Category: services

Roku begins offering free episodes from premium subscriptions

[ad_1] Viewers can get a taste of shows like Heartland or Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries with no subscription required. If catching a few episodes of On Becoming a God in Central Florida, Godfather of Harlem or America The Story of Us grabs their interest, they can sign up for subscriptions to premium services including HBO […]

ESPN+ snags US rights to Bundesliga soccer starting in 2020

[ad_1] It’s a timely grab for ESPN, as many young USMNT players are in the German league right now. Bundesliga CEO Robert Klein said in a statement that “Germany will continue to be an important source of talent for future US national teams and with ESPN we’re incredibly excited to take fans on their journey […]

Both ‘Destiny’ games are offline for ’emergency maintenance’

[ad_1] Destiny 2 fans hoping to dive into the game’s latest expansion Shadowkeep will have to wait a bit longer, as Bungie announced both Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 are undergoing “emergency maintenance.” It’s not clear exactly what the issue is, but it comes just as the company launched some big changes for the second […]

Join Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and get six months of Spotify Premium free

[ad_1] The first two months of the Xbox Game Pass subscription cost a dollar each. After that, the price will rise to the standard $15 per month. Once your six months of the free Spotify Premium are up, you can either cancel or roll over into the normal rate for the service of $10 per […]

SEC fines Block.one $24 million for unregistered ICO worth billions

[ad_1] Block.one has agreed to pay the fine, but has neither admitted nor denied the SEC’s findings. The company has also been granted a waiver which means it won’t be subject to any ongoing restrictions that would usually apply to a settlement of this kind. It’s not the first such penalty to be levied by […]

Google begins testing Assistant movie ticket reservations in Chrome

[ad_1] As reported by Android Police, if you’re part of the test then when you look up show times for a movie in Chrome you’ll see the usual options to book tickets at different theaters plus a new addition. The “Buy Tickets” button with the Google Assistant logo indicates that Duplex is available. If you […]

Apple’s improved Maps expand across the northeast US

[ad_1] From Monday, folks in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Delaware, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Washington, DC and areas of Virginia and West Virginia can access more detailed maps, according to CNET. Reports emerged last month, before iOS 13 launched, that people in some of those states were already seeing […]

Fox Sports will stream ALCS games in 4K HDR for the first time

[ad_1] There will be other technical marvels if 4K HDR doesn’t pass muster, although some of this will have to wait until the World Series. You can watch 4D Replays (really, adjustable 3D) of World Series batter swings and home base attempts, follow the path of balls in 3D through Pitchcast and see whole-stadium views […]

YouTube is ‘really happy’ with viewership for its live MLB games

[ad_1] This won’t leave TV networks sweating bullets. Variety noted that Fox saw an average of just over 2.2 million viewers, and that’s just for the US. YouTube’s streams were available worldwide. However, the internet company doesn’t mind. It’s “really happy with the success of the entire partnership,” a spokesperson told Variety. And there may […]

Twitch revamps channel pages to help you tune in to streamers

[ad_1] There’s also good news if you primarily watch Twitch on your iPad or iPhone. You’ll finally have the option to subscribe to a streamer directly from iOS starting in October. You won’t buy a subscription directly, however. Instead, you’ll buy tokens you can redeem for Tier 1 subscriptions as long as a year. It’s […]