Author: Luke Bouma
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Sling TV Adds 3,000 Classic Movies to Their On-Demand Lineup
Today Sling TV announced that they have teamed up with The Film Detective to bring their library of over 3,000 movie titles to Sling TV’s Hollywood Extra channel. Now Sling TV subscribers will be able to watch The Film Detective library of movies on-deamnd through their sling TV app. About The Film Detective: The Film Detective…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Market Share Grows But Roku Remains Dominant
Today Parks Associates officially released a report looking at the current state of the streaming player market. According to the report the Amazon Fire TV market share grew to 25% up from 16% in 2016. The Google Chromecast feel from 21% in 2016 to 18% today. Roku well still dominates at 37% has been flat since…
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PlayStation Vue is Adding More Nexstar Owned ABC Affiliates
Back in November 2017, Nexstar announced that their ABC, CBS, and NBC owned affiliates would be coming to PlayStation Vue. Now it looks like PlayStation Vue is once again adding more Nexstar owned ABC affiliates by adding WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut When this deal with PlayStation Vue and DIRECTV NOW was announced Nexstar CEO said…
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Philo is Adding PeopleTV, Tastemade, & Cheddar Big News
Today Philo announced that they that they are adding PeopleTV, Tastemade, and Cheddar Big News to their $16 a month package. This puts Philo at 40 channels for $16 a month. Tastemade will be live today. Philo says Cheddar Big New and PeopleTV coming soon. “Philo is simply a better way to watch TV, and with the addition of…
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Cord Cutting Is Growing Faster Than Ever
Recently talk has been about how the growth of cord cutting is slower than analysts expected. While it may be true that it is slower than some analysts had expected, it is still growing faster than ever. In the first quarter of 2018, cable TV networks had their worst quarter ever according to a report…
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DIRECTV NOW Is Adding More FOX Affiliates
Yesterday DIRECTV NOW quietly started to add new FOX affiliates including KLRT FOX 16 in Little Rock, Arkansas. KLRT is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which also owns five other FOX affiliates in Grand Junction, Hardin-Billings, Erie, Amarillo, and Wichita Falls-Lawton. At this time we can only confirm that the Little Rock KLRT has been added,…
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Hulu is Ending Support For VIZIO Smart TVs with VIZIO Internet Apps starting on August 8th, 2018
Today Hulu started to contact subscribers who use Hulu on a VIZIO Smart TVs with VIZIO Internet Apps. According to the email beginning on August 8th, 2018 Hulu will no longer support VIZIO TVs build prior to 2013. Here is the email that was sent out. We are reaching out to let you know that…
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Hulu Now Has Over 800,000 Live TV Subscribers
Today CEO Randy Freer told CNBC that Hulu’s new live TV streaming service has topped 800,000 subscribers. This would put Hulu ahead of PlayStation Vue, fuboTV, and depend on what reports you look at YouTube TV. This comes as Hulu recently reported that they have hit 20 million subscribers to their on-demand and live TV…
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Here is Everything New At Redbox in June 2018
What’s New & Streaming at Redbox: On Disc and On Demand (VOD & EST) June 2018 Redbox Kiosks (DVD & Blu-ray Discs) Release Week: June 5 A Wrinkle In Time Death Wish The Hurricane Heist Gringo Release Week: June 12 I Can Only Imagine Sherlock Gnomes The Strangers: Prey at Night Every Day Release Week: June…
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AT&T Says Most New Cord Cutters Are Millennials Living in Apartments
Today at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California AT&T’s CEO Randal Stephenson opened up about cord cutting and DIRECTV’s recent losses. According to Randall Stephenson most new cord cutters in 2017 were millennials and primarily lived in apartment buildings. Well, it may be true that most of DIRECTV cancelations maybe coming mainly from Millennials but I…