Tag: Amazon
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Amazon Prime Video Is About to Lose a Ton of Great Shows
After roughly 4 years of working together it seems that HBO and Amazon Prime Video are breaking up. Recently Amazon Prime Video tagged all HBO shows as leaving Amazon Prime Video on May 21, 2017. You will still be able to buy them. This just means they will no longer be free with Amazon Prime.…
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Walmart Drops the Fire TV and Fire Stick From Their Stores
Want a Fire Stick or Fire TV? If you want it from Walmart, you better hurry. Recently Walmart dropped the Fire TV from its stores and website. It has even removed all promotional material for the Fire TV from its stores and replaced it with Roku ad space. Searching for the Fire TV on Walmart…
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Here is Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon For The Week of April 17th 2017
Netflix: Lucas Brothers: On Drugs (Netflix original) April 19 A Plastic Ocean April 21 Bill Nye Saves the World: Season 1 (Netflix original) Girlboss: Season 1 (Netflix original) Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On: Season 1 (Netflix original) Sand Castle (Netflix original film) Tales by Light: Season 2 (Netflix original) The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show:…
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A New Writers’ Strike Could Be a Big Win for Netflix, Amazon, & Cord Cutting
Back in 2007 a 100-day writers’ strike started as writers walked out of movie and television production. Lasting into 2008, the strike was a major moment for cable television. Now in 2017 a new writers’ strike is looming and could start as soon as May 2, 2017. With every day that goes by a strike…
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Three Cord Cutting Services That Deserve a Second Try
Cord cutting is still in its infancy and is only just growing up. And with all growing services come growing pains… Several services that started off “rough” recently have grown up. Here are my top three services that deserve a second look. #1 Hulu Hulu has been stuck in third place behind Amazon and Netflix…
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Amazon Gives Parents More Control Over Their Kids Online Activity
Amazon FreeTime is a subscription service from Amazon offering kid-friendly books, videos, apps and games, is today adding a feature called Discussion Cards that will help parents better understand the content their child is viewing, reading or playing. This will all be found in a new Parent Dashboard that will also include activity reports and other insights into…
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Amazon Is Testing 4K Live Streaming
Want to watch a live event streamed in 4K? Amazon will soon test its first 4K live stream of a major event. This month at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show Amazon will partner with NASA to live stream 4K video from the International space station. While this may not make for blockbuster ratings,…
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Amazon Plans to Spend Billions to Fight Netflix
Amazon is doubling down on its Amazon Prime Video service. Recently Amazon has been working overtime to close the gap in both subscriber numbers and quality between Amazon Prime Video and Netflix. Building off the popularity of Amazon Prime, Amazon Prime Video has slowly been growing; however, it has always been a secondary focus. Now…
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Disney & Amazon Are Fighting
Want to buy a Disney movie? Amazon may not be the place to go. It was first reported by WDW News Today that Amazon has not been listing new Disney movies. If you want to purchase Blu-rays for movies such as Moana or Rogue One from Amazon you are out of luck. The official Amazon…
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Amazon Still Cannot Keep Up With Fire TV Demand
Been trying to get a Fire TV or a Fire Stick? You may have found it harder to find than it was a year ago. As of today (April 7, 2017) you may have a hard time getting one. The Fire TV is at least two weeks wait on Amazon, and the Fire Stick is…