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Hmm. Let me ask you a question. Why does the largest cable company in the U.S. decline to allow a small, start up-type streaming TV company to advertise on their broadcast networks? Maybe they’re a little bit scared of the competition? NBC, owned by cable company Comcast, has decided to block new Sling TV advertisements from their owner-operated NBC stations. If your wondering, Sling TV ads are currently running on ABC, CBS and FOX networks, as well as those NBC networks...
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HBO and Sling TV This was supposed to be the honeymoon period. The time when everything goes great and everyone is all smiles. Sling TV pulled off quite the coup recently, by reaching an agreement with HBO to become the first live internet TV streaming service to offer access to HBO’s linear and video-on-demand library. Just in time for the Game of Thrones season premiere, this was a great opportunity to grab some of those loyal HBO fans and get them engaged on Sling TV’s...
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DirecTV Pulls Rob Lowe Commercial – Why This is Funny to Us Good Rob or Bad Rob? Who was your favorite? My favorite was Bad Rob. I felt bad for the guy. Why does he always get the bad rap? Why is it that the guy who uses cable has to look like he belongs in the latest zombie apocalypse series? We’ll, now we’ll never know why, as apparently Comcast wasn’t too flattered by the way they were portrayed by Bad...
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Amazon Fire TV Wows Users Amazon already has a large chunk of our disposable monthly income, and they’re in the process of trying to tap into another treasure trove of our monthly pleasures: TV/video content. Join the cord cutting community and use a small device to replace your big, ugly cable box. That’s the pitch, anyway. Let’s Hear About the Goods Amazon Fire TV is a small device that connects to a HDMI input and allows you to stream all of your favorite television...
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Apple Gets Serious About Apple TV Here at FTR we’re all about figuring out the latest scoop in the streaming TV world. Rumor has it that Apple TV is in the process of a hardware refresh. Yes, that’s right. A newly updated device. We all love new devices. And if that’s not enough to snag your sweet tooth, news recently broke that Apple is in talks to develop their very own TV content subscription service that would rival the recently launched Sling...
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