Category: News
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A&E Signs Deal to Stream Unscripted Series on Peacock
NBCUniversal’s upcoming Peacock streaming service will add A&E content to its library at launch. Hollywood Reporter first shared the news that Peacock has a deal for unscripted series from the network, including Cold Case Files, First 48, Storage Wars and History’s American Pickers, Ancient Aliens, Curse of Oak Island, Pawn Stars and scripted drama Project Blue Book. “We are…
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Disney+ Celebrates International Women’s Day with Their Favorite Heroines
March 8th is International Women’s Day and Disney+ Is celebrating by highlighting some of their favorite shows and movies that star and celebrate women. Here are just a few of the Disney+ titles that feature strong female characters. Alice in Wonderland (2010) A Wrinkle in Time Brave Diary of a Future President Dr. K’s Exotic…
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Tablo Just Released an Update to The Tablo OTA DVR
Nuvyyo, the maker of Tablo DVRs, yesterday released a new update for their popular live of DVRs. This update brings several updates that make the Tablo DVRs even better. With this update, you will also notice support for the GENRES filter to the newer back-end communication method that Tablo’s apps on Roku, Apple TV, and…
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YouTube TV is Down on Some Fire TV Models
Do you have a Fire TV and can’t open YouTube TV? You are not alone it seems that something happened late last night that is effecting some Fire TV owners. According to reports from our readers and on Reddit when you attempt to load the YouTube TV app you get stuck at the app trying…
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The Weather Channel Will Premiere Weather Today with Jordan Steele on Quibi
Today, The Weather Channel announced that meteorologist Jordan Steele will be the weekday host for Quibi’s new show, Weather Today. The new show will join Quibi’s lineup at launch on April 4, 2020. “We’re excited to debut Weather Today on Quibi and know that Jordan will do excellent work reporting the important weather stories from…
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AMC Passes 2 Million Subscribers Across its Four Streaming Services
AMC announced during today’s earnings call that they now have 2 million streaming subscribers across their four services: Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, and UMC. We heard this news first back in December, but the Q4 earnings call brought the official announcement from the company. “AMC Networks achieved its key financial targets for the year, against a backdrop…
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T-Mobile Customers Will Get MLB.tv for Free Beginning in March
T-Mobile customers will receive a free regular full-season subscription to MLB.tv offer, beginning on March 24, 2020. The offer will be a part of T-Mobile Tuesdays, a program where customers get access to exclusive deals and discounts if they have a qualifying plan. T-Mobile shared the news about MLB.tv being part of T-Mobile Tuesdays when…
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Amazon, Disney & Others Are Fighting for NFL TV Rights
Last week, NFL owners approved the terms of a bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFL Players Association. The Collective Bargaining Agreement could affect everything from expanding the regular season game schedule to changing salary caps. The agreement would also allow for new negotiations when it comes to broadcast rights for NFL games when…
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A Growing Number of Small Cable TV Providers Are Walking Away from TV
Do you live in a town with a small cable TV provider? Increasingly a growing number of them have decided to walk away from offering traditional cable TV and are instead partnering with streaming services like Sling TV, fuboTV, Philo, and YouTube TV. YouTube TV has become a leader in this effort to partner with…
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Are IPTV Services Legal? Should Cord Cutters Be Worried? We Explain…
It seems like you can’t go on social media without seeing a flood of ads promoting IPTV services. These services often promise thousands of channels including premium channels like HBO and Showtime for a crazy low price like $19.99. These ads have left many cord cutters to wonder if these deals are real and legal.…