Author: Jess Barnes
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AT&T TV Now Has Lost 37% of Its Customer Base in Just 12 Months
In their Quarter 3 earnings report, AT&T announced that AT&T TV Now had lost 195,000 subscribers in the third quarter of 2019. This brought the total subscriber count down to 1,145,000 from 1.86 million one year earlier (when AT&T TV Now was still called DirecTV Now). In total, AT&T TV Now has seen a loss…
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Netflix Scores Grammy Nominations for Comedy Specials and More
We’ve seen Netflix win Emmys and convince the Oscars to allow the streaming platform to qualify for awards. Now, Netflix is on to the next awards show, the Grammys. Most of Netflix’s Grammy nominations came in the Best Comedy Album category, with four out five nominees coming from Netflix. The nominees include comedy specials from…
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Hulu Now Has 29 Million Subscribers According to SEC Report
In a new report from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Disney shared information about their Direct to Consumer Services, including Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+. According to the report, based on internal management reports, the estimated number of paid Hulu subscribers as of September 2019 was approximately 29 million. This number includes all paid subscriptions for…
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Free Streaming Service STIRR Adds 2 New Channels
The free streaming service STIRR has recently added two new channels to their lineup. Viewers can now watch 78 live channels of news, movies, sports, comedy, and more along with over 3,300 hours of on-demand content. Space1999 is a channel dedicated to the British and Italian sci-fi program which aired from September 1975 to November…
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Pluto TV Will Add Woody Allen Movie Channel in the UK
The free ad-supported streaming service Pluto TV has made a deal to air a collection of Woody Allen movies from the 90s for UK viewers. Variety was the first to report on this news, sharing that Woody Allen Fridays will begin this week, with the filmmaker’s movies playing on the Pluto TV Movies channel. For…
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Netflix is Back Online After a Brief Outage
If you tried to use Netflix earlier today and received an Unexpected Error message, you aren’t alone. Netflix subscribers around the world were experiencing issues with the service this morning. There were many different error messages showing up, with subscribers posting their screenshots on social media. On the website, errors were reading “Whoops, something went…
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Tubi is Now Available on Amazon Echo Show Devices
The free ad-supported streaming service Tubi is now available to stream on Amazon Echo Show devices. This is the first AVOD service to be available on this device, allowing users to ask Alexa to launch Tubi and control their viewing experience. “We are committed to making great content accessible for everyone, which is why we’re…
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How to Save $5.99 on Hulu’s Live TV Package By Bundling Disney+ & ESPN+
Since Disney+ launched last week, we’ve gotten a lot of questions about getting the Disney Bundle which includes Disney+, ESPN+, and ad-supported Hulu subscriptions for $12.99/month. One question many people don’t seem to know is if you have Hulu with Live TV you can get $5.99 off your Hulu bill if you bundle ESPN+ and…
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Cox Knowingly Allowed Piracy of Music, According to a Court Ruling
Cox’s legal issues surrounding piracy are continuing, this time involving a lawsuit from 53 music companies. The companies, including Capitol Records, Warner Brothers, and Sony Music are arguing that Cox did not stop those repeatedly in violation of copyright laws, but profited from the activity. While the case is now heading to trial, Cox was…
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Free OTA TV From an Antenna is Becoming Popular With a Younger Generation
While competition among paid streaming services is growing, many cord cutters are choosing antennas to watch OTA TV for free. According to the OTA: The New TV Growth Story 2019 from Horowitz Research, one in three (29%) TV content viewers 18+ report owning an antenna and one in four (24%) actively uses an antenna to watch…