Tag: Amazon
-
Amazon Prime Video Gets Exclusive Streaming Rights for Seattle Sounders
Amazon is continuing to grow as a sports streamer, now making a new deal for local market streaming rights for Major League Soccer’s Seattle Sounders FC. Prime Video has a three year deal with the team to be the exclusive streamer of games not aired nationally, within the Washington state area. The deal will begin…
-
Amazon Fire TV Adds New Text Banner Accessibility Feature
Amazon announced a new Text Banner accessibility feature on its Fire TV interface designed to aid users with a narrow field of vision. The banner is a block of text that’s customizable and can be placed and locked on any location of your screen to help viewers read and select options on the Amazon Fire…
-
Amazon Replaces Twitch Prime with ‘Prime Gaming’
Amazon announced today that it has retired the name Twitch Prime and has relaunched the “home for gamers” as Prime Gaming. “Prime members already get the best of TV, movies, and music, and now we’re expanding our entertainment offerings to include the best of gaming,” Prime Gaming GM Larry Plotnick shared in a statement. “We’re…
-
HBO Max Pressures Amazon to Make a Deal by End of Year
With a distribution deal still not in place months after the launch of HBO Max, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar is putting pressure on Amazon to come to an agreement before the holiday season. In an interview with Bloomberg, Kilar talked through the negotiations with Amazon, commenting that he’s “optimistic” that the service will be available…
-
Amazon Fire HD 10 Tablet is on Sale for the Lowest Price Ever
Deal Alert! Right now the Amazon Fire HD 10 Tablet is on sale for $50 off the original price. For a limited time, you can snag the tablet on Amazon for just $99.99 with free shipping (down from $149.99.). The sale price applies to the 32 GB tablet with 10.1″ 1080p full HD display in…
-
Amazon Alexa’s Interactive ‘Starfinder’ Game is Now Available to Play
Today Amazon announced the launch of its voice-enabled interactive game Starfinder on Alexa devices. The multi-part game takes users on an audio journey where you can choose the outcome of your adventure by using voice commands. Users can make decisions to advance and influence the ending of their experience. Starfinder is a fantasy role playing…
-
Explore New Hobbies with These Fire TV Apps
Summer is nearing a close, but there’s still plenty of time to take advantage of the lazy summer days and develop a new skill or hobby. Chances are, your schedule this summer has been especially tame compared to other years, so why not use that extra time to stay entertained and find some new interests…
-
SpaceX Plans to Bring Internet to 5 Million US Households
SpaceX has requested permission from the FCC to increase the number of terminals it will deploy to 5 million. Originally, SpaceX was granted a license from the FCC for 1 million terminals in March. “SpaceX Services requests this increase in authorized units due to the extraordinary demand for access to the Starlink non-geostationary orbit satellite…
-
Amazon is Approved for $10 Billion Satellite Internet Project to Rival SpaceX
Amazon has gotten approval from the FCC to create a satellite internet network that would be a competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink service. Marketwatch reported on documents released Thursday, showing Amazon’s request to build a network of over 3,200 satellites, called Project Kuiper. The goal of the project, Amazon has said, is to research areas that…
-
Amazon Fire TV Will Keep HBO Now App, Rebranded as HBO
With WarnerMedia’s deal with Amazon to keep the HBO Now app on Fire TV devices set to expire tomorrow, July 31, the two companies have come to an agreement. Fire TV users who use the HBO Now app will still have access to the app which will be rebranded as “HBO” on August 1. While…