Tag: on demand
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Star Trek Discovery Launch Pushed Back Until May 2017
Like many other Star Trek fans, we at the Gadget Helpline are eagerly awaiting the brand new web-only series Star Trek: Discovery. But brace for impact, as its been reported that the show has now been postponed from its original January launch date and now won’t actually debut until May 2017. Star Trek: Discovery’s U.S…
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Netflix Confirms Stranger Things Season 2 for 2017
Netflix has tweeted out a video confirming that its surprise hit telly show Stranger Things will be returning for a second season in 2017. Stranger Things appeared on Netflix last month with all eight episodes of the ultra-retro sci-fi horror available to stream immediately. We loved the throwbacks to the glory days of 80s VHS…
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Star Trek Discovery to Launch January 2017 – But When is it Set?
As readers of the Gadget Helpline will know we have been eagerly pursuing any info or rumours surrounding the secretive new Star Trek series set for launch on CBS All Access and Netflix in 2017. Over SDCC weekend the show’s executive producer and veteran Trek writer Brian Fuller revealed a title and release date, as…
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Star Trek 2017 Will Stream on Netflix in 188 Countries Outside of the USA
Netflix has announced today that it will become the exclusive streaming home of the brand new Star Trek series outside of the US when the show launches in early 2017. The next weekly televised Star Trek series currently has no fixed date to air but what we do know is that it’ll be available to…
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Amazon Instant Video Adds SD Card Support for Android Downloads
Amazon’s streaming video service has stepped up its game against Netflix by adding SD card support for downloads on Android devices. The update is minor, but adds a very useful bonus feature for Amazon Instant Video customers which allows downloaded movies and TV (such as Amazon exclusive Mr. Robot – now on it’s second season) to…
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Now TV Smart Box and Now TV Combo Deals Announced
Sky has today announced a new Now TV Set Top Box and service bundle – together known as the Now TV Combo. Thanks to its vast range of internet-based programming and compact hardware, Now TV has grown in popularity over other subscription based television services in recent times and the winning formula has once again…
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Netflix Rumoured to Add Download Service
In 2015 Amazon began allowing Prime members to download shows and films to watch offline. This was a significant coup over Netflix who had previously been a dominant force in streaming services. For almost a year now Amazon Prime customers have been able to watch their followed shows offline, many have been wondering when Netflix…
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Star Trek to Boldly Go Online with New Weekly Series
Star Trek is coming back to the small screen in a brand new format. Broadcaster CBS is boldly taking the cult sci-fi franchise where it’s never gone before – to the web with a new weekly episode-based series through its own streaming network. The online Star Trek TV series will be available only through CBS…
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WWE Network Launches 3-Month Subscription Gift Card
WWE Network has begun selling a gift card just like the iTunes, Google Play and Spotify cards found in many retail stores. The WWE Network gift card is available at Gamestop and Walmart stores in the US and also through the official website. Weighing in at $29.97 it offers the equivalent of a 3-month subscription…
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Kids Watching More Online TV Than Traditional TV
The internet and on-demand viewing has finally overtaken traditional TV as youngsters’ favourite tech pastime. UK kid research organisation Childwise did a study of 2,000 subjects between the ages of five and sixteen years old and has found that average web use on smart devices for this demographic has raised to 3 hours a day,…
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Netflix Now Does Gift Cards in the UK
You can now give the gift of binge watching as Netflix is selling its very own gift cards through a number of UK retailer chains. Following the same format as the cards available for Amazon, Spotify, iTunes and similar entertainment streaming services, the Netflix gift cards will be the size of your average everyday credit…
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AMC’s Shudder is Beta Testing – Prepare for the ‘Netflix of Horror’!
American television network AMC is planning to unleash a “Screams On Demand” streaming service called Shudder – which is being referred to as the ‘Netflix of Horror’. Building on the popularity of its top telly hit The Walking Dead and Fear Fest, the station’s annual Halloween scary movie marathon, AMC is due to launch Shudder…