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ESPN Channel Revamps On Roku Following ESPN+ Rollout

ESPN’s new over-the-top streaming service, ESPN+, which recently became available with a Netflix-like interface of original and live programming through the upgraded ESPN app, launched officially on Tuesday as a Roku channel. The service, available for $4.99 a month or $49.99 for the year, can be streamed through a newly-upgraded ESPN channel on the Roku […]

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Hulu Reveals Big Marketing Push For NBA Playoffs On TNT

Two days after inking a partnership with the NHL to stream the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Hulu announced Friday a marketing push that will feature its logo splashed across TNT’s broadcast of the NBA Playoffs. Hulu’s ad spots will begin airing this Sunday and will last through TNT’s First Round, Conference Semifinals and Western Conference Finals […]

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Turner Notches Record Streaming Views For March Madness Tournament

A record amount of people tuned into March Madness via live streams this year amid an increase in availability and an improvement in the overall quality of streams, according to Conviva, a digital media analytics company that measured the tournament for Turner Sports. In the first two days of the tournament across all of the […]

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PGA Tour Launches Free OTT Channel On XUMO For Highlights, Interviews

The PGA Tour has launched a free ad-supported streaming channel on video-on-demand service XUMO that will feature access to taped highlights, recaps, player interviews, tournament previews and live coverage of certain holes. The companies say this marks the first ad-supported PGA Tour over-the-top channel available on smart TVs. It’ll feature both live and on-demand programming, […]

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Sling TV Becomes First Live Streaming Service To Offer NBA League Pass

Displaced NBA fans can now live stream out-of-market games through Sling TV. Sling became the first live streaming service this week to offer the NBA’s on-demand video service NBA League Pass, which can be added to a user’s Sling Orange, Sling Blue or Sling International subscription for $29 a month. Through NBA League Pass on […]

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