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Hulu Becomes the Latest Service to Lose Fox Regional Sports

I’m sorry to report there is no good news for you here, sports fans. Fox regional sports programming is disappearing from yet another streaming service—this time, it’s Hulu. Beginning Friday, live TV plans that previously supported Sinclair-owned regional sports networks will no longer have access to that programming. In a note on its support page,…

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Fubo’s Apple TV Multiview Feature Now Supports Four Streams at Once

What’s better than dual streams on a single screen? Four streams, obviously. Fubo TV, among the best streaming options for cord-cutting sports fans, announced today an update to its Multiview feature on Apple TV that will now support four simultaneous streams on a single screen rather than the previously supported two. Coinciding with the Big…

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Don’t Cry for Quibi

A former boss of mine, someone who worked at a legacy cable TV channel that starts with F and ends with “-ox News,” first told me about Quibi last February. “It’s bite-sized video. It’s run by Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg! It raised a few billion!” If she was so excited about it, why hadn’t…

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RIP Quibi

After several tumultuous months during which each new week brought more bad news for Quibi, it appears the streaming service is throwing in the towel. Following earlier reports that Quibi had been courting potential buyers for its beleaguered short-form video service—which bet big on its so-called Turnstyle technology that lets mobile users see two different…

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Twitter Screws the Pooch, QAnon Bans, and FCC Takes the Bait

It’s hard to believe that the 2020 election is just 18 days away, which may count for the inexorable sense of doom hanging over everything, or the sensation of that time is warping like the event horizon of a black hole. Before we’re smashed into an accretion disk, you might as well catch up on…

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Netflix Thinks It’s So Great, You Don’t Even Need to Check Out How Great It Is

If you haven’t yet subscribed to any of the major streaming services, first I have to ask: How have you avoided them? Second: You’ve missed the boat when it comes to trying the biggest names for free. Streaming giant Netflix quietly did away with its 30-day trial in the U.S., according to CNET, just like…

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Disney Wants to Be Netflix Now

We probably could have seen this coming. Disney announced today that it’s restructuring its media and entertainment businesses to focus on its streaming services—one area that’s currently thriving as other parts of the Walt Disney Company grapple with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Indeed, Disney+ has been a monumental success since it launched late…

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Facebook’s Dilemma, Subpoena Time, and Twitter: There Was an Attempt

It’s time for Hellfeed, your biweekly summary of who’s kicking and screaming online, and we really couldn’t have picked a better day: The president tweeted that he is ill with the novel coronavirus this morning and then totally dropped off the goddamn radar. While the nation waits for updates on the president’s condition—the White House…

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YouTube TV Is Losing Regional Sports Channels Because Cordcutting Is No Better Than Cable

Here we go again. Proving once again that cord-cutting can be just as volatile as cable, it appears YouTube TV will be losing support for Fox regional sports networks beginning next month—for real this time. YouTube TV announced on its Twitter support page Tuesday that while the company had negotiated a deal earlier this year…

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We Have to Stop With the +

Every day, my sicko coworkers drop galaxy brain takes and all manners of cursed content into our Slack channel. Sometimes it’s obscene gifs that no one should be subjected to. Today, it’s also this Fast Company article claiming that the “+” branding streaming services have glommed onto is, in fact, good. I had fully expected…

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Amazon Luna Is Stadia and Microsoft’s Newest Cloud Gaming Competitor

Amazon has a game streaming service. It’s been rumored for years now and it’s finally here. Starting at $6 a month with early access, the new service—dubbed Luna+—will have Twitch integration, a special channel just for Ubisoft games, and an optional controller that connects directly to the cloud. Luna+ wasn’t a possibility as much an…

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Sling TV Is Rolling Out Its Very Own Watch Party Feature

Sling TV, a fairly affordable streaming option for cord-cutters, has become the latest streaming service to support a Watch Party function that’ll allow anyone with a Sling login to watch programming together. Sling Watch Party launched today as a beta feature, but a Sling spokesperson said that anyone—including free accounts—can join a co-watching party right…

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Discovery+ Could Give Us HGTV and Food Network On Demand as Soon as Early 2021

Discovery’s forthcoming streaming service—which multiple reports have said will be called Discovery+—may be launching early next year, though pricing for the soon-to-launch offering is still unclear. Citing agency executives familiar with the matter, Digiday reported this week that the service is readying to launch in Q1 of 2021 with both an ad-supported and ad-free tier.…

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Anyone Want to Buy a Quibi?

