Author: Luke Bouma
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New Alexa Capabilities Are Coming to VIZIO SmartCast TVs
VIZIO announced today new Alexa capabilities are coming to VIZIO SmartCast TVs. In the past, you could use Alexa to turn on and off your TV and other basic features. Now you will be able to search for movies or shows by title, genre, or cast members through a nearby Alexa Echo device. “At VIZIO,…
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Cord Cutting Today #148 – Best Buy Sued For Selling Piracy Devices, AT&T & Disney Reach a Deal? & More
Cord Cutting Today is our daily look at some of the biggest stories happening right now in the world of cord cutting. You can find these videos posted on YouTube every Monday through Saturday. Today we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting. Including Best Buy Sued…
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Exclusive: Amazon’s Fire TV Will Now Use Your Screensaver to Suggest Movies & TV Shows
Starting today Amazon is rolling out an updated screensaver to the Fire TV that will also suggest relevant movies and TV shows. This new feature will give Fire TV users recommendations about TV shows and movies from Prime Video, IMDb TV, Pluto TV, History, Hallmark, and YouTube with more services coming soon. “When we launched…
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AT&T Reportedly Inflated DIRECTV NOW Subscriber Numbers According to New Lawsuit
This week AT&T is now facing a third lawsuit claiming that it misled investors over the growth of DIRECTV NOW, now called AT&T TV NOW. Pomerantz LLP and Labaton Sucharow LLP now say their investigation found that the use of fake accounts to increase DIRECTV NOW subscribers numbers was a “massive and nationwide” issue. According…
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Amazon, SpaceX, & 5G May Make Fully Cutting The Cord On Comcast & Spectrum a Reality
For years cord cutting detractors have pushed the idea that you can’t cut the cord if you get your Internet from a cable or DSL provider. The argument is if you are still paying a company that also owns a traditional pay-TV service its not real cord cutting. But now a growing number of companies…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix and Hulu For The Week Of September 16th, 2019
Coming to Netflix this week: September 17 Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives The Last Kids on Earth Netflix Family September 18 Come and Find Me September 19 Océans September 20 Between Two Ferns: The Movie Netflix Film Criminal Netflix Original Daddy Issues Disenchantment: Part 2 Netflix Original Fastest Car (Season 2) Netflix Original…
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The FCC Has Approved The Merger Between Nexstar & Tribune Owned ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals
Today the FCC approved the merger between Nexstar and Tribune. This $6.4 Billion deal would merge Tribune’s ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC stations into Nexstar. Last month, the DOJ approved the sale of Tribune-owned locals to Nexstar as long as Nexstar sells one or more local stations in 13 markets. Now with the FCC’s approval,…
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Google is Working on A New Android TV Device Called “Hero”
For years many have wondered if Google would ever make its own Android TV device. When Android TV first launched, The Nexus was Google’s flagship Android TV device built in partnership with Asus. But since that died in 2018 there has been no official Android TV device from Google. Now that seems to be changing.…
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Every Season of Seinfeld is Coming to Netflix in 2021
Today Netflix announced that it has reached a deal to bring all Seinfeld episodes to Netflix. Currently, Hulu has all Seinfeld episodes but it seems that they have lost the rights to the show starting in 2021. Jerry & Elaine & George & Kramer & Netflix All 180 episodes of the Emmy-Award winning Seinfeld are…
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Best Buy & Staples Are Being Sued For Encouraging Piracy & Selling “Pirate Devices”
In recent years, efforts to crack down on piracy have focused heavily on stopping the sale of so-called “Kodi Boxes” and streaming apps that offer free access to movies and TV shows. Now in Canada, Premium TV network Super Channel is suing four retailers including Best Buy and Staples for “urging” customers to pirate TV…