In preparation for an upcoming series of reviews on what’s worth watching in streaming services like Amazon, Netflix and HuluPlus, binge watching TV became a requirement just so that every working, walking, waking moment could be filled with content. For research and review purposes, of course. Enter the tablet or phone or iPod, all enabled… Read More »
Amazon has just announced that their new and powerful Fire TV streaming Stick is available for preorder at Amazon.com. The Fire TV Stick enables access to dozens of content streams, from their own portfolio, especially nice for Amazon Prime members, to Hulu, Netflix, Showtime, YouTube and to music on Pandora and iHeartRadio. The Fire TV… Read More »
Amazon has been promoting its new Echo device on the Amazon site. Visitors are treated to a multi-minute video of a happy family, bearded, post-hipster Dad and all, receiving the Echo and discovering all of the ways the new piece of tech can enhance their lives. Thankfully, no fights break out toward the end of… Read More »
The golden New Age of television, or streaming viewing, in the case of Netflix, rolls on with the release of a whole new season of Orange Is The New Black, the Netflix original series about the very real Piper Kerman’s experiences as an inmate in Federal prison. Besides the compelling show-runner’s Jenji Kohan’s powerful crafting… Read More »
Dish Network, the parent company of Blockbuster, announced today that all 300 company-owned retail locations will close throughout the United States due to consumer preference for streaming media services. The DVD distribution-by-mail service offered by the once-ubiquitous video rental chain will also be discontinued by January, 2014. All physical distribution centers will also be closed.… Read More »