CBS has updated its Android and iOS apps to support Google’s Chromecast media streaming stick. That means you can fire up the CBS app on your phone or tablet, tap a button, and send recent episodes of CBS shows including Big Bang Theory, NCIS, and Elementary to your TV free of charge. Fox and HGTV […]
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HBO coming to Sling TV for $15 per month
So much for Apple’s exclusive deal to offer HBO Now to customers for $15 per month. Dish Network-owned Sling TV has announced that subscribers to its live (and on-demand) TV-over-the-internet service will be able to add HBO to their package for an extra $15 per month. Interestingly, the Sling TV press refers to “HBO” 20 times, […]
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Vessel wants you to pay $3 monthly for early access to YouTube videos
A new online video startup called Vessel is hoping you’ll pay $2.99 per month to watch videos from popular YouTube stars a few days before they hit YouTube. That might sound crazy, but the company is headed by Jason Kilar, the former Hulu exec who figured out ways to convince folks to pay a Netflix-like $7.99 […]
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Amazon Fire TV gets USB storage, Bluetooth headphone support, Fire TV Stick launches in Europe
7 Comments on Amazon Fire TV gets USB storage, Bluetooth headphone support, Fire TV Stick launches in EuropeAmazon has announced that it’s bringing new features to its $99 Fire TV and $39 Fire TV Stick devices. The next over-the-air software update will bring support for Bluetooth headphones and USB storage, among other things. The Fire TV Stick is also now available for purchase in the UK and Germany, where the the TV […]
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Walmart’s $25 Vudu Spark media streaming stick for your TV
Vudu is an online video service operated by Walmart. It offers movie and TV show rentals and purchases with prices starting at 99 cents, and you can stream media to a PC, a mobile device, or to a TV using a Roku, Chromecast, game console, or a number of other devices. Now there’s another option: Walmart is […]
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Amazon Fire TV gets HBO Go support
Amazon has announced that HBO Go is now available for the Amazon Fire TV, and support for the Fire TV Stick is coming in the spring. That means HBO subscribers can stream movies and TV shows from the cable network, including recent hits such as Game of Thrones. Amazon Prime subscribers can already access older […]
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HBO to let you watch online without a cable subscription in 2015
Want to watch Game of Thrones, True Detective, Girls, Boardwalk Empire, or other HBO shows, but don’t want to sign up for a cable, satellite, or FiOS TV package to do it? HBO offers an online video service called HBO Go, but up until now you’ve needed to be a paying HBO TV customer to […]
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Netflix now supports Linux (via Google Chrome)
It’s official: you can now stream videos from Netflix on a computer running Linux. You don’t need to change your browser agent, install WINE, or make any other changes. Just download and install Google Chrome 38 and login to your Netflix account. You will need to download the browser from https://google.com/chrome. The open source Chromium […]
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Native support for Netflix coming to Ubuntu
Want to move from Windows or OS X to Ubuntu or another GNU/Linux operating system? You’ll lose Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop and some other apps that aren’t available for Linux, but you’ll be able to use open source alternatives such as LibreOffice and GIMP. But up until now there’s been one thing that’s been tricky […]
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Chromecast now streams Twitch, Watch Disney, iHeartRadeio
Google’s $35 Chromecast continues to be one of the cheapest, simplest devices for streaming internet video to a TV. When the Chromecast first launched in the summer of 2013, it only supported video from a handful of sources. These days it supports hundreds of apps and services, and you can even use it to stream […]