Author: Luke Bouma
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SiliconDust’s CEO Officially Comments About The End of HDHomeRun Premium TV
Yesterday SiliconDust announced that they are shutting down their HDHomeRun Premium TV services. This all comes after the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) filed a lawsuit saying Omniverse the company HDHomeRun Premium TV uses to access channels like ESPN and Disney did not have the rights to this content. ACE’s members include AMC, CBS, HBO,…
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Viacom Today Bought The Kid Focused Education App Sparkler
Today Viacom continued their recent efforts to buy up streaming services by picking up Sparkler to partner with their Noggin streaming services. So what is Noggin? Noggin offers more than 1,500 episodes, short-form videos, Spanish-language videos, and music videos focused on kids. According to Viacom, they will combine Noggin content with their Sparkler technology to…
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Clarification: Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) vs Omniverse Lawsuit
Earlier this week someone who says they have a vested interest in Omniverse pointed out that HBO was not a part of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) vs Omniverse lawsuit. We wanted to make sure we clearly pointed that while ACE’s members include AMC, CBS, HBO, NBCUniversal, Fox, Disney, and many others and they…
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fuboTV Partners with Google Cloud
Yesterday fuboTV announced that they have partnered with Google Cloud to power live streaming and video on-demand to their 250,000 US subscribers. Right now, fuboTV offers 100+ live national channels, over 560 live local channels, and thousands of on-demand titles. FuboTV was also the first live TV streaming service in the United States to offer…
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TOAST.net is Offering $10 Off Cord Cutting Internet For 6 Months
Home Internet is an important part of cord cutting for many cord cutters. Without it, accessing streaming content from services such as Netflix, Amazon, Sling TV, Hulu, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV NOW is difficult. Thankfully there are Internet service providers that are happy to have cord cutters as customers and even give them a special…
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Sling TV’s $15 a Month Deal is Still Available But For a Very Limited Time
A few weeks ago Sling TV started a rare sale offering a 3-month deal for just $15 a month for the Sling Orange and Sling Blue packages. Want both Sling Orange and Sling Blue? Right now, you can get both for just $25 a month for the first 3 months. If you want this deal…
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The New Apple TV App Does Not Play PlayStation Vue, DIRECTV NOW, Hulu, & More In App
This week when Apple announced their new Apple TV app, they promoted the idea that you could watch content inside of the app. Apple has now updated their website to say “discover” instead of “watch” content inside the app. Hulu has also confirmed that you will not be able to watch Hulu inside the app.…
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TCL’s 50″ 4K HDR Roku TV Are $133.15 Off Right Now! (Limited Time Sale!)
Looking for a great but cheap Roku TV? Right now you can get the 2019 TCL 50″ 4K HDR Roku TV for just $299.99. Want something slightly cheaper? Right now you can also get the 43″ Roku TV 4K HDR TV for just $249.99. (This is a limited time sale that could end any day now.)…
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HDHomeRun Premium TV is Shutting Down
SiliconDust just announced that they are shutting down their HDHomeRun Premium TV services. This all comes after the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) filed a lawsuit saying Omniverse the company HDHomeRun Premium TV uses to access channels like ESPN and Disney do not have the rights to this content. ACE’s members include AMC, CBS, HBO, NBCUniversal,…
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Sony Just Sold Crackle to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
Today it was announced that Sony Pictures Television is selling Sony Crackle to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment the company who also runs Popcornflix and other streaming services. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment will own a majority of Crackle and Sony will, in turn, receive 4 million worth of stock in Chicken Soup…