Tag: Walmart
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Walmart’s Vudu Streaming Service Releases a Trailer For Its First Original Series ‘Mr. Mom’
Back in May Walmart announced plans to release 12 original films and shows. Today we get our first trailer for Vudu’s first original show Mr. Mom and a release date of September 12th, 2019. These shows and movies will focus on early childhood, kids and family, content in what Walmart is calling parents programming. These…
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Roku & Walmart Are Teaming Up to Launch Exclusive New Roku Players & Audio Products This year
This week Roku and Walmart quietly announced a deal to release Roku branded streaming players and audio devices under the Walmart ONN brand. Hidden inside Roku’s earning statement was a short line that said “We recently agreed with Walmart to offer several new Roku devices including audio products to their customers under their onn brand.…
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Walmart Will Reportedly Start Selling a $64 8″ Android Tablet to Compete With Amazon’s Fire Tablets
For some time now we have heard how Walmart was working on an Android-powered tablet to compete with Amazon, Samsung, and Apple. Now Bloomberg is reporting that these tablets will go on sale this week at just $64 for an 8″ version. Or you will be able to get a 10.1″ version with detachable keyboard…
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Walmart Announces That Vudu Will Release 12 Original Films & TV Shows in 2019
Last year we heard that Walmart was working on a Netflix-like streaming service. These plans have reportedly been put on hold, but Walmart is not done with streaming. Today Walmart announced at NewFront in New York City that they are making 12 original shows and movies that will stream on Vudu in 2019. These shows…
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Walmart’s Vudu Streaming Service Is Likely Announcing Original Programming Today
Last year we heard that Walmart was working on a Netflix-like streaming service. These plans have reportedly been put on hold, but Walmart is not done with streaming. Earlier this week Bloomberg broke the news that Walmart is producing original programming for families and date nights that will be available through its Vudu streaming service.…
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Vudu is Upgrading Some SD Movie Purchases to Full HD For FREE
Did you buy some movies on Vudu in SD? You may now have access to that movie in HD. It looks like Vudu has started to upgrade these SD movie purchases to HD. Yesterday a poster on Reddit first spotted this and others have started to report receiving the free upgrades. It is now clear what…
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Cord Cutting This Week 59 – Cord Cutting Costs More Than Cable? & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also let…
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Walmart Drops Plans for a Netflix Competitor
Yesterday, we learned that Walmart ended its push to launch a Netflix-like on-demand streaming service. Instead, Walmart plans to focus more on their Vudu service rather than expanding into a new on-demand service. “Vudu has developed a strong platform, and we aim to continue to bring our customers more content, on more devices, at the…
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If Roku Goes Up for Sale, Who Would Buy Them? We Take a Look
Rumors have been flying for years now that Roku, the company, is or will be up for sale. This does not mean Roku is struggling. Roku just had one of the best quarters ever in the history of the company. Sales are going strong and by most reports over half of all streaming players in…
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Top 5 Cord Cutting Stories to Watch for in December 2018
December promises to be a big month for cord cutting. There is a long list of promised cord cutting news. Today we look at the top five cord cutting stories to watch for in December 2018. DIRECTV NOW 100 Hour DVR This one may or may not happen because AT&T has missed several deadlines already…