Executives at Quibi, the spectacular disaster that no one asked for and evidently no one wants‚ may be looking to bail from their own failed experience. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal’s Benjamin Mullin reported Monday that Quibi “is exploring several strategic options including a possible sale,” a move that definitely…

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Facebook Does It Again (and Again), More Bans, and FOSTA v. the Amendments

The never-ending battle over content moderation is only intensifying as we get closer to the 2020 elections and beyond. We’re trying out new formats to round up and summarize developments in this space—both in the interest of everyone’s sanity and to allow more time for the ramifications and context of the outcomes of various screaming…

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After Months of Drama, Peacock Is Now on Roku

Folks, Peacock is finally on Roku. After news broke earlier today that NBC apps were dangerously close to getting pulled from Roku’s platform over terms regarding NBCUniversal’s new streaming service Peacock, both companies have seemingly arrived at a truce. Roku announced Friday that Roku users will now have access to the Peacock platform, a very…

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How Is It September and HBO Max Still Does Not Do 4K or HDR?

Today DC Entertainment announced that its streaming service DC Universe was becoming the comics-only DC Universe Infinite, and while I had the urge to give myself a wedgie just for subscribing to such a truly stupidly named service, the thing that really sent me into a nerd rage was the realization that I would no…

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I Cannot Afford This HGTV Streaming Service, but I Want It

God help me, I cannot afford even one more streaming service—and yet. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference on Thursday, per The Wrap, Discovery CEO David Zaslav said that the company is “quite close” to laying out its plans for a forthcoming streaming service—a likely hub for Discovery’s portfolio of entertainment and home improvement…

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Goodbye CBS All Access, Hello Paramount+

Just as CBS All Access was finally getting good, ViacomCBS announced today it will rebrand the whole thing as Paramount+ in early 2021. Are we surprised that yet another media company has decided to name its streaming service after a brand followed by the humble + sign? Pfft. Of course not. That would require originality.…

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Rumored ‘Apple One’ Services Bundle Could Be Launching Soon

In the weeks leading up to Apple’s September event, rumors swirled that the company could be gearing up to launch long-awaited subscription bundles that would group Apple services for lower prices than users paid for them individually. Now, more evidence points to a new mega-bundle that some reports have said the company is referring to…

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Hulu Becomes the Latest Service to Lose Fox Regional Sports

Fubo’s Apple TV Multiview Feature Now Supports Four Streams at Once

Don’t Cry for Quibi

RIP Quibi

Twitter Screws the Pooch, QAnon Bans, and FCC Takes the Bait

Netflix Thinks It’s So Great, You Don’t Even Need to Check Out How Great It Is

Disney Wants to Be Netflix Now

Facebook’s Dilemma, Subpoena Time, and Twitter: There Was an Attempt

YouTube TV Is Losing Regional Sports Channels Because Cordcutting Is No Better Than Cable

We Have to Stop With the +

Amazon Luna Is Stadia and Microsoft’s Newest Cloud Gaming Competitor

Sling TV Is Rolling Out Its Very Own Watch Party Feature

Discovery+ Could Give Us HGTV and Food Network On Demand as Soon as Early 2021

Anyone Want to Buy a Quibi?

Facebook Does It Again (and Again), More Bans, and FOSTA v. the Amendments

After Months of Drama, Peacock Is Now on Roku

How Is It September and HBO Max Still Does Not Do 4K or HDR?

I Cannot Afford This HGTV Streaming Service, but I Want It

Goodbye CBS All Access, Hello Paramount+

Rumored ‘Apple One’ Services Bundle Could Be Launching Soon

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