Well, lots of news has broke since the last time I made a post. I’ve been a little busy with the new Nvidia Shield Android TV. To be honest, I’m a little underwhelmed with it, but I’ll cover that in a later blog post.
For now, let’s look at all the things that I have missed the past few days:
Showtime’s Streaming Service is $11 Per Month – After the success of HBO Now, Showtime is looking to launch its own streaming service at a slightly lower price than HBO Now’s $15/month subscription. Like HBO Now, it will be an Apple exclusive at launch in July. (Via Engadget)
Yahoo to Live Stream NFL Football Game – Not sure why a company live streaming a single football game is a big deal, but Yahoo will be live streaming the October Bills/Jaguars game from London, and Yahoo paid $10,000,000 for the rights to do so. (Via Deadspin)
GameFly Launches Amazon Fire TV Game Streaming Service – On the heels of the Nvidia Sheild Android TV game/media streaming device, GameFly brings a similar game-streaming service to the Amazon Fire TV. (Via Gizmodo)
Netflix is Testing Ads – Maybe you’ve seen them, maybe you haven’t, but Netflix is apparently playing around with inserting ads for its original programming (Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, etc.) before and after you watch a show or movie. (Via Gizmodo)
Lenovo Announces Chromecast Competitor – The Chromecast is so ubiquitous and easy to use that I can’t see anything else so similar catching on. Nevertheless, Lenovo’s puck features the ability to receive Chromecast casts (?) along with Miracast and DLNA streams. (Via Gizmodo)
We Need More Internet – Households that have cut the cable use twice the amount of bandwidth as those who pay for cable or satellite, and now we’re running out of internet. (Via Gizmodo)
Shomi to Accept Cable Cutters – Currently the Canadian Shomi streaming service is only available to Rogers or Shaw cable subscribers, but Shomi has revealed that it will launch to everyone this summer, no cable sub required. (Via iPhone in Canada)
