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Amazon Music on a Vizio TV.

Amazon Music is now available on Vizio TVs

Amazon Music is now available as a native application on Vizio televisions with SmartCast.
CNN app on a television.

CNN+ will cost $3 a month ‘for life’ for early adopters

CNN+ will be $3 a month for its first subscribers, half that of the regular monthly rate.
The RT America channel on Roku.

Roku removes RT, for what that’s worth

Roku has removed RT America as a channel on the streaming platform.
Nomad Base One charger.

Nomad Base One MagSafe charger hands-on: Beautiful, pricey

The Nomad Base One MagSafe charger is big. It's beautiful. And it's going to take a bite out of your wallet.
U.S. Soccer and Turner Sports.

HBO Max, TNT and TBS get U.S. Soccer matches starting in 2023

HBO Max, TBS and TNT will get the exclusive rights to 20 U.S. Soccer matches, starting in 2023.
DirecTV Stream app icon on Apple TV.

DirecTV drops Russia Today from its channel lineup

DirecTV is dropping Russia Today from its channel lineup. No word yet from Dish and Sling TV.
Sling TV.

Sling TV finishes 2021 with a slight amount of growth

Sling TV saw meager growth in 2021, adding about 12,000 subscribers overall.
FuboTV icon on Apple TV.

FuboTV now boasts 1.13 million subscriptions

FuboTV announced that it now has 1.13 million paid subscriptions worldwide, a new record for the streaming service.
Sleep feature on Apple TV.

The one feature Apple TV is still missing

Apple TV is the best streaming device you can buy. (Argue all you want — you're wrong.) But it's still missing one key feature.
Paramount Plus logo.

Paramount+ now has 32.8 million subscribers

Paramount+ for the first time has released subscriber numbers. More than 32 million subscribers now pay for the streaming service.
Disney Plus app on a TV.

Hulu, ESPN+, Disney+ continue to gain subscribers

Subscriptions were up across the board for Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+, as parent company Walt Disney Company released its first-quarter earnings.
Super Bowl hub on Peacock.

Super Bowl delay is real — here’s how to avoid it

Any delay when watching live sports is annoying, but it's not inevitable. Here's how to watch the Super Bowl without any delay.
Amazon worker packaging products.

You’re about to pay more for Amazon Prime

A subscription to Amazon Prime is about to get more expensive, with the first price increase since 2018.
Paramount Plus app icon on Apple TV.

Paramount+ sets new record for NFL streams

The three weekends of NFL playoff games set new records for CBS and Paramount+.
HBO Max app icon on Apple TV.

HBO Max headed to 15 more European nations in March

HBO Max is headed to 15 more European countries on March 8, 2022, with another half-dozen coming later in the year.
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How to watch Super Bowl 2022 for free

There are lots of ways to watch Super Bowl 2022 — including options that won't cost you a dime.
Amazon Alexa Voice Remote

How to watch Super Bowl 2022 on Amazon Fire TV

Super Bowl 2022 and Amazon Fire TV – a streaming match made in heaven. Here's how to watch the big game.
Roku Streaming Stick 4K.

How to watch Super Bowl 2022 on Roku

Watching Super Bowl 2022 on Roku is pretty easy, given the myriad ways you can use the platform for live sports.
Disney+ on a TV.

Disney+ headed to 42 new countries this summer

The Disney+ and Star service is headed to 42 new countries and 11 territories in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa in the summer of 2022.
Peacock TV home screen.

More than a third of Peacock subscribers are actually paying money

More than 9 million of Peacock's nearly 25 million subscriptions are on one of the two paid tiers, execs said in a quarterly earnings report.
HBO Max app icon on Apple TV.

HBO Max subscribers inch ahead to close out 2021

HBO Max saw a sluggish back half of the year but still ended up doubling subscribers in 2021.
Lilly Collins and Samuel Arnold in Emily in Paris on Netflix.

Squid Game, Witcher lead Netflix to 222 million subscriptions

Netflix rode to more than 221 million subscriptions worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2021 behind hits like Squid Game and The Witcher.
Blue screen of death on on TV.

What to do when your TV tech breaks

It's tough with services like Roku go down hard. We've got a fix for that — but you're not going to like the answer.
Sling TV.

Vizio finally gets Sling TV on SmartCast

Sling TV is finally available as a native app on Vizio televisions.
Roku Home Screen with ads missing.

If you have a smart TV, you need an ad-blocker

Advertising is the deal with the devil we make for inexpensive hardware and services, but we can still fight back.
YouTube TV on Apple TV.

The Weather Channel is coming to YouTube TV

The Weather Channel is coming to YouTube TV after being unavailable on the biggest streaming services.
The Google TV remote in front of Apple TV Fitness.

‘Exploring fitness’ won’t get Google TV anywhere near Apple Fitness+

Google has to do more than just "explore fitness" if it wants to get Google TV anywhere close to the exercise experience of Apple Fitness+.
Netflix Home Screen.

Netflix increases prices in the U.S. and Canada

Netflix has increased the price of all three of its streaming plans in the United States and Canada.
NVIDIA Shield TV Experience 9.0.

Nvidia Shield updates all models to Android 11

NVIDIA Shield TV is getting a major update that will bring Android 11 to the gaming and streaming platform.
FuboTV app icon on Apple TV.

FuboTV increases its subscriber estimates to 1.1 million for 2021

Streaming service FuboTV says it expects to end 2021 with more subscribers that it previously estimated, with more than 1.1 million paying customers.
Samsung Eco Remote 2022.

Samsung’s Eco Remote is cool, but that’s it

Sure, solar power and RF harvesting is cool. But are we so spoiled that we can't charge a remote control every now and then?
Amazon Fire TV cars.

Amazon is putting Fire TV into more … cars

Amazon is looking to synchronize the living room with the Lincoln Navigator as Fire TV is set to come to more vehicles in 2022.
Samsung Freestyle projector.

Samsung Freestyle is an $899 portable projector for the TikTok era

The Samsung Freestyle is a portable projector meant to make video fun whether you're at home or on the go with your friends.
Panasonic LZ2000.

Panasonic’s LZ2000 OLED brings a big something for everyone to CES

Filled with all the specs film-lovers and gamers will want, the Panasonic LZ2000 hits up to 77 inches.