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Disney Officially Announces New Netflix Competitor: Disney+

After months (and even years) of rumours, speculations and tidbits of information, Disney finally announced their upcoming streaming service: Disney+. With new Star Wars and Marvel shows, The Simpsons, and the entire Disney Films back-catalogue, the service, which will launch in November, will try to compete with Netflix. At first, however, it will only be available in the US. In recent years, it looked like Disney is buying, well, everything in

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Deal Alert: Get 3 Free Months Of Amazon Music Unlimited

Amazon is gearing up for their Spring Sale (which will start on April 8th) – and as an early celebration, they’re offering a three months subscription to their Spotify rival – Amazon Music Unlimited – for… free. However – it’s only for new subscribers. Just as Netflix did for streaming video, a music subscription service gives you unlimited access to millions of songs – for one monthly price. Amazon Music

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NOW TV’s Sky Cinema Price Hike: Is It Still A Good Deal For Streaming Fans?

Sky’s streaming TV service, NOW TV, has raised the price of their “Sky Cinema Pass” starting today (April 4): the package, which includes more than 1,000 movies on-demand as well as “live” streaming of Sky’s cinema channels, will now cost £11.99 per month, instead of £9.99 – a jump of 20%. NOW TV was created as Sky’s answer to Netflix and cord cutters – a cheap TV service that doesn’t require a lengthy contract, gives you

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Classic BBC Box Sets Are Coming To NOW TV

Iconic BBC comedies and drama programmes will be coming to Sky and NOW TV starting next month. Full box sets of Only Fools and Horses, Absolutely Fabulous, Blackadder and other classics, will be available to watch on demand, as part of a new agreement between the BBC and Sky. Some of the classic BBC shows, as well as more current ones, are usually available on BBC iPlayer. Earlier this year, the BBC even said

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NOW TV Adds Ability To Download Movies And TV Shows To Your Phone

Following in the footsteps of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, Sky’s NOW TV streaming service will now let you download TV shows and movies for offline viewing on your smart phone or tablet – with some restrictions. This is particularly useful when you expect to be without an internet connection – on a flight, for example, or on the tube. As long as you have an iOS or an Android

NOW TV Sports Pass Price Rises Again: Is It Still A Good Deal?

Exactly one year after raising the prices of their NOW TV Sports Passes, Sky are raising the costs of their streaming-only Sports service yet again, for both the Day Pass and the Weekly Pass. Cord cutting sports fans have few options to watch their favourite sports without a “traditional” cable/satellite contract. Luckily, they at least have NOW TV’s Sports Pass – but that option will now cost you more. There

TV Licence Fee Is Rising Again – Do You Still Need To Pay It?

Another year, another TV licence fee increase: Starting April 1, 2019, the annual fee will increase from £150.50 to £154.50. This marks the third year in a row of licence fee increases. An annual black and white licence will rise from £50.50 to £52.00. But is the TV licence still relevant in this era of cord cutting? The TV licence is a tax used to fund the BBC. It is collected by the

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Amazon Slashes Eurosport Channel Price To Just 1p

When it comes to sports, TV cord cutters in the UK don’t have too many options (without a Sky/cable subscription). So we’re happy to report that for a limited time, Amazon is offering a subscription to the Eurosport Player channel, which is part of their Prime Channels, for a discounted price of just… 1p per month, for up to six months. Amazon Channels are only available as an add-on to

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BBC Wants iPlayer To Become More Like Netflix, As Viewership Plunges

Netflix and Amazon have been dominating the TV on demand market in the UK, and the BBC is taking notice, as they look to make major changes to their BBC iPlayer service. In the works: longer periods of availability for programmes, full box-sets of returning shows, and more content from the BBC’s vast archive. The BBC has opened a public consultation (in which the public – and industry stakeholders –

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Netflix Set To Have More Customers Than Sky By The End Of 2018

It’s another UK Cord Cutting milestone, as Netflix is set to beat Sky at their own game by the end of the year. Netflix UK is predicted to hit 9.78 million subscribers, with Sky going down to 9.64 million subscribers. This shows, once again, that cord cutting and streaming TV is here to stay, at the expense of the “traditional” (and expensive) pay-TV providers. According to data from Ampere Analysis, as reported

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