Tag: Facebook
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Facebook – Our Fire TV App Of The Week
Once again we are bringing back our Fire TV and Fire Stick app of the week recommendations. (Don’t worry we are also going to do weekly Apple TV, Roku, and Android TV recommendations.) Do you have a service you think we should recommend? Leave us a comment and let us know. Here is our quick look at…
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Facebook Video Comes to the Nvidia Shield & Android TV
Facebook has slowly been rolling out its new video app to new devices. Back in March Facebook rolled out their app to Samsung devices, Amazon Video, and more. Now it is the Nvidia Shield & Android TV turn to get the new Facebook Video app. With this new app you can log in to your Facebook account and…
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Facebook Bans The Sale of “Kodi Boxes”
Back in April both eBay and Amazon moved to block sales of any so called “Kodi Boxes” that come preloaded with piracy add-ons. Now it seems that Facebook will also ban the sales. Facebook recently updated its Commerce Policy to include a ban on “products or items” that facilitate or encourage unauthorized access to digital media. The new…
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We Now Have New Details on Facebook’s New Video Service
For months now we have been hearing that Facebook was working on a video service for cord cutters. Now Reuters is reporting that Facebook has signed deals with Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN, Group Nine Media and others to make shows for its upcoming video service. The service will have both long and short-form content with…
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Soon Ads on Many Popular Video Services Will Be Coming from Facebook
Facebook has been aggressively looking at ways to branch out into new markets, and one of them is ads. To grow its ad market, Facebook is teaming up with ESPN, A&E Networks, Scripps, Tubi, and others to launch this new ad platform. Now when services want to offer ads, Facebook will be the marketplace to…
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Facebook Is Moving Into Live Sports Streaming
Today it seems like everyone wants to get in on the live TV streaming market—even names you wouldn’t typically think of when it comes to live TV streaming such as Twitter and now Facebook. This week Facebook made a major push into live sports with a deal including the MLB. This deal gave Facebook the…
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Facebook Will Live Stream MLB Games Starting Tomorrow
Today Major League Baseball and Facebook announced a deal to live stream MLB games on Facebook. The deal will see a national game streamed via MLB’s Facebook page each Friday beginning with tomorrow’s (Friday. May 19th) with a game between the Rockies at Reds at 7:10pm ET. Facebook and the MLB will announce other weekly matchups…
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Facebook Is Rethinking Its Plans for Live Sports
Facebook has slowly been building up its lineup of live events streamed on Facebook. Similar to Twitter’s move last year, Facebook is looking to expand its ad revenue by offering live content to attract more views. Recently Facebook has gotten into some high profile bidding wars for sports from leagues such as the NFL and…
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Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Are Fighting for Rights to Stream NFL Games
As cord cutting continues to grow, the NFL is hoping to cash in on new streaming rights. Last year Twitter paid $10 million dollars for rights to stream 10 Thursday night NFL games. Now Amazon, Facebook, and YouTube all want to get their hands on some NFL games. Twitter says an estimated 3.5 million people…
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Facebook Signs Deal to Live-Streaming Soccer Matches
Facebook today signed a deal with Major League Soccer (MLS) and Univision to stream at least 22 matches in English during the 2017 regular season. Now cord cutters ask for new ways to watch games, streaming services such as Facebook and Twitter have stepped up their focus on signing live-streaming sports deals. It seems they see cord cutters as…