Author: Luke Bouma
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Fox, Warner Bros., Sony, & Universal Join Disney’s Movie Anywhere Service
Every wish you could access a movie you purchase on Amazon through iTunes? Well, soon you can do just that now that 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, and Universal Pictures have joined Disney in the Movies Anywhere service. According to a report from Digital Trends. Movies Anywhere is a Disney owned service that connects…
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DIRECTV NOW Sees Strong Growth in 3rd Quarter 2017
Yesterday AT&T filed its 3rd quarter 2017 numbers with the Securities and Exchange Commission—something all publicly traded companies are required to do. From these numbers, we now know that once again DIRECTV NOW is the bright spot in the AT&T TV lineup. In the 3rd quarter of 2017 DIRECTV NOW added 300,000 new customers, which is…
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Hulu Is Holding a Q&A on Reddit Today
Do you have a question for the team behind Hulu? Today at 2:30 PM Eastern you can ask that question! Hulu’s Head of Experience, Ben Smith, will be holding an AMA on Reddit’s /r/CordCutters to answer your questions about Hulu. For two hours you will get an opportunity to ask questions of the Hulu team.…
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Pluto TV Teams Up With IMPACT Wrestling
Today Pluto TV the free streaming service teamed up with IMPACT Wrestling to launch a 24/7 wrestling channel on Pluto TV. The new channel will offer over 1,000 hours of original programming for free and showcase classic content featuring household industry names like Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Sting, Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles,…
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DIRECTV NOW Has Started to Add More NBC Affiliates
It looks like DIRECTV NOW has once again started to add more NBC affiliates. Now they are not live yet but in several Tegna owned NBC markets are starting to show up in DIRECT NOW’s search. Typically this starts happening about 24 to 48 hours before the channels go live. In total Tenga owns 18…
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Hulu is Adding a Dynamic Guide to Their Live TV Service
Today Hulu announced that they are testing out a new Dynamic Guide for their live TV service. This new guide is designed to make finding the content you want easier than ever on Hulu. “We know that many of you love the new UI, but we also know that many of you miss having a…
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The New Streaming Service Hallmark Movies Now Launches Today
A few months ago Crown Media the company behind the Hallmark Channel announced that they would be launching a new streaming service called Hallmark Movies Now. Today that new service went live and is now available to signup for. The launch of the Hallmark Movie Now streaming service is the end of Feeln their old…
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The Roku Channel is Now Available on Most Roku Players & Roku TVs
A few weeks ago Roku announced the launch of a new streaming service that will put a ton of 100% free movies and TV shows all in one place. The new channel is called “The Roku Channel,” and it brings a collection of top films from leading movie studios including Lionsgate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Warner…
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Cable TV Prices Are Increasing Again
If you are not a cord cutter, it may be time to consider canceling cable TV and becoming one. Recently many TV stations made a big deal of Netflix raising its price on most subscribers $1 a month after several years of the same price. Now Optimum is increasing its Broadcast Basic package by $6…
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Amazon Wants to Become a YouTube Competitor
Well, it looks like Amazon has their eye on growing their video service into a YouTube competitor. According to a report from CNBC 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…