Tag: sony
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PlayStation Vue Wants You to Know You Don’t Need a PlayStation
For some time now, PlayStation Vue has struggled to overcome the idea that you need a PlayStation game system to use their streaming service. While PlayStation Vue works on a wide range of devices we still often get asked if you need a PlayStation. Many have also pointed to the name as a reason Sony…
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Sony’s New PS4 Remote Comes With 30 Days Free PlayStation Vue
Today Sony announced a new remote for the PlayStation 4 built for PlayStation Vue. This new remote gives PS4 owners a more traditional remote to use with their PlayStation Vue. The best part is that if you buy the new PDP Cloud Remote PS4 remote you will get a 30-day free trial of PlayStation Vue’s Core…
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Sony is Looking to Sell Part of Sony Crackle
For some time now there has been word that Crackle now Sony Crackle was struggling. Recently Sony shut down the Canadian version of Sony Crackle in favor of partnering up with Bell Media’s new Canadian streaming service vs going at it alone. Now it looks like Sony is looking for a partner for their US version…
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Pluto TV is Adding More Than 200 Sony Movies & Classic TV Shows
Today Pluto TV and Sony announced a deal to bring more than 200 movies and classic TV shows to Pluto TV. These new movies and TV shows will be made available through Pluto TV’s new on-demand service in addition to the more than 100 live linear channels. These new movies and shows join the more than 1,000…
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Here is Everything FREE on Sony Crackle in July 2018
Crackle Originals: Office Uprising (July 19 Premiere) What’s New Charlie’s Angels (TV Series), S1 Easy A Franklin & Bash, S3-4 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Grown Ups Huff, S1-2 Marvel Anime: Blade, S1 Marvel Anime: Ironman, S1 Men at Work, S1-3 Mr. Sunshine, S1 Rake, S1 Reign Over Me Spun Takers The Critic, S1-2 The Net, S1…
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Sony Crackle is Shutting Down in Canada
Sony Crackle is Sony’s ad-supported free streaming service this weekend announced that they would shut down operations in Canada. According to a statement on Sony Crackle’s website beginning 28th June 2018, Sony Crackle will no longer be available in Canada. This was first spotted in the I Miss Bionix blog. Here is the statement Sony…
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So What Can Save PlayStation Vue From Shutting Down? We Take a Look
This week Sony announced that for now, they plan to keep PlayStation Vue. This comes after some analysts called for the service to be shut down. Sony also clearly said in their presentation that the “market and future business model (for PlayStation Vue) remains uncertain.” So what can save PlayStation Vue from analysts pushing for…
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Crackle is Changing Their Name to “Sony Crackle” & Adding More Original Shows
Yesterday at the Television Critics Association (TCA) Sony had several announcements about their free streaming service Crackle. According to reports from B&C, Sony plans to change Crackles name to Sony Crackle sometime in the Spring of 2018. The announcement was made by Eric Berger, Sony Pictures Television Network Executive CP. “Our goal is to lean in on the power…
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Sony Announces Plans to Develop a 3.0 OTA Guide For The Phoenix Test Market
Today Sony and Pearl TV announced plans to work together to build an on-screen television program guide that will work with the new 3.0 OTA standard that is going to be tested by 10 Phoenix TV stations. To our knowledge, this is the first time a major TV manufacturer like Sony has committed to joining…
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PlayStation Vue is Dropping Some Local FOX Affiliates
Last night PlayStation Vue started to notify subscribers that many FOX affiliates are being dropped from the service. As best we can tell all Tribune-owned Fox affiliates are being removed from PlayStation Vue effective immediately after Sony was “unable to come to an agreement on terms” with Tribune. “On 12/15/2017, your local FOX broadcast channel…