[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111201_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Both Amazon and Netflix made a deal with Disney to add additional content to their streaming libraries. Amazon will add about 800 episodes of content and Netflix will continue offering programs like Grey’s Anatomy and Lost. Amazon has added over 11,000 new titles since February. In other Continue Reading →
Steve Jobs
“I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,” Steve Jobs told his biographer, Walter Isaacson. “It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud.” Everyone assumes that Apple is working on iTV or whatever it will be called. It’s in his biography, pundits speak about Continue Reading →
Redbox
Starting October 31, Redbox will raise the prices on DVD rentals from $1 to $1.20 per day. The price of videogame rentals will go up even more, from $1.50 to $2. While the increase will likely upset some customers, it’s nowhere near the 60% price increase that Netflix put into effect. Will this stop you Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111014_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Verizon Wireless is collecting information on what websites you go to, where your phone is located and what apps you use. The data is being used to display more targeted advertising. While your specific information will never be shared, you can choose to opt out by visiting Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111011_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Netflix has quickly reversed course on its plan to split its streaming and DVD-by-mail services. Despite confusing customers by flip-flopping on the company’s course of action, the decision will be beneficial for subscribers. If you still rent DVDs and stream movies, you can manage it all from Continue Reading →
Cord Cutting
Cord cutting in the cable television industry is described as subscribers canceling their cable subscriptions but keeping their broadband internet connection.  Right now there is a perfect storm at work that is conspiring against cable operators and satellite providers.  The economy is facing its worst struggle in over 70 years, and, people now have many Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110927_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Netflix struck a multiyear dear with the DreamWorks Animation studio, bringing animated movies like Shrek and Kung Fu Panda to the streaming service. The deal won’t completely make up for Netflix’s loss of Disney and to make matters worse, the new content won’t be available until 2013. Continue Reading →
This semester my housemates and I decided to cut the cord and just get a high-speed Internet plan. At first, no one complained since we collectively have accounts on Netflix, hulu+, WatchESPN, EPIX, and HBO/MAX GO—we are the poster boys for TV Everywhere. However, once the NFL season started, we found ourselves unable to watch Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110920_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Netflix announced that it’s splitting up its services into two separate companies. The DVD-by-mail service will now be known as Qwikster, while online streaming service will keep the Netflix moniker. Qwikster will also rent videogames, but having two separate sites and services could drive away even more Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110912_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Netflix finally released an update that will let users of older Android devices stream movies on the go. The long-awaited update will support 80% of devices running Android versions 2.2 and 2.3. Unfortunately, the release still isn’t compatible with older Android tablets. In other news, Microsoft is Continue Reading →