Cordcutting Fortnightly provides readers with a collection of news in cordcutting that has occurred over the past two weeks. View last fortnight’s news. Google Home Adds New Video & Audio Partners As we reported earlier, users will soon be able to use their voice and the Google Assistant to queue and play videos on their TV […]
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Hulu TV is now live, but not for Android TV
Hulu is getting into the Internet TV market, like YouTube TV, PlayStation Vue, and many other competitors. For $40/month, you can watch a variety of popular channels on a multitude of devices with cloud DVRing of shows and on-demand content as well. While the app does support some smart TV platforms, it notably leaves out […]
Cordcutting Fortnightly provides readers with a collection of news in cordcutting that has occurred over the past two weeks. View last fortnight’s news. FCC Votes to Reevaluate Media Ownership Cap In order to promote a large number of broadcasters, the FCC has long had a media ownership cap, effectively a cap on how many households […]
The arrival of SHOWTIME ® on Sling TV marks the first time an over-the-top (OTT) service has offered content from the four leading premium networks. SHOWTIME features eight different channels and is available today for $10 per month to new and existing Sling TV customers. “We know our price and the ability to personalize your […]
The cordcutting field continues to grow more popular and diverse, and there continue to be news. This is a summary of the big cordcutting news that has happened this week. Boomerang Launches $5 / month streaming service You may know Boomerang as a TV channel where you can watch classic cartoons like Looney Tunes and Tom and […]
For a while rumors have been swarming that YouTube executives were making deals with networks for a sort of over-the-top cable service called Unplugged. This service, which would be $35, would blend together traditional media with original YouTube videos (and YouTube Red content) for a novel experience. Today, YouTube unveiled YouTube TV at an event […]
Google’s Live Channels app has allowed users to stream from a variety of networked sources, although users are probably more excited about the DVR feature. As the name implies, third-party channel apps can respond to user requests for recording and playing back of media. At this moment, the app needs to support it, limiting the […]
Hulu Launches User Profiles, Aims To Be More Like Netflix
Hulu is launching a new feature that will make its service more appealing to those who share their account with other family members and friends like I myself do: user profiles. A user account can have up to six individual profiles attached which should be more than enough for even the most shared accounts. The launch […]
Amazon Prime Adds HBO and Cinemax Streaming Via Amazon Channels
Cord Cutting is something that’s been on the rise for years now with the massive shift in the way we all consume media and the amount of time that’s in the day and the technology we use. So with this, you have services like Netflix, Hulu, Star, HBO and Amazon to name a few companies […]
Sling TV’s Cloud DVR Arrives In Beta Come December
Sling TV has had this feature sitting in the pipeline for a while now but consumers will finally be getting access if you own a Roku device and sign up here (Customers who subscribe to Sling Orange and/or Sling Blue using Roku devices) At launch, customers selected for the beta program will receive 100 hours of cloud […]
Hands-On with USB Tuners in Live Channels
If you have a Nexus Player, then you can hook up a USB tuner and antenna. This will turn your device into a cordcutting box, able to stream over-the-air signals as well as record this media using the DVR functionality. How does it work? We take a look in this hands-on article. Since the Nexus […]
DirectTVNow Drops CBS From Lineup
According to a report from Bloomberg CBS won’t be appearing on the latest cable streaming service on the block DirectTVNow. That means at launch NFL programming, Big Bang Theory and various others in CBS catalog will be MIA. Boasting over 100 channels and with a high starting price, this is bound to have an impact on […]
Sling TV Joins Comcast’s X1 Platform
In a bit of a shocker of a press release Sling TV, one of the first Cable style TV over internet solutions before PS Vue came about and DirectTVNow. They’ve announced that they’ll be joining Comcast’s X1 Platform. The intro paragraph is very confusing considering Comcast is a cable provider, and Sling provides the same […]
Plex’s 5.0 Update Brings Welcomed Android TV Changes And Improvements
Plex is a tool that’s a staple in the cord cutting experience and always pushing into new territory with cool new features only available with a Plex Pass. It’s also an App that is all for sharing and being on every platform you can think of because why put limits on such an application, now […]
Roku New Tools Makes App Development For TV Codeless
Last week, Roku caught our attention with a blog post on new tools for the Roku platform. Updating their Roku Direct Publisher Platform, Roku is giving content providers really no reason to ignore them any further for pretty much any reason. Video creators/content providers can walk through a few steps, including providing a video feed, then have their […]
Netflix Just Took Another Step In Getting In Theaters
Netflix just took a step in the right direction to get in a market they haven’t ventured before, theaters. The streaming service just signed a deal with the theater chain iPic Entertainment that will give a same-day theater release to a portion of Netflix’s films, The Wall Street Journal reports. The deal includes 10 of Netflix’s upcoming […]
Fox Begins Live Streaming Primetime Shows for Cable Subscribers
Fox is one of the big four TV channels that produce a lot of highly watched TV shows, especially during the peak primetime hours. Recently they have been experimenting with video streaming by simultaneously streaming their channel online while it’s airing. It started last week with “So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation”, […]
“YouTube Unplugged”, Google’s Cable-killer Streaming Service, Coming Soon To an Android TV Near You?
