Author: Luke Bouma
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Hulu Officially Opens Their New Viewer Experience HQ
First announced back in March 2017, Hulu this week officially opened their new Viewer Experience Headquarters (HQs) in San Antonio, Texas. Hulu is creating 500 new jobs at this locations: 300 of these jobs will be hired by the end of 2017 with the additional 200 coming in 2018. It has been reported that the…
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ESPN Fires 150 Employees to Cut Costs as Cord Cutting Grows
Earlier in November, it was reported that ESPN planned to lay off more staff. Today we learned that 150 ESPN employees have been laid off. Here is a copy of the memo sent to employees form ESPN President John Skipper: Today we are informing approximately 150 people at ESPN that their jobs are being eliminated.…
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Amazon Is Willing to Spend Big to Grow Amazon Prime Video
Amazon has recently made it clear they plan to spend money to help Amazon Prime Video grow. Now they are following through on their plans to spend big to win big with Amazon Prime Video. Earlier this month Amazon and Netflix battled it out for rights to a new Lord of the Rings show Warner…
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Spectrum’s Live TV Streaming Service Rolls Out to New Markets
Back in June Spectrum announced a new streaming service that costs $19.95 a month with no long-term contract. It will include all of your local stations and even PBS. You will also find A&E, History, Hallmark, FX, TLC, WGN America, AMBC, HGTV, and more—over 25 live TV networks. For $12 more a month you can…
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Here is Everything New on Crackle in December 2017
Here is everything new on Crackle in December 2017. What’s New Elektra Luxx Lake Placid Tokyo Godfathers Available One Month Only 30 Minutes or Less 300 12 Dogs of Christmas: Great Puppy Rescue American Outlaws Appleseed: Alpha Arlington Road Assassination Games Barbershop Barbershop 2 Battle Los Angeles Beauty Shop Big Daddy Black Dawn Blankman Blood…
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Meet HDMI 2.1 With 10K 48 Gbps Support
Today the HDMI Forum a group that manages HDMI standards officially announced the new 2.1 HDMI standard. With the 2.1 HDMI standard new HDMI cord will be able to support video up to 10K. Don’t worry if your TV does not support 10K (no TVs right now do) the new 2.1 standard of HDMI cables will…
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First Look: Hands On With The New Fire TV Silk Web Browser
Today Amazon officially released their Silk Web Browser for the Fire TV, Fire Stick, and Fire TV Edition smart TVs. Now you will be able to surf the web on your TV with the Fire TV. Here is your first look at the new Silk Web Browser on the Fire TV: Right now the Silk…
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Amazon Adds a Web Browser to The Fire TV
Today Amazon officially released their Silk Web Browser for the Fire TV, Fire Stick, and Fire TV Edition smart TVs. Now you will be able to surf the web on your TV with the Fire TV. This was first spotted by AFTVnews.com and if you have ever used a Fire Tablets browser you will be…
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Hulu’s Live TV Streaming Service Comes to Samsung Smart TVs
Today Hulu announced that their new Hulu UI and Live TV service will start rolling out to 2017 Samsung Smart TVs. “Hulu users who watch on these Samsung Smart TVs will be automatically upgraded to the new Hulu experience and can start enjoying the new, highly personalized UI the next time they fire up their…
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ClearStream TV Now Turns Any Antenna Into a WiFi Enabled Antenna With Recording
A few months ago Antenna Direct launched ClearStream TV a dongle that can turn any TV into a WiFi antenna. Today Antenna Direct announced that they are adding the ability to record to their ClearStream TV app. Now with the Fire TV, Android, and iOS streaming devices ClearStream TV can record shows, rewind live TV, and…