Paramount+ Streaming Service To Launch March 4th
ViacomCBS said Tuesday that the rebranded and expanded CBS All Access premium Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) streaming service to be called Paramount+, will go live in the United States and Latin America on March 4th. The international rollout will continue in Nordic countries on…
Roku Passed 50 Million User Milestone In 2020
Roku finished 2020 having surpassed a user milestone, with 51.2 million total active accounts, up by some 14 million users over the course of the pandemic-strained year, the company announced Wednesday. Cumulatively, Roku users enjoyed 17 billion hours of streaming content in the fourth quarter…
Streaming Pirates May Suffer An Additional COVID-19 Symptom
The new COVID-19 stimulus bill presented in Congress this week has an added lump of Christmas coal awaiting anyone engaged in commercially pirating copyrighted video via for-profit streaming services. Congress slapped an anti-piracy streaming proposal onto the much-needed and highly debated new COVID-19 stimulus measure…
Facebook Watch TV App Comes To Select LG WebOS Smart TVs
LG Electronics announced Friday that it is launching support for the Facebook Watch TV app on all 2014 and later webOS smart TVs. The feature will be made available in all countries where Facebook Watch is available, the company said. LG said the Facebook Watch…
HBO Max App Comes To Roku Devices
Roku and AT&T/WarnerMedia have finally reached an agreement for the smart media player resource to carry the popular new HBO Max premium app on Roku streaming devices and Roku TV sets, the companies announced. Starting now (Dec. 17, 2020), Roku users will begin to find…
Vewd OpX Unveiled For OTT, Linear Pay-TV Integration
Technology to simplify finding and streaming of all-types of OTT content along with linear pay-TV services may soon make its way to your favorite pay-TV set-top box or supporting media streamer. Vewd, an over-the-top streaming platform developer formerly known for its Opera-branded browser family, introduced…
`Wonder Woman 1984′ Coming To HBO Max In 4K/HDR
The next chapter in the Wonder Woman movie saga — Wonder Woman 1984 — will be the first title available on AT&T’s new HBO Max streaming service in 4K Ultra HD with HDR10 or Dolby Vision high dynamic range, when it premieres on Christmas Day…
Black Friday Deal Offers Hulu Subscription For $1.99/Month
Hulu, Disney’s other major over-the-top streaming service, is available now at a special $1.99 per month for 12 months of its basic offering as part of a limited-time 2020 Black Friday promotion that expires at 3 a.m. Dec. 1st. Through the deal, new subscribers will…
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