Author: Luke Bouma

  • Roku Removes USTVNOW at The Request of The “Content Rights Owner”

    Roku Removes USTVNOW at The Request of The “Content Rights Owner”

    For years there has been a great debate over the legality of USTVNOW a service that streams live feeds of many cable and local networks. The service is promoted as a streaming service for Americans living overseas and US Military but anyone could signup for USTVNOW even if they are living in the United States.…

  • DIRECTV NOW Adds SNY Sports Network

    DIRECTV NOW Adds SNY Sports Network

    Earlier today we reported that Aspire TV and Up Family TV have been added to DIRECTV NOW. Thanks to our readers we can now confirm that the regional sports network SNY has also been added. According to SNY’s website they are: SNY is the official television home of the New York Mets, Jets and all things…

  • DIRECTV NOW Adds Two New Channels

    DIRECTV NOW Adds Two New Channels

    This morning DIRECTV NOW quietly added two new channels to their lineup Aspire TV and Up Family TV. We are unsure what package they are in but have confirmed that the Up Family TV and Aspire TV are both in the Go Big package. Up Family TV according to their website offers “original scripted and…

  • DIRECTV NOW Starts Promoting a Third Stream on The Apple TV (If You Are Willing to Pay)

    DIRECTV NOW Starts Promoting a Third Stream on The Apple TV (If You Are Willing to Pay)

    This week AT&T updated their Apple TV app for DIRECTV NOW adding a new splash screen promoting the DVR and 3rd stream add-on. Here is what the popup message that greats DIRECTV NOW beta users on the Apple TV says: A few things that are interesting from that wording on this post. Pay attention to…

  • YouTube TV Adds The Ability to Make Custom Channel Guides

    YouTube TV Adds The Ability to Make Custom Channel Guides

    Every wish you could just remove channels you don’t watch from your channel guide? Maybe rearrange your channel guide, so all your favorite channels are at the top? Well, now YouTube TV has made that possible. This week YouTube TV quietly started to roll out a channel guide editor that lets you reorder your channel guide…

  • Survey: Most Cord Cutters Use Roku Streaming Players

    Survey: Most Cord Cutters Use Roku Streaming Players

    Last week Cord Cutters News conducted our Spring 2018 survey. We talked with over 2,400 of our readers and asked them a wide range of questions related to cord cutting. One of the questions we asked was what devices they used to stream content online. According to our readers, Roku is continuing their domination in…

  • Here is Everything New at Redbox Kiosk & Redbox On Demand in April 2018

    Here is Everything New at Redbox Kiosk & Redbox On Demand in April 2018

    Redbox Kiosks (DVD & Blu-ray Discs) April 3 Insidious Chapter: The Last Key Father Figures April 10 Molly’s Games All the Money In the World Proud Mary Phantom Thread The Greatest Showman April 17 The Commuter The Post April 24 Den of Thieves Paddington 2 Hostiles Forever My Girl   Redbox On Demand (VOD) April…

  • ESPN+ Will Be The Exclusive Home of ESPN’s “30 for 30” On-Demand Streaming

    ESPN+ Will Be The Exclusive Home of ESPN’s “30 for 30” On-Demand Streaming

    This week ESPN’s new president Jimmy Pitaro sat down with Variety to talk about ESPN. During the interview, we got some new details about ESPN’s new streaming service EPSN+. One of the newest revelations is that ESPN+ will be the exclusive home of on-demand access to ESPN’s “30 for 30.” Now you will still be…

  • Meet The Newest Tablo DVR The Tablo DUAL LITE Just $139.99

    Meet The Newest Tablo DVR The Tablo DUAL LITE Just $139.99

    Today Nuvyyo the company behind the popular Tablo OTA DVRs announced a new cheaper Tablo DVR. The Tablo DUAL LITE DVR is very similar to the Tablo Dual but with better WiFi. The best part is it now costs just $139.99. The new Tablo Dual Lite comes without any internal storage. You can connect an external hard drive…

  • Roku is Looking For Beta Testers

    Roku is Looking For Beta Testers

    Most springs Roku rolls out an OS update with new features. Last year we got a long list of new features for both Roku TVs and Roku players. Now it looks like Roku is getting ready to once again roll out an OS update focusing on media updates. This morning Roku started to email developers asking…