Author: Luke Bouma
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MoviePass Tops 1 Million Subscribers
MoviePass, the service that lets you see unlimited movies for one low monthly fee, has announced that they recently topped 1 million subscribers. “We are excited and proud to have reached the one millionth subscriber level in such a short time while still early in the consumer adoption curve,” said Mitch Lowe, MoviePass CEO. “Our…
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The Winner of the Best Streaming Device of 2017 Is… (2017 Cordie Winners)
Every year we ask our readers to vote on the best services, devices, and more for our yearly Cordie Awards. This year many of our readers took the time to let their voices be heard. Today we are proud to announce the winner of the Cordie for the Best Streaming Device of 2017. This vote…
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Sling TV Will Now Turn Your TV Into a Fireplace
Christmas weekend is here and nothing says Christmas like a warm fireplace. Don’t worry if you don’t live in a house with a fireplace, Sling TV has you covered. Recently Sling TV added two different fireplace or so-called yule log videos for you to enjoy a nice fire as you open presents or have a…
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Review: The New AirTV from Sling TV
The AirTV 2 just went for sale and this week we had an opportunity to test it out. This is a very different experience from the Air TV 1 (that is still for sale). No longer is it an Android TV player. The AirTV 2 is a network tuner. Yes, you connect your antenna to…
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Philo’s CEO Says He Is Open to Adding Broadcast Networks
This week Philo CEO Andrew McCollum held an AMA on Reddit about the new sports-free live TV streaming service. During the AMA (Ask Me Anything) session the question of live locals on Philo came up. Currently Philo offers no live locals as part of their live TV streaming service; however, their CEO said, “We’ve spoken…
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fuboTV Teams Up With Consolidated Communications
Today Consolidated Communications and fuboTV announced a deal to offer fuboTV to Consolidated Communications’ customers. “Our customers crave the best in TV content when they want it and where they want it,” said Rob Koester, vice president of product management, consumer services at Consolidated Communications. “With its abundance of live, national and regional sports and…
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Best of 2017: 5 Tips to Help You Stay Under Your Data Cap
As 2017 comes to an end I wanted to a moment to share a few of our best tips and tricks from 2017. Today we take a look at how to stay under your data cap. So please enjoy one of my favorite tips from 2017: Data caps have often been called an attack on…
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Don’t Forget: Never Miss a Cord Cutting Story with Our Cord Cutting Newsletters
As you travel through the holidays and time becomes short don’t miss out on some of the best cord cutting stories out there. With news breaking almost hourly and a growing list of news topics, it can be hard to keep up. To help you never miss a big story, we now offer two great newsletter…
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Sling TV Expanded Their Channel Lineup By 22% & Added 92% More On-Demand Content in 2017
Sling TV had a very busy 2017 with a ton of new features, channels, and on-demand content. Now Sign TV is giving us a look at some of the growth Sling TV saw in 2017. During 2017 Sling TV added several new channels including the Hallmark Drama Channel, The Olympic Channel, Ride TV, Reelz Channel,…
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Amazon is Working on YouTube Competitor Called “AmazonTube” & “OpenTube”
For some time now we have heard that Amazon is reportedly ramping up its digital video ad play in an effort to attract content produces from YouTube to Amazon. Amazon is hoping to attract frustrated YouTube creators who are struggling with the so-called ‘Adpocalypse’ after advertisers pulled their ads for fear of having them appear next to…