AT&T is teaming up with an investment company called The Chernin Group to launch a Netflix competito

AT&T is teaming up with an investment company called The Chernin Group to launch a Netflix competitor. The firms are spending $500 million collectively to build the streaming service. Maybe that amount of money will buy better things to watch than Netflix offers.

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What’s The Most You’d Pay For Netflix?

What's The Most You'd Pay For Netflix?

Netflix will be raising its price in the not-s0-distant future, CEO Reed Hastings announced yesterday in a letter to shareholders. It’s only going up by a dollar or two, but an increase is an increase. But what’s the most you’d pay for Netflix?

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Netflix Is Going to Raise Prices for New Users

Netflix Is Going to Raise Prices for New Users

Bad news: Netflix will be hiking its prices for new subscribers. Per a first quarter letter to shareholders, CEO Reed Hastings says:

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AllCast Receiver App for Amazon Fire TV is now available

Koushik Dutta has added Amazon Fire TV support to his AllCast, a popular app that lets you mirror your Android screen or streams content from Android devices to your TV. … Continue reading

Weirdly Enough, Comcast Thinks Its TWC Buy Will Be Great For Customers

Weirdly Enough, Comcast Thinks Its TWC Buy Will Be Great For Customers

Monopoly? What monopoly? At least that’s one of the pillars of the 180-page document Comcast just filed with regulators in defense of its pending $45 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable . It is a big fat load of bull.

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How Much Better Is House of Cards in 4K?

How Much Better Is House of Cards in 4K?

Netflix announced at CES that it would begin shooting original series in ultra high-def 4K, and now British site HDTVtest has caught the first glimpse of the streaming giant’s 4K content in the wild. How much more evil does Kevin Spacey look?

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Sesame Workshop has launched Sesame GO, which is basically an all-you-can-Elmo web-based Netflix for

Sesame Workshop has launched Sesame GO, which is basically an all-you-can-Elmo web-based Netflix for Sesame Street for $4/month or $30/year. This message has been brought to you by the letter A for adorable.

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WSJ: Yahoo Is Planning to Make Its Own Original Web TV Shows

WSJ: Yahoo Is Planning to Make Its Own Original Web TV Shows

The Wall Street Journal reports that Yahoo is planning to take on Netflix and Amazon, with ambitions to produce its own original web-series programming.

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Amazon Fire TV Review: A Fast Ride That’ll Cost You

Amazon Fire TV Review: A Fast Ride That'll Cost You

Take your pick of streaming devices —there are already plenty out there. Amazon says its new Fire TV can best every Roku, Chromecast, and Apple TV in the land on speed, ease of use, and a treasure box of extras. In most cases, Fire TV delivers on those promises. But it comes at a price.

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Amazon Fire TV Teardown: Rock Solid Guts But Expect Some Heat

Amazon Fire TV Teardown: Rock Solid Guts But Expect Some Heat

So, you have your eye on Amazon’s shiny new $100 streaming box , which may just be the fastest smart TV you’ve ever met . But what lurks beneath its sleek exterior? Thanks to iFixit, you don’t need to wonder any longer.

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