Category: News
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YouTube TV is Offering a 2 Week Free Trial (But You Need to Know Someone Who Already Subscribes)
YouTube TV subscribers got a message from the streaming service this week telling them that they can give out free two-week trials to friends and family. Here’s what the email says: So, we’re giving you a special two week extended free trial code to share with friends and family who might like to try YouTube…
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Roku Adds a “Bandwidth Saver” Mode to Auto Stop Streams For Customers With Data Caps
One of the biggest requests for streaming players has been a sleep timer that will auto stop your stream to help customers with data caps. Now Roku has finally added an option like this called Bandwidth Saver as part of its Roku OS 9.2 update. When you turn on Bandwidth saver, if you have not…
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Here Are The Top 10 FREE Amazon Fire TV Apps As of October 2019
The Fire TV app library has been quickly growing to offer a range of apps giving users access to a ton of 100 percent free content; however, many of the apps are not video apps, so it can be challenging to find good cord cutting apps. So here are the top 10 free Fire TV…
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ESPN Gets Rights to Stream Bundesliga on ESPN+
ESPN has made a deal for rights to German football’s Bundesliga. The deal reportedly cost ESPN $30 million per year for six years, beginning in 2020 and running though 2026. In a press release on Monday, ESPN said that ESPN+ will not feature exclusive content and on-demand replay of the matches. ESPN linear television networks…
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Amazon Signs a Deal with Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Fleabag was a big winner for Amazon at the Emmy’s, earning six awards. Now, Amazon has signed an overall deal with the star of Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, to create new television content for Amazon Studios which will be exclusive to Amazon Prime Video. “I’m insanely excited to be continuing my relationship with Amazon,” said Waller-Bridge.…
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Roku is Testing a New Roku WiFi Extender
This summer, Bloomberg reported that Roku was working on a WiFi extender that would help strengthen weak WiFi to improve streaming quality. We now know that Roku is testing that WiFi extender, called the Roku Relay. Here’s how Roku describes the Relay. Roku Relay is a dual-band network device that creates a stronger wireless connection…
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Plex Adds More TV Shows to Its Soon to Launch Free Streaming Service
Recently we learned that Plex, Warner Bros. and Lionsgate have teamed up for its new ad-supported free streaming service. Now Plex has announced that they’ve partnered with Legendary Television Distribution, LLC to bring some of its content to Plex’s new free streaming service. Legendary Television Distribution is the company behind titles like Colony, The Looming…
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Amazon Music is Now Available on The Apple TV
Today Amazon announced that they have launched an Amazon Music Apple TV app. With Amazon Music you can access music you have purchased, or access hundreds of songs for free if you are a Prime Member. Want even more? If you buy Amazon Music Unlimited you can get access to thousands of songs through the…
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A New Food and Drink Focused Streaming Service SommTV Launches
SommTV, a new streaming service featuring food and drink related content, has officially launched. SommTV was created by the producers of the “Somm” documentary film series. The streaming service will make a full launch in March 2020, but viewers can now subscribe at an introductory price of $9.99 per month or $74.99 per year. ‘There’s…
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The FCC Just Awarded $61 Million to Help Expand High-Speed Internet to Rural Americans
Today the FCC announced that it has awarded over $61 million in new funding to help bring high-speed Internet to rural Americans. This award will help expand Internet to rural Americans in Washington, Massachusetts, Minnesota, California, Montana, Iowa, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, and Kansas. Funding for this initiative comes from the Universal Service…