You're right. I read right past that in his response. We're definitely talking about two different things.

I don't get the hate for Hulu. I have zero issues with navigating through their stuff

wangus12 said:

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I don't get the hate for Hulu. I have zero issues with navigating through their stuff

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I've laid out the idiocy of it somewhere in this thread or another one. It's a stupid app.

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I don't get the hate for Hulu. I have zero issues with navigating through their stuff

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Try Hulu Live. I lasted a week before going back to YTTV.

Bigger issue than that, however, is these different services migrating into "super apps" that have content from multiple services. Max is getting borderline unusable with all the Discovery/FoodNetwork/HGTV content, and on the flip side it's also much harder to find that content when you want to.

This just feels like it should be in this thread...

Walmart is buying Vizio to upgrade their ad revenue possibilities.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-posts-q4-earnings-beat-to-buy-vizio-in-23-billion-deal-130513913.html

Just as an aside I saw a job posting a while back for someone to head up their ad operations for instore Walmart radio.

Ads are everywhere and they're gonna be everywhere-er. Ow my balls, indeed.

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This just feels like it should be in this thread...

Walmart is buying Vizio to upgrade their ad revenue possibilities.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-posts-q4-earnings-beat-to-buy-vizio-in-23-billion-deal-130513913.html

Just as an aside I saw a job posting a while back for someone to head up their ad operations for instore Walmart radio.

Ads are everywhere and they're gonna be everywhere-er. Ow my balls, indeed.

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Yuck. As in you walk in and there is ad radio playing all the time? Not that I ever go to Wal-Mart, but no thanks.

My local WM remodeled a few months ago and the instore music was some sort of weird Walmart radio. I saw some demographic data and time spent in Walmart etc and there's a lot of times where you may spend more time in a Walmart than