Tag: SiliconDust
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HDHomeRun’s Kickstarter ATSC 3.0 Tuners Have Shipped, Pre-Orders Now Open for Everyone
Those who took part in HDHomeRun’s Kickstarter for the new HDHomeRun QUATRO 4K (HDHR5-4K)with ATSC 3.0 support are starting to receive their devices. HDHomeRun says all units have been shipped. The Kickstarter started in April. Those who pledged $199 or more for the campaign made it onto the list for the first shipment of the device which…
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HDHomeRun Just Launched an Official Roku Channel
Earlier today we reported that SiliconDust the parent company behind HDHomeRun was working on a Roku Channel. Now SiliconDust just officially released an HDHomeRun beta Roku Channel that you can install and test out. This will let you stream your antenna from your HDHomeRun box to your Roku. “Today, we are excited to announce, after…
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HDHomeRun is Coming to Select Roku Players & Roku TVs
For years Silicondust’s HDHomeRun has been a great option for cord cutters to stream their antenna to devices like the Fire TV. One thing that was lacking was an official Roku channel. You could use workarounds like Plex to use your HDHomeRun on Roku but many wanted an official Roku channel. Now Silicondust has announced…
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SiliconDust’s CEO Officially Comments About The End of HDHomeRun Premium TV
Yesterday SiliconDust announced that they are shutting down their HDHomeRun Premium TV services. This all comes after the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) filed a lawsuit saying Omniverse the company HDHomeRun Premium TV uses to access channels like ESPN and Disney did not have the rights to this content. ACE’s members include AMC, CBS, HBO,…
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Omniverse Says HDHomeRun, SkyStream, Flixon, & More Don’t Own Their Customers
This week Omniverse CEO Jason DeMeo gave an interview with LightReading to talk about the recent lawsuit from ACE’s whose members include some of the biggest names in TV and many others along with his contract that allows him to offer the streaming service. What is Omniverse One World Television? According to Bloomberg, Omniverse One World…
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Amazon Reportedly Demanded SiliconDust Remove the HDHomeRun Premium TV Service from The Fire TV
Tonight SiliconDust announced that Amazon has demanded it remove their live TV streaming service HDHomeRun Premium TV service from Amazon Fire TV devices. It seems that Amazon wants SiliconDust to do this before they would allow the HDHomeRun app back on the Fire TV app store. A few weeks ago, Amazon removed the HDHomeRun app…
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HDHomeRun Comments On Their Current Channel Outages & Issues With Omniverse
Yesterday, HDHomeRun Premium TV subscribers woke up to find that The Weather Channel was replaced with Accuweather. Also, many channels including HLN, CSPAN, ESPN News, ESPNU, and more are currently offline. Update: Discovery Channels have been restored to HDHomeRun. Silicondust posted this update today: Update: The following Discovery network channels have been restored: Discovery, HGTV,…
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HDHomeRun Premium TV, SkyStream TV, & More Are All Down Right Now
Tonight multiple reports have started to come in that HDHome Run Premium TV and SkyStream TV are both down right now. Details are thin, but HDHomeRun posted on their support forums that there is an issue and that “Upstream has stated that there is a major network issue. We are continuing to push.” Update: the…
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HDHomeRun Premium TV Is Looking For Ways to “Mitigate Any Potential Interruptions” To Their Services After The Omniverse Lawsuit
Last week the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) filed a lawsuit saying Omniverse the company HDHomeRun Premium TV uses to access channels like ESPN and Disney do not have the rights to this content. ACE’s whose members include some of the biggest names in TV and many others with the goal of protecting their works. HDHomeRun…