Author: Luke Bouma
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Here is Everything Coming to Amazon in November 2017
Amazon Prime: November 1 A Knight’s Tale A View To A Kill Airplane! Airplane II: The Sequel Altar Egos Bad Boys Beauty Factory Bram Stoker’s Dracula Chasing The Star Crocodile Dundee Crocodile Dundee II Dances With Wolves Diamonds Are Forever Die Another Day Dirty Work Dr. No For Your Eyes Only From Russia With Love…
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Halloween Sale: 50% Off of 70 Recent Horror Films on Vudu
Vudu is getting into the Halloween spirit with a half off sale on 70 recent horror movies. From blockbuster movies like Resident Evil, Alien Covenant, and Rings to a long list of other movies including The Mummy, The Void, and Don’t Kill It to name a few. Even some campy movies like Sharnado 5. This sale…
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Netflix Suspends Production on ‘House of Cards’ – Season 6 in Doubt
Yesterday we learned that season 6 of ‘House of Cards’ would be the last for the hit Netflix Original. Now Netflix has announced that they have suspended production following sexual assault allegations against the show’s lead star Kevin Spacey. “MRC [Media Rights Capital] and Netflix have decided to suspend production on ‘House of Cards’ season…
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GameStop Plans to Offer Unlimited Video Game Rentals For $10 a Month
For some time now we have heard that GameStop is planning to launch a video game rental service. According to GameRant.com, it is about to become a reality. Although this may be slightly off topic from our typical coverage, it is a great way to save money. The new program will be called PowerPass and…
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Some Changes Are Coming to Our Weekly Cord Cutting Q&A Show
If you don’t already know, our weekly Cord Cutting Q&A show is every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern. During the show, we talk about all things cord cutting from the latest news to answering your cord cutting questions live. Our Cord Cutting Q&A has grown over the last few months with our weekly live viewership…
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Deal Alert: The 2017 Roku Stick With The New Remote Just $39.99 (Today Only)
Today only Amazon has the 2017 Roku Stick with the new remote that allows you to control your TV for just $39.99. This is a limited time offer and could end early if they sell out so do not wait. Here are the details form the Amazon Listing: New 2017 Model! Powerful and portable Voice remote…
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Nielsen Reports Strong Growth in OTA Viewership
Yesterday Nielsen had their third quarter 2017 call, and it included some interesting over-the-air TV facts. Some of the information has been known for some time such as over-the-air TV usage is growing. But we also learned that over-the-air TV viewers are multicultural, and they are trending younger. One big fact that really stood out…
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Amazon Studios & Amazon Video Expand Into New Studios
Yesterday Amazon announced plans to expand their television and movie studios in Culver City, California. With this expansion Amazon Studios, IMDb, Amazon Video, and World Wide Advertising will occupy more than 280,000 square feet of space. This new studio was originally created by silent movie pioneer, Thomas H. Ince. Culver Studios has been home to some of the most…
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Sling TV, DIRECTV NOW, & Other Live TV Services Add 900,000 Subscribers
Over the last few weeks many traditional pay TV services have reported subscriber loss after subscriber loss. At the same time, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Matthew Niknam, virtual pay TV services added around 900,000 subscribers during the same period. DIRECTV NOW was the biggest winner with the addition of 296,000 new subscribers. Other services, such…
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YouTube TV Now Supports 60fps on Some Channels
Yesterday YouTube TV officially announced that they are rolling out their app on more devices including streaming players, smart TVs, and game systems. One thing they didn’t bring a lot of attention to was the fact that they added support for 60 frames per second (fps) to some channels. Since launch, YouTube TV has only…