Author: Luke Bouma
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Disney Will Soon Own a Majority of Hulu
Yesterday FOX agreed to sell most of their assets to Disney including their share of Hulu. This means for the first time Hulu will have a majority owner. (Assuming there is no issues with government approval and after the AT&T Time Warner merger that seems unlikely.) Disney will own 60% of Hulu, Comcast owns 30%, and AT&T…
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Amazon is Offering Up to $35 Off a Fire TV if You Trade in a Roku, Apple TV, Etc
Want to get a new Fire TV or Fire TV Cube? Right now Amazon is offering up to $35 off a Fire TV if you trade in a Roku, Apple TV, or Chromecast. Just don’t wait this is a limited time deal. How this works is you tell Amazon what device you want to trade…
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AT&T Just Officially Announced Watch TV With 30+ Live TV Channels
Today AT&T just announced their new AT&T Watch TV a $15 a month service with 30+ Channels. The service will launch next week along with two new AT&T Wirelles plans AT&T Unlimited &MoreSM and AT&T Unlimited &MoreSM Premium. These channels include A&E, AMC, BBC America, Cartoon Network, CNN, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, HGTV, Lifetime, TLC, TruTV, and more.…
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DIRECTV NOW is Offering Some Users $20 Off New Roku Sticks
DIRECTV NOW today started to contact some subscribers with a special offer to get $20 off a 2017 Roku Stick. We are not sure exactly how they are picking who gets the offers and who does not but it seems to be an effort to get users to upgrade to the more powerful 2017 Roku Stick.…
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NewsON Just Added Over 40 New Local Stations
Today NewsON the service that streams local news from all over the United States announced that they have added 40 new stations. This brings their total stations up to 217 covering over 90% of the United States. Now with NewsON, you can easily stream local news from all over the United States through a single…
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CuriosityStream Names a New President & CEO
Today CuriosityStream the service launched in 2015 by John Hendricks, Founder and former Chairman of Discovery Communications announced that they have appointed Clint Stinchcomb as the new President and CEO. “As CuriosityStream accelerates its growth through direct-to-consumer streaming and through our expanding group of domestic and international distributors, I can think of no one more experienced…
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YouTube TV is Coming to Vizio Smartcast TVs
Today a YouTube TV employee posted on Reddit announcing that support for Vizio Smartcast TVs is rolling out. Well, this is not an official announcement this poster has a history of posting YouTube TV news early. The good news is this won’t be a cast situation from the wording here YouTube TV will have a dedicated app on…
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Should Cord Cutters Be Worried About a Data Cap? We Answer Your Questions
Cord cutting is an amazing way to save a ton of time; however, to get access to most of the services you still need an Internet connection. For many with data caps that raises the question of how they can stream what they want without running into their data cap. Often our readers reach out asking…
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PlayStation Vue Just Rolled Out Several New Features on The Apple TV
Today PlayStation Vue on the Apple TV rolled out several new features. Including the ability to pair an IR TV remote allowing you to use a more traditional remote. An IR remote is something PlayStation Vue has done for years with devices like their PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4. The only question now is what IR…
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FOX Agrees Merge With Disney After New $71 Billion Bid
Earlier today Disney rushed out a new $1.3 billion deal to outbid Comcast to buy FOX. Now FOX’s Board has officially agreed to sell most of FOX to Disney. “We are extremely proud of the businesses we have built at 21st Century Fox, and firmly believe that this combination with Disney will unlock even more value…