TV Streamers Club

Analysis: An eyebrow-raising cable merger and the launch of streaming services for cord cutters can only lead to media battles in the not-too-distant future. https://i.postimg.cc/HW34yF66/unnamed.jpg TV’s annual Upfront Week is supposed to be devoted to TV-industry build-up. Instead, executives hav...

There will come a day when asking “What’s Roku?” sounds quaint. Sunday was not that day for some Chicago Cubs fans. https://i.postimg.cc/9frY0Mhd/unnamed.jpg Instead, it was a Mother’s Day morning spent frantically searching for a way to watch the 11 a.m. start between the Cubs and New York Mets. I...

The Warner Bros. Discovery merger has been a bad deal for pretty much everyone. https://i.postimg.cc/C5TwCLmq/unnamed.jpg Max is changing its name back to HBO Max, and much like The Joker in one of Warner’s DC Universe films, I can’t stop laughing. Three years have passed since the mega-merger that...

The popular streaming platform plans to run its own live TV service with Frndly TV. https://i.postimg.cc/xd0LDGyC/unnamed.jpg Roku is spending $185 million to get into a business that most other streaming platforms have avoided. In early May, the company announced that it will acquire Frndly TV, th...

Fox is rolling out a new streaming service for its full lineup of live and on-demand content across all of its channels. https://i.ibb.co/dsnq0q5Z/UNNAMED.jpg The broadcasting giant unveiled the platform called Fox One on Monday, May 12. An exact launch date and pricing haven't been announced, but ...

In just eight years, and in a landscape defined by cord-cutting and decline, YouTube TV has become one of the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. https://i.postimg.cc/CK322cFb/unnamed.jpg In rapidly scaling to more than 8 million U.S. households (only Comcast, Charter and DirecTV are bigger) since...

The Onn 4K Plus is an upcoming Google TV-powered streaming device priced under $30, as revealed by a leaked Walmart listing. https://i.postimg.cc/sgxBj3z3/unnamed.jpg Walmart has some decent replacements for Google’s Chromecasts with its set of Onn streaming devices. Now, a new listing (now removed...

Ages ago, Plex was one of the only applications that let you deploy a self-hosted media server for your ripped TV shows and movies. https://i.postimg.cc/nryMZNH1/unnamed.jpg Like every other home labber I know, a Plex server satisfied my streaming needs for a long time. But over the last couple of ...

"Newsmax" or the "Company") announced on Thursday the filing of an 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). https://i.postimg.cc/7ZmpYy1N/unnamed.png The Company informed the SEC of the following: Newsmax Inc. has entered into a multi-year agreement for distribution of its cable cha...

The new experience will be rolling out to customers soon, and was first teased by the company next year. https://i.postimg.cc/0jQXDf3L/unnamed.jpg Netflix is gearing up to launch a huge update to its user interface. The streamer is giving its smart TV user experience a big overhaul, and the changes...