Author: Luke Bouma
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Sling TV is Removing FOX On-Demand Content
Last week, Sling TV quietly dropped FOX’s On-Demand content in some areas. Earlier this week, Sling TV also dropped NBC’s on-demand content in areas that don’t have an NBC affiliate live on Sling TV. According to Sling TV, they no longer have rights to NBC content in markets where they don’t offer a local NBC…
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Only 40% of New Cord Cutters Subscribe to Services Like PlayStation Vue, Philo, YouTube TV, & More
Recently several large pay-TV companies had high hopes that their live TV streaming services would offset the growth of cord cutting. These cheaper services target cord cutters with packages ranging from $25 a month to $65 a month, depending on the service. Now, the research group MoffettNathanson reports that 60% of new cord cutters are…
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AT&T Hopes HBO Max Will Become Profitable in 2025
In October we learned that AT&T plans on spending $2 billion on content for HBO MAX in 2020. After that, AT&T plans to spend $1 billion in 2021 and 2022. AT&T is hoping that by 2025 it will be able to make a profit with the new streaming service, according to Variety. AT&T hopes that…
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EXPIRED: The Roku Ultra is On Sale for $84.89
Did you miss out on the Roku Ultra Black Friday sale? Good news! The Roku Ultra is now on sale for just $84.89, down from $99.99 for Cyber Monday. This may not be as good of a deal as the Black Friday sale but it is still a great price for the Roku Ultra. In…
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YouTube TV is Surveying Subscribers About a New $59.99 Package
A few weeks ago YouTube TV emailed a customer about their raised $59.99 package price. YouTube quickly said that was a mistake but many started to worry that this was the first warning of a possible price hike. Now YouTube TV has started to survey subscribers about a new $59.99 package. According to the survey,…
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Amazon’s AWS Will Now Power FOX’s Streaming Services Including FOX Sports
Today Amazon and FOX announced a new partnership to have Amazon’s Amazon Web Service power FOX’s streaming services including the Fox Sports app. Not only that but AWS will also power the back end that streams more than 200 affiliate FOX stations to services like YouTube TV and Hulu to name a few. “Our extended…
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Hulu Adds a Count Down Timer to Ending Credits
Today, Hulu made a small but significant change that users have been asking for. There is now a countdown timer for the ending credits during programming. This change means that you will now be able to see how much time is left before an episode of a show ends and the next episode starts. This…
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The New Star Wars Game Show ‘Jedi Temple Challenge’ Will Be a Disney+ Exclusive
Today Disney announced a new Star Wars-themed game show called Jedi Temple Challenge that will be a Disney+ exclusive. The new Disney+ exclusive will be hosted by Ahmed Best, who will play a Jedi Master and mentor to the contestants. “Known to many fans as Jar Jar Binks from the Star Wars prequels, Best’s unique set…
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The FCC Wants to Speed Up The Roll Out of Internet From Low Earth Orbit
Today the FCC Chairman released a letter in support of low Earth orbit satellites to do a wide range of tasks including internet services. Companies like SpaceX and Amazon have been working to create networks of small low Earth orbit satellites to bring internet services worldwide. One of the main concerns about offering internet or…
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Firefox is Adding Picture-in-Picture Allowing You to Stream & Surf the Web at the Same Time
Ever wish you could stream a YouTube video and surf the web all at the same time? Now with Firefox 71 you can do just that. Today Firefox announced that they are adding the ability to start a YouTube video and have the video popout and stay on top of your browser as you surf…