New options for cutting the cable TV cord just keep coming, and some of the most intriguing use a good old broadcast antenna. Plex, the media service best known for allowing easy access to your video, music and photos from just about anywhere, has a new capability that should further enhance its stature among people …
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Roku owners who cut the cable TV cord, you now have another live TV option to consider. AT&T’s DirecTV Now service, which offers live TV channels streaming over the internet starting at $35 per month, is now available on Roku devices. Owners of Roku boxes, sticks and TVs can download the DirecTV Now app in Roku’s channel store starting today. …
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Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest videos to hit the major online streaming services, including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. Turns out both Amazon Prime and Hulu have some of the same offerings, including a bunch of James Bond flicks for the month of May. Hit play below — we’ve folded …
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The first of June sees a huge amount of movies hitting Hulu’s streaming catalog. Let’s highlight just some of them (well, because there’s a full list below — so why highlight all of them?). Way back in 1983, Michael Keaton starred in “Mr. Mom.” A lot of the jokes are pretty dated by today’s standards. However, it does have some …
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Hulu couldn’t have picked a better time to launch its live-TV streaming service. After promising one year ago to launch a service with live-streaming TV channels within a year, Hulu made good on its vow Wednesday, rolling out a $40-a-month “skinny bundle” that adds more than 50 live channels to its Netflix-like tier for on-demand shows and movies. It doesn’t …
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Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest videos to hit the major online streaming services, including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. Hit play below — we’ve folded in some trivia so you’ll know more about what you’re watching. Return of the Moss Your browser does not support the audio element. For more …
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Almost one out of three people who use a free trial to try out a streaming video service end up subscribing, researcher Parks Associates said Monday. That “sizeable portion” of trial users dwarfs the amount of people who abuse free try-outs, Parks senior analyst Glenn Hower said. “There is a potential for free trial abuse, but only roughly 1 percent …
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Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest videos to hit the major online streaming services, including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. Hit play below — we’ve folded in some trivia so you’ll know more about what you’re watching. Learn all the things thanks to Bill Nye! Your browser does not support the …
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Hulu started off as a destination for television programming. However in May, there are a lot of movies to check out. Two that caught my attention are original documentaries about Batman and James Bond. “Batman & Bill” tells the story of one of the creators of Batman — Bill Finger. While Bob Kane got all the publicity for years as …
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What will TV look like in the future? Will it be streaming? Will it have sports? Will it be a-la-cart, one big package, or some workaround that heads to the courts? Bad rhymes aside, the only thing that’s clear about the future of TV is that we don’t have any idea where it’s going. Hulu, for example, is readying a …
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