Since 2012, whispers of Google developing an Online TV Service began to swirl. There really wasn’t much more light shed on details until last week. The Information reported that the service is on track to go live in 6 to 9 months and that many big networks– Including ABC, CBS, ESPN– are close to signing […]
Twitter Partners with Bloomberg to Stream Shows Live
Twitter has been continuing to invest in the live streaming industry by partnering with a variety of media companies to connect content with users. They recently made a deal with Bloomberg to stream three shows live: Bloomberg West, What’d You Miss?, and With All Due Respect. This partnership will make it easier for individuals to […]
How to Watch the Republican National Convention Online
Today begins the Republican National Convention, when the GOP will be planning their platform for the upcoming 2016 US elections. It’s an important event for the country, as politicians from local, state, and national levels will be discussing what the next steps should be for the country. It is a three-day event taking place in […]
Sling TV Logins Will Soon Work on More Apps
So you like Sling TV but sometimes you need to get caught up or started on something on demand and Sling is missing an episode or two, lucky for you Sling is working with other companies to be a login provider when you go to verify your subscription beyond WatchESPN, which they’ve always supported. Sling […]
Live Channels is a way users can triage live channels over-the-air or from a cable box with any third-party app. You can watch Fox right next to Haystack TV, or watch your local public broadcasting in a PiP while you play a game. It’s a beautiful app and a great set of APIs for media […]
STARZ Launches OTT Service for Android TV
STARZ recently launched their own OTT service. The monthly fee of $8.99 gave users access to all of STARZ’s movies and shows, and those of its children companies Encore and Movieplex. While it has only been available to mobile users for the past month, it made a lot of sense for the app to move […]
NVIDIA SHIELD TV Multiplayer Sale ( Free 2nd Controller With Purchase)
Still on the edge about the NVIDIA SHIELD TV? Well NVIDIA just made the deal a bit sweeter for everyone, especially those who like multiplayer and couch gaming. For a limited time only they’ll give you a second controller for free in addition to the bundled one that comes with the SHIELD TV($50 Value). […]
Bloomberg Adds Live Channel for News 24/7
Bloomberg L.P. is a company founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981. In addition to providing software services like analytics to finance firms, it has also become a major media outlet for reporting and discussion current events in the global financial market (and things in general). This includes online news, radio, and TV. Having this multimedia […]
STARZ Consolidates Channels into Single Subscription Service
STARZ is a premium US channel that started in 1994 to show movies. Since its inception, the Starz Entertainment company has expanded to several different channels for those who want to watch a particular genre of movie such as comedy or family movies. This includes other channel sets such as Encore and MoviePlex. As of […]
What if cable companies just offered streams? You paid Comcast a subscription fee, not unlike Netflix, and then could stream channels to a set-top box produced by Google or Apple instead of renting an expensive cable box? That’s part of a proposal that the FCC has made which would standardize the cable format and allow […]
Showtime, the TV and movie channel, has had a standalone subscription service for interested viewers for a few months. However, though cable subscriptions are dropping, many people still pay for cable and Showtime is included in that cable subscription. What if one of those customers wanted to use an app? The answer is their TV […]
Q&A with Sling TV CEO, Roger Lynch
Like Android TV, Sling TV is attempting to drag traditional entertainment kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Sling TV does its part by flipping the conventional cable model on its head. Instead of lumbering, expensive, closed experiences with long contracts, Sling affordably offers your favorite cable channels on the device of your choice and […]
DisneyLife Streaming Service Launches in UK
Disney is a large company with a lot of different types of media. They’ve moved beyond just producing cartoons and movies to ebooks, music, and games. With all of this content, buying everything outright can be very expensive. DisneyLife is a new subscription service which gives up to six people access to all of these […]