Author: Jess Barnes
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Comet is Airing a Supernatural Sci-Fi Marathon for Ray Bradbury’s Birthday This Weekend
This is a sponsored post. On August 22, Comet is celebrating the birthday of sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury. Bradbury is known for his novels which included Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and The Illustrated Man. To celebrate Bradbury’s birthday, the channel has a lineup of episodes of Night Gallery and The Ray Bradbury Theater, with…
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Google is Working on a Streaming Aggregator
Google is reportedly building a streaming video aggregator tool for the Chrome web browser. Called “Kaleidoscope,” the feature is not yet available but screenshots show that the tool could allow users to watch streaming video from different sites and services in one place. Chrome Story first posted about the project and shared screenshots of the…
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Hulu is Now Streaming Thundercats
Choose your favorite sugar filled cereal and get ready for a Saturday morning cartoon marathon. Today, Hulu exclusively launched both the classic 80s version and the 2011 reboot of Thundercats. The 1985 version of the series has two seasons and 130 episodes. Thundercats is an animated series following the adventures of a group of catlike…
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Xfinity Offers Interactive Election News for X1 and Flex
Xfinity wants to help customers find the latest information about the election and how to vote. The company has launched an interactive, personalized, bilingual election experience for X1 and Flex customers. X1 and Flex customers can say “How to vote” or “Cómo votar” into the Xfinity Voice Remote to find general voting information such as…
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Rent ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ in Advance for 50% Off Select Titles from FandangoNOW
“Bill & Ted Face the Music” will be available to rent next Friday, August 28. If you per-order your rental now on FandangoNOW, you’ll get 50% off the rental or purchase of over 100 movies on the platform. The deal is for titles starring “outstanding movie duos” like Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter, including their…
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TiVo and Channel Master Pair Up to Bring DVR to OTA Antenna Users
Image: TiVo/Channel Master Channel Master, a leading manufacturer of OTA TV products, announced today that it has made an agreement with TiVo to bring TiVo’s DVR technology to OTA antenna users. “One of the first things cord cutters discover is that they really need a DVR for the TV antenna in order to have the…
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Tubi Will Add More FOX Global Content, Starting Today
Free streaming service Tubi announced today a deal with Endemol Shine to distribute additional series for viewers in the US. With the new agreement, international versions of MasterChef and LEGO Masters will be available on the platform. FOX is the home for the US formats of these shows and the deal will see Tubi become…
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Peacock Will Launch a New Free Sports Channel, First Original Sports Talk Show
Peacock announced today a new, exclusive free channel: NBC Sports on Peacock. The new channel will launch on August 24 and will stream daytime live sports talk programming. Shows that have already been announced for the channel include PFT Live with Mike Florio, The Dan Patrick Show, and The Rich Eisen Show. In September, a new show,…
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Netflix is Testing (Another) Shuffle Feature
Netflix is testing a shuffle feature to help indecisive subscribers have their next show or movie chosen for them. Clicking a “Shuffle Play” button on the Netflix home screen, under a user’s profile icon, plays a title that user is likely to enjoy. Titles include shows the user is currently watching, those added to a…
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FCC Extends Comment Deadline on Spectrum Data Cap Petition
In July, we reported that Spectrum had asked the FCC for permission to add data caps to its broadband plans. Imposing data caps would go against conditions of the 2016 merger of Spectrum and Time Warner Cable, which were put in place for seven years following the merger. The FCC opened the issue up for public comments…