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Tech NewsStreaming ServicesRoku ‘Originals,’ Formerly the Dregs of Quibi’s Library, Will Debut May 20
Last month, Roku announced it was officially rebranding its Quibi content collection as Roku Originals. Buckle up, because those series are officially set to hit the platform next week. Roku said today that its wisely rebranded “originals” will premiere May 20 in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. This year, more than 75 titles and a … Continued
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Tech NewsStreaming ServicesRoku Wisely Rebrands Its Soon-to-Debut Quibi Content as ‘Roku Originals’
Quibi content acquired by Roku earlier this year will henceforth be known as Roku Originals, a move that should mercifully allow all of us to move on from the memory of Quibi’s spectacular implosion. When the haul of 75 originals debuts on the platform, they will be ad-supported and free to stream on the Roku … Continued
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io9GamesTwitch and Facebook Gaming Are Having One Hell of a Year. YouTube Gaming? Eh, Not so Much
As the world descended into lockdown last year, people overwhelming tuned into livestreams to connect with others and stave off boredom while stuck in their homes. And that pandemic-fueled growth shows no signs of slowing down even as the world attempts to return to business as usual, with both Twitch and Facebook Gaming seeing record … Continued
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Tech NewsStreaming ServicesThe Netflix Password-Sharing Crackdown Has Begun
Bad news for streamers mooching their Netflix access. Netflix is testing a feature seemingly meant to curb password-sharing between users who are not members of the same household. An image of an email message prompting its user to sign up for “your own Netflix for free today” was shared on Twitter and reported by multiple … Continued
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Tech NewsStreaming ServicesRoku Will Debut Its First Exclusive Series This Month With Cypher
Roku’s first exclusive series to arrive on the Roku Channel will premier this month. The streamer acquired exclusive rights to Cypher, a crime-thriller starring Martin Dingle Wall that centers on a cryptanalyst commissioned by the FBI to help decode an encrypted hit list. To be clear, it’s not a Roku original. Roku didn’t produce it … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsInstagram Rolls Out New Way to Say Something Stupid in Public
Instagram is expanding its livestreaming offerings with a new feature dubbed Live Rooms, which is just like Instagram Live but with up to three more people haphazardly broadcasting their thoughts into the world simultaneously. Instagram’s Live Rooms add to the increasingly crowded livestreaming space, which includes everything from Twitch to TikTok, to audio-only Clubhouse and … Continued
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Tech NewsStreaming ServicesLeave the + Alone Already
Why has something that’s become synonymous with streaming seemingly so controversial? I’m talking, of course, about the maligned “+” in service names, most recently the subject of discussion at the New York Times. Sure, we’ve reached an absurd number of services that have affixed “+” to the titles of their content streaming services. We now … Continued
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Tech NewsInternetVTubing Is More Than Just Livestreaming With Cute Anime Avatars
There’s a new type of livestream building steam: It’s called VTubing, and for many people, it might only exist as thumbnails in YouTube’s recommended videos section. But VTubing is way more involved than just clips that feature kawaii anime avatars. It’s an important evolution of our social media landscape. Until fairly recently, VTubing was a … Continued
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Tech NewsStreaming ServicesPlex’s New Atari Retro Arcade Subscription Looks Awesome
Plex just added a new subscription tier to its live TV and media streaming services: Plex Arcade, a cloud gaming service like Amazon Luna and Google Stadia, but focused entirely on retro arcade games. The streaming company partnered with Parsec, another streaming company know for cloud gaming, to build a library filled with Atari classics … Continued
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io9TelevisionFirefly Is Still Great, But It’s Not Quite What I Remembered
About 15 years had passed since I last spent time aboard the Serenity with Mal, Zoe, Wash, and the gang. But with plenty of free evenings during a global pandemic, I decided it was time to take another journey into the Verse and bring my adoring wife along for the ride. Oddly enough, she had … Continued
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io923 Weeks of Star Trek Reminded Me of the Simple Pleasure in a Job Well Done
For the past 23 weeks, every Thursday a new episode of Star Trek has appeared on CBS All Access, delivering us Lower Decks’ surprising debut season and the third, strongest chapter of Discovery. A lot happened in nearly half a year of boldly going, but looking back, all I can think about was how refreshing … Continued
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io9Will This T-Rex Ever Get a Kid-Shaped Snack?
The kids of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous can’t catch a break. The delightfully violent animated series is back for season two next week, and Netflix has shared a new clip depicting a perilous encounter between a handful of stranded campers and Isla Nublar’s hungriest resident. Hold onto your butts! “The stakes are higher than ever … Continued
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