Tag: Amazon
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The Univision App Comes to Fire TV
The Univision app will begin rolling out to Fire TV devices and Fire TV Edition smart TVs today. The app includes content from Univision, UniMás, Galavisión, and more. With the app, viewers will be able to watch Univision’s news, sports, and entertainment programming, including next month’s airing of the 33rd edition of Premio Lo Nuestro on…
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Amazon Launches an Affordable, Mobile-Only Prime Video Plan in India with Partner Airtel
Amazon has partnered with Indian telecom network Airtel to launch a version of Prime Video that’s available only on mobile. Prime Video Mobile Edition rolled out in India Wednesday to Airtel pre-paid customers. The service is being introduced with a free 30-day trial followed by an affordable introductory price. A single viewer, standard definition tier…
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Hands-On (and Voices-On) With Amazon’s New Fire TV Update
First announced earlier this month, Amazon’s new Fire TV software update is trickling out to users over time, starting with the third-gen Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick Lite models. Meanwhile, the company sent us a review unit to check out, so we’ve been getting some hands-on time with the new user interface to…
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Amazon Gets One Step Closer to Launching Satellite Internet Service
Amazon announced this week that it has reached another milestone in working toward providing a fast, affordable broadband internet service to rival SpaceX’s Starlink. The newest update from the company is that Project Kuiper has developed a small, low-cost customer terminal that will allow customers to connect to Amazon’s satellites. This key piece of the…
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Amazon Adds Picture in Picture Support to Fire TV Cube with Ring Doorbells
Amazon announced today that those using a Fire TV Cube (2nd gen), 2020 4K Toshiba Fire TV Edition, and 2020 4K Insignia Fire TV Edition will now be able to use picture in picture with Ring Doorbells. The update comes after Amazon announced earlier this month that Ring is offering an update so that Fire…
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Amazon Rolling Out New-Look User Interface to Fire TV Devices
This week, Amazon unveiled a revamped user interface for its Fire TV line of streaming devices. The new “Fire TV experience” aims to offer a more intuitive and personalized interface when it rolls out starting this week. It looks like the update will arrive in waves and first up will be the company’s recent 3rd…
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Amazon Adds Live Local News to Fire TV News App
With news consumption up over 48% this year, according to Nielsen, it’s clear that the need for reliable and up to date news coverage is more important than ever. To help viewers stay connected, Amazon announced that live and on-demand local news is beginning to roll out on the Amazon news app in 12 major…
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Amazon Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick Lite Review
We’re reviewing two devices here, but it’s hard, if not impossible, to tell them apart just by looking at them. One is the latest version of Amazon’s Fire TV Stick, and the other is a new entry in the company’s budget streaming device lineup: the Fire TV Stick Lite. Externally, they’re the same, but in…
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Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series is Getting Closer, New Cast Members Announced
Amazon is hard at work making its Lord of the Rings series which still has no official release date. However, we can mark some progress being made now that Amazon announced 20 new cast members joining those originally announced. The new talent has a diverse background with actors from New Zealand, Australia, Sri Lanka, the…
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‘Vikings’ Final Season Will Stream on Amazon Before it Airs On TV
In a surprising plot twist, Amazon will be getting the final half-season of History Channels drama Vikings before it airs on regular pay-TV. The 10 episodes concluding season 6 will hit be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video Dec. 30, 2020. “Prime Video has already delighted Prime members with all five and a half…