Author: Luke Bouma
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YouTube TV Is Still Offering FREE Chromecasts
YouTube TV’s website had first listed their free Chromecast offer as ending in November of 2017. Now it looks like they are keeping it going—at least for now. Several new YouTube TV members have recently received emails offering a free Chromecast. This is for the standard Chromecast that offers 1080p playback. If you recently signed…
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Philo vs Sling TV vs DIRECTV NOW vs PlayStation Vue vs Fubo TV vs Hulu vs YouTube TV – Updated December 2017
Today we release our monthly side by side look at the major live TV streaming services. This time we are adding Philo to the list of services we will be including. So this month we looked at Fubo TV, Philo, Sling TV, Hulu’s live TV beta, YouTube TV, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV NOW with the hopes that we will make…
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Roku Demos Their New Voice Controls & Search
In the past Roku had a basic voice search option. Now with the Roku OS 8.0 update, your Roku has a powerful voice search option to help it stand up against the Fire TV and the Apple TV. Voice Controls You can now ask your Roku to switch inputs, load a streaming channel, and more…
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AT&T is Sending Out More DIRECTV NOW DVR Beta Invites Tonight
For months now AT&T has been rolling out access to the DIRECTV NOW DVR beta, but you had to be an AT&T customer. Now it looks like DIRECTV NOW has dropped that requirement. Tonight DIRECTV NOW rolled out a large number of invites to DIRECTV NOW and once again you can now use your DIRECTV NOW login…
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Times Running Out to Get $25 Off DIRECTV NOW
DIRECTV NOW is celebrating their 1st birthday by offering $25 off for all new subscribers. To get $25 off the first month of any package when you sign up you need to use the promo code “BDAY2017” at checkout. If you want to try out DIRECTV NOW and get $25 off you better hurry because…
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Vudu has $0.99 Christmas Movie Rentals Today
Ready to get in the Christmas mood with some Christmas Movies? Today Vudu has 9 Christmas movies for Just $0.99 each and 8 Christmas movies 100% free with ads. This includes movies like: A Cinderella Christmas NR Angie works hard to run her uncle’s events business while her cousin Candace takes the credit. When Angie…
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Boomerang Adds Several Classic Christmas Specials
Today Boomerang, the cable network that airs classic cartoon shows, announced that their subscription cartoon streaming service has added the several new Christmas specials to their service. Right now you will find Christmas specials including: A Garfield Christmas Tome And Jerry A Nutcracker Tale Casper’s First Christmas A Flinstones Christmas Carol Tom And Jerry Santas Little…
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Cord Cutting This Week #6 – DIRECTV NOW DVR, Disney Buying Fox, & More
This week we continue our weekly recap show called Cord Cutting This Week. Every week I pick out a handful of stories I think could have the most significant long-term impact on cord cutting and give you my personal opinion on them. The show is still in beta, as we test out how the show will look,…
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Want Locals? Check Out Hulu’s Live TV Streaming Service
Need your locals? Maybe you should check out Hulu’s live TV streaming service. This week Hulu topped 440 live locals including CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, My Network TV, and Telemundo. Not only that but in 23 markets they offer every major local including ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. This makes Hulu’s live TV streaming service…
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You Can Now Save a Website to Your Home Screen on the Fire TV
Ever wish you could save a website to your home screen on the Fire TV? With the new Bookmarker app made by AFTVnews, you can do just that. Now that the Fire TV has a dedicated browser—the new Silk Browser—you can surf the web with your Fire TV. If you add the Bookmarker app, you…