YouTube TV finally has a full app, but the rollout to various TV devices is taking longer than originally planned. The apps for Roku and Apple TV, originally slated to launch before the end of 2017, are now scheduled for the first quarter of 2018. Also planned for the Q1 timeframe, a YouTube representative told …
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are back in the World Series for the first time since 1988. The Houston Astros are returning to the World Series for only the second time in franchise history — and the team’s first as a member of the American League. The Dodgers won 104 games this year on the strength of having baseball’s best pitcher, …
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You can watch NFL games three nights a week and, of course, Sunday afternoons. Games are broadcast on CBS and Fox on Sunday afternoons, NBC on Sunday nights and ESPN on Monday nights. A Thursday night game is on the NFL Network each week, but five will be simulcast on CBS, followed by another five on NBC. (For the record: CNET is a division of CBS.) …
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Music-streaming service Pandora has chosen Roger Lynch, chief executive of Sling TV, to be its new CEO and president, after a leadership shakeup in June. Lynch is the founding CEO of Sling TV, Dish Network‘s online service for live TV that launched in 2015. He will also join Pandora’s board of directors when he starts his new job next month, …
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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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Cutting the cord and telling your cable company to get lost is always a rewarding feeling. You’re saving money, after all, and no longer paying for a lengthy list of channels you never watch. Sling TV is one of many streaming services that aims to be your cable replacement. Part of that solution, however, is providing a DVR feature to …
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As a Cleveland Browns fan, the week of the NFL draft is my favorite week of the year. I’m far enough removed from last year’s disaster of a season to remember too many of the depressing details and still months away from more losses piling up and the team’s draft picks revealing themselves to be busts. Hope springs eternal each …
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Apple TV users who subscribe to Sling TV may want to come up with an extra five bucks. That’s because the internet TV service’s “cloud DVR,” which allows you to record and play back select channels, as well as pause, rewind and skip commercials, is now available for Apple TV. Sling TV is a live TV streaming service that starts …
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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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Sling TV, the streaming service from satellite company Dish, will now be available as an app on LG Smart TVs, Sling said earlier this week. Sling TV starts at $20 per month for about 30 live TV channels, including ESPN, AMC, Disney and the History Channel. You can pay more for additional or different channels, like regular cable. This is …
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