Apple’s new TV app is pretty awesome for the subscription apps it supports. Too bad it doesn’t include Netflix, HBO Go, Watch ESPN, Sling TV, The Disney Channel, Nick, PBS or many others already available on Apple TV. (Oh, and Amazon Video, which still isn’t available on the box.) Likewise, single sign-on is flat-out great …
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Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10.2: 6 reasons you should upgrade 2:22 Apple’s long-awaited TV app is now live. But there’s still no Netflix. The company’s new app for Apple TVs, iPhones and iPads, simply called “TV,” makes it easier to discover TV shows and movies across all of your different apps. It displays content from all of the supported …
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Netflix has said TV Everywhere is its own worst nightmare. Now, TV Everywhere is hoping it can make that a reality, despite a track record that might suggest otherwise. TV Everywhere is how traditional pay-TV networks and providers attack the consumer shift to video online and on their phones. By setting up streaming channels included in pay-TV customers’ subscriptions, the …
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A satellite launch was trending Monday on Twitter as people tuned in to NASA’s livestream and social-media updates to see if it’d take off amid sketchy conditions. It didn’t. As some on Twitter turned their gaze toward space, other users were eyeing the Golden Globes nominees. Social Cues is our guide to what people are talking about on social media. …
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Updated December 7 to cover DirecTV Now and the addition of numerous other apps on various devices. These days just about every major entertainment app is available on just about every living room streaming device. You probably have five ways to stream Netflix. There are a couple of major exceptions — Amazon Video isn’t natively on Apple and Google devices, …
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Greetings pop pickers, and welcome to Apple’s smash hit chart of the year! Apple has released its countdown of the top-selling songs, movies, apps, books and podcasts downloaded or streamed through the iTunes Store or Apple Music. Apple bods have also picked their favourites, including breakthrough band Christine and the Queens, the movie “Kubo and the Two Strings“, and Michael …
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Your Netflix television experience is getting an upgrade. The streaming provider is rolling out a global update to its TV interface, designed to let you instantly preview 15- to 30-second clips of shows as you browse its vast catalog. The new look comes just a week after Netflix unveiled an update that will let you download shows to phones and …
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Thanks to hordes of crazed “Stranger Things” fans, Netflix is testing the idea of merchandise for the retro sci-fi hit, a break from typical practice. Netflix is exploring consumer products for “Stranger Things” because of the “huge demand for people who want a T-shirt with Eleven on it,” the company’s top content executive, Ted Sarandos, said Monday at a financial …
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Best. News. Ever! As of yesterday, Netflix‘s mobile apps will let you download content for offline viewing. That’s awesome for anyone who wants to stock up on videos for planes, trains, treadmills and other Wi-Fi-challenged destinations. First things first: Make room for all those downloads. Find out how to free up extra space on your Android phone or tablet. iOS …
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Could there be better news? As of today, Netflix‘s mobile apps will let you download content for offline viewing. That’s awesome news for anyone who wants to stock up on videos for the gym, the airplane, the car (passengers only, please) or anywhere else that’s Wi-Fi-challenged. First things first: Make room for all those downloads. Find out how to free …
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