Cut out the sports, news and local channels, and suddenly live TV is cheaper than ever. A new multichannel live TV streaming service called Philo launches today, and it’s just $16 per month. That’s the least-expensive of its kind yet, undercutting former lowball champ Sling TV, which starts at $20. Philo is less than half …
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A dozen Godzilla movies are being added to Hulu in October. In that pile, there’s the terrible 1998 version, but don’t worry. There are a lot of classic Godzilla films being added as well, including “Godzilla Vs. Mothra.” You can also catch several Quentin Tarantino films like “Kill Bill” and “From Dusk till Dawn” on Hulu. Tarantino has said that …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. The value-giver. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images And now the real selling has begun. After Apple presented its new “smartphone of the future,” the iPhone X, some worried that the future meant very expensive phones. After all, the 64GB version of iPhone X costs $999. …
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Related stories CNET’s favourite podcasts 6 tips from a podcast addict Australian music streaming services compared Podcasters, it’s time to go pro. The ABC has announced a AU$1 million fund to find and develop emerging podcast talent, with the goal of bringing new podcasts to its platform by 2018. The funding has been set aside to find “smaller, existing community-based …
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The fall season sees the return to Hulu of lots of popular shows like “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “The Mindy Project” and “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.” Fox’s reality-cooking show “Hell’s Kitchen” also returns for its 17th edition. Spoiler: Some chefs will be hopelessly outclassed and Gordon Ramsay will yell at whatever he perceives as incompetence. Some older shows are coming …
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Watch out cable TV, YouTube is coming to get you. And now it’s after your paying subscribers in Boston, Tampa, Seattle and 11 other cities. YouTube TV, Google’s live TV streaming service that costs $35 per month, is available in 14 more US cities starting Thursday. Combined with the 15 cities already served, half of the households in America can …
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Shonda Rhimes is bringing her trademark jaw-dropping dramatic twists and turns to Netflix. Rhimes and her production company Shondaland are behind such hits as the long-running “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “How to Get Away with Murder.” But after 15 years with ABC, Netflix said Sunday it had signed a multi-year deal with Shondaland. The new deal with cover a “new …
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Now playing: Watch this: What’s it like to use YouTube TV? We go hands-on 1:55 The free version of YouTube is an internet behemoth visited by 1.5 billion viewers worldwide each month, but the pay version, with more than 40 channels of live TV, is only available to a fraction of the US population. That fraction just got a lot …
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Where should we start with Hulu’s August? Apparently, the company has raided my old DVD collection for ideas by bringing online “Finding Forrester,” “Clueless” and “Coming to America” to the service on the first of the month. On the television front, Hulu will add the complete third season of “You’re the Worst.” If you’ve never watched the show, it follows …
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I’m not a Warriors fan, but I like Cleveland even less. And I always enjoy watching the kind of exciting, team-oriented basketball Golden State employed when it summarily dismantled the Cavaliers last night to claim the NBA title. And even though I watched most of the game via live TV streaming over the internet, it was still awesome. Read more …
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