Category: News
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Pluto TV Introduces a New Logo at CES
Pluto TV has introduced a new logo as part of a campaign that will begin in the first quarter of this year. This is Pluto TV’s first appearance at CES in Las Vegas since being acquired by Viacom CBS. Pluto has a space at CES in the C-Space for media and advertising, with the new…
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Tubi & Hisense Are Launching a Free New Streaming Service For Cord Cutters
Today Tubi and Hisense’s Vidaa announced a deal to launch a free new streaming service in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the UK where Tubi will launch in 2020. With this new deal, you will be able to enjoy Tubi’s large library of content on the new platform. The new Hisense TVs powered by…
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$70 Million+ in Revenue Lost Annually to Piracy, According to New Research
Synamedia, the world’s largest independent video software provider, released the results of several anti-piracy studies today. The studies looked at everything from password sharing to the illegal sale of passwords. Here’s what they found. Synamedia found that more than 3,000,000 of viewers’ credentials were compromised across both the dark and open web over the course…
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SpaceX’s Home Internet Service Will Launch 60 More Satellites Today
Back in early 2019 SpaceX received approval to launch 12,000 satellites into space to build a low earth orbit network of satellites, enabling the company to sell home internet. Over the summer, SpaceX put 120 satellites into space to test out its internet service. Today SpaceX will launch 60 additional small low earth orbit satellites…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Now Has 40 Million Active Users
Today Amazon announced that the Amazon Fire TV now has more than 40 million active accounts. This is up from 34 million active users that were announced back in May 2019. Amazon has been in a tough battle with Roku, Apple, and Google for streaming dominance. Although many of these streaming players are sold at…
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Roku Launches Roku TV Ready Program for Seamless Product Integration
Today, Roku announced a new partnership program that will allow consumer electronics to pair seamlessly with Roku. The Roku TV Ready program will make the setup process easier for consumers, as well as allowing for devices to be controlled with one remote for a simplified viewing experience. “Our goal is to make the TV experience…
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Roku TV Expands with 15 Brands Introducing Roku TV Models
Roku is expanding on their licensing deals for TV brands to develop Roku TVs, with 15 brands set to launch Roku TVs in Mexico, Canada, the UK, and the US in 2020. Roku TV brands in 2020 include ATVIO, Element, Hisense, Hitachi, InFocus, JVC, Magnavox, onn., Philips, Polaroid, RCA, Sanyo, TCL and Westinghouse. In Mexico,…
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Amazon Announces New Fire TV Models for Your Car, New Fire TV Smart TVs & Fire TV Soundbars
Today at CES, Amazon announced a new line of Fire TV edition smart TVs and soundbars. Now Amazon’s Fire TV powers over 50 smart TVs and soundbars in more than 10 countries. At CES 2017, we announced the first Fire TV Edition smart TV. Now, just three years later, Fire TV Edition has grown into…
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Sling Still Offers a Free Trial, If You Know Where to Look
Like most streaming services, Sling TV offers a free trial for new subscribers. With a free trial, you’ll have time to test out the service to decide if the channel lineup, video quality, DVR, and other features are worth the cost of a monthly subscription for you. Sling TV also has a great offer for…
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AT&T Thinks Its New AT&T TV Streaming Service Will Be Just as Good as DIRECTV
Next month, AT&T will launch its new TV service nationwide. AT&T TV will go live nationwide in February 2020, according to AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh, speaking at the Barclays Global TMT Conference. “Our growth agenda is on fiber, in our entertainment group, and on AT&T TV,” said McElfresh. McElfresh went on to say that…