineup, the Express 4K+ is the company’s latest attempt to squeeze 4K-capable hardware into a compact, budget-friendly form factor. It’s set to take the spot previously occupied by the outgoing Premiere, while also bringing improved specs to the party. But how does the new Express 4K+…
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Here’s Everything New on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video The Week of May 10, 2021
This week is bringing a bunch of new titles to Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video. Our top picks include Netflix’s new documentary Money, Explained, and the suspenseful original film Oxygen. Hulu is getting the explosive documentary MLK/FBI which details the FBI surveillance that dogged King’s activism throughout the ’50s and ’60s, fueled by the racist…
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Hulu is Getting a Nine-Part Docuseries on the Los Angeles Lakers
An expansive nine-part L.A. Lakers docuseries is headed to Hulu as one of the platform’s new originals. The documentary comes from Lakers’ CEO and controlling owner Jeanie Buss, director Antoine Fuqua, in association with Fuqua Films, as well as Haven Entertainment and Los Angeles Media Fund. The project is still unnamed, but slated for a…
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How to Watch MLB Games the Week of May 10 Without Cable
Week 7 of the 2021 MLB regular season starts today with a loaded lineup of nationally televised games. ESPN, ESPN+, MLBN, FS1, and YouTube will be the home of this week’s national games, with various regional sports networks providing the local broadcasts. The season is picking up as teams are trying to separate themselves from…
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The Roku Channel Adds Over Two Dozen Free Movies for May
The Roku Channel, Roku’s free streaming service, is adding over two dozen movies and two new TV shows to its free streaming lineup in May. Starting this month, you can watch all five seasons of Alias, a 1962 John Wayne classic crime story, and the quintessential 80s fantasy film The Neverending Story. Here are all…
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NBC Partners with Twitch for Live Coverage of the Tokyo Olympics
NBC will partner with Twitch to provide a new way for fans to stream the Summer Olympics. The NBC Olympics Twitch channel will livestream coverage of the Tokyo Summer Olympics and events leading up to them. The content will be geared toward Twitch viewers with athlete interviews, Olympic-themed competition shows, and more. The NBC Olympics…