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Redbox Instant Streaming Service Is Dead
Seemed like a good idea at the time.Redbox Instant seemed like a great idea when it launched at the beginning of 2013. A partnership between Redbox and Verizon, the service planned to compete with...
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Marriott Testing In-Room Access To Netflix, Hulu, And Other Streaming Services
(Bill)Just a week after Marriott buckled under backlash from the public by saying it would no longer block guests from using their personal WiFi devices, the company announced a plan that just might...
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Overstock.com Still Trying To Be Amazon, Launching VOD & Streaming Service
(Al Ibrahim) Back in 2013, online retailer Overstock.com engaged in a tit-for-tat book-discounting battle with Amazon. While the short-lived competition didn’t exactly prove to be a sales dream for...
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Target Shuts Down Their Video Streaming Service That Apparently Exists
(pdxmac)Target Ticket began in the fall of 2013. It was meant to compete with streaming services like Amazon, Redbox streaming, Vudu, and Flixster. Now Target Ticket is shutting down. Members need not...
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Report: Apple Sides With Music Labels, Thinks Free Streaming Service Tiers...
(Philippe Put)Last year, Apple acquired Beats, a company that makes two things that go nicely with media players and smartphones: high-end headphones and a subscription-based music streaming service....
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HBO Now Reportedly Coming To A Google Or Android Device Near You… Soon
Apple CEO Tim Cook presents HBO Now at today’s press conference to launch the Apple Watch. (Photo: Glenn Derene/Consumer Reports) When HBO (kind of) cut the cord and announced it would finally launch a...
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Chicago Residents Now Stuck With A New 9% “Cloud Tax” On Netflix And Other...
(Mike Matney) There used to be a whole world of brick-and-mortar retail stores and transactions a city could gather some sales tax from and build into a revenue stream. As more and more goods instead...
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11 Million People Are Trying Apple Music, Some Might Actually Pay In September
Can Apple’s music-streaming service convert its users into paying customers once the service’s trial period is done? How many people have signed up for Apple Music so far, anyway? The company has...
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Apple Music Managed To Keep 6.5 Million Paying Customers So Far
It probably won’t surprise you to learn that millions of trial Apple Music users decided to cancel their service instead of keeping their accounts and paying 10 bucks a month. However, Apple reports...
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Rdio Will File For Bankruptcy, Sell Smoldering Remains To Pandora
RIP, Rdio: the music streaming service tried its best to compete with bigger streaming services like Spotify, Pandora, and Apple Music. After the company files for bankruptcy, though, competitor...
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It’s Time To Rescue Any Information You Value From Rdio
As we reported about a month ago, the streaming music service Rdio has been acquired by Pandora. Rather than keeping the service alive, Pandora plans to shut it down and use its technology and some...
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Kanye West Releases One ‘The Life Of Pablo’ Song On Apple Music, Google, And...
“My album will never never never be on Apple,” Kanye West insisted on Twitter, referring to his latest release, “The Life of Pablo.” This is literally true, but one song from the album is now available...
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HBO Streaming Services Went Down During ‘Game Of Thrones’ Because Of Course...
What’s the worst possible time for HBO’s streaming services to go down? That would have to be during the first airing of a new episode of the premium channel’s Game of Thrones, and is precisely what...
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North Korea’s Parents Now Have A Streaming Video Service To Distract Their...
Although North Korea is often regarded as one of the least connected countries in the world, those who do have access to the state-run version of the internet will have a few more things to watch — and...
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Rumor Has It: Disney Interested In Buying Netflix
In the world of media companies, the water cooler is always a busy place — and it’s been hopping lately over rumors that Walt Disney Co. is thinking of buying Netflix. Disney — not just a theme park...
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Nintendo Switch Will Include Netflix, Hulu & Other Services…. Eventually
If you’re already bored playing the games on your new Nintendo Switch — and its awful tasting cartridges — there’s little else you can do with the gaming system…. at least for now. The Washington Post...
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Netflix May Edit Its Content Specifically For Mobile Users
In order to stand out in the crowded field of on-demand streaming services, media companies know the more places they can get eyeballs on their content, the more successful they’ll be. And because...
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AT&T Admits It Wasn’t Prepared For DirecTV Now To Grow So Quickly
Although AT&T executives initially dismissed technical issues that popped up during the early days of DirecTV Now as no big deal, the company’s top tech executive admits now that the company wasn’t...
View ArticleHulu Offers 1-Year Price Cut To New And Returning Customers
Did you cancel your Hulu subscription, but are thinking about going back? In a deal that just happens to begin at the same time as Netflix’s upcoming price hike, Hulu is offering a discount on its...
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