Author: Luke Bouma
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Expired: Amazon Announces New Black Friday Deals Starting Next Week
Recently Amazon announced a short list with some of their early Black Friday. The best part is some of these deals including the Fire TV sales will start next week. Here is a short list of all the deals Amazon plans to start next week. Starting November 16: o Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet is $30 off—just $69.99…
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Sling TV Still Leads But Added Just 26,000 Subscribers in The 3rd Quarter of 2018
Today Dish the parent company behind Sling TV announced that they had added just 26,000 subscribers in the 3rd quarter of 2018. The good news for Dish is that they are still the largest live TV streaming service in the United States. Many had expected that DIRECTV NOW would jump Sling TV in the 3rd quarter of…
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Roku Is Working On A New & Improved User Interface
This week Roku’s CEO Anthony Wood sat down with AdAge to talk about everything Roku is working on. One of the things that may have slipped through the cracks was his plans for the future of the Roku user interface. During the interview, Wood was asked about The Roku Channel and that led to his…
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AT&T is Ending DIRECTV NOW’s $15 Credit For Unlimited Wireless Customers
Recently AT&T announced that they are dropping their $15 discount for AT&T Unlimited Customers. Currently if you signup for an AT&T Unlimited plan you can get $15 off DIRECTV NOW plan. Now according to AT&T’s support page on the deal, it states that this deal will come to an end on November 15th 2018. The…
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Twitch Is Launching a 24/7 Sci-Fi Channel
Do you love sci-fi? The free sci-fi service Dustx announced that they have struck a deal to bring their service to Amazon’s free Twitch service and other platforms. Now you can watch a 24/7 live stream of great independent sci-fi content on Twitch for free. “This is an exciting time for us at DUST, and…
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Expired: Deal Alert: The Amazon Echo & Echo Dot Kids Are on Sale
Looking for a deal on an Amazon Echo? Right now the Amazon Echo 2nd gen is on sale for $79.99 down from $99.99. Want one for your kids? The Echo Dot Kids Edition is on sale for $59.99 down from $69.99. About the Amazon Echo: Echo connects to Alexa to play music, make calls, set…
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Verizon is Cutting The Cost of Their Unlimited & Prepaid Plans
This week Verizon cut the price of its Unlimited plan from $75 per month to $65 per month with autoplay. Verizon Wireless also cut the cost of many of their prepaid. “Starting November 6, the new Verizon Prepaid lineup includes a new lower price of $65 for Unlimited, $45 for 8 GB, and $35 for…
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Entertainment Tonight Is Launching a FREE 24/7 Streaming Service
Love celebrity news? Entertainment Tonight (ET) has long been a leader in covering the world of entertainment and celebrity news. Now they are launching a 24/7 live streaming channel called ET Live. CBS, the parent company behind Entertainment Tonight, is building ET Live in the shadow of their popular CBS News service and the new…
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Locast Is Now Streaming ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC For Free on Chromecast
Locast, a new live TV streaming service that launched in January in New York City, offers access to 15 stations including ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. With Locast you can stream ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC among others for free in Denver, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, and New York. Last month Locast quietly added support for…
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PlayStation Vue Starts Charging Sales Tax in More States
Last week PlayStation Vue started to contact subscribers in select states to inform them that they plan to collect sales tax. PlayStation Vue had already collected taxes in select states and towns. Sony is expanding to collect sales tax in additional select states starting in November. This is the second time in the last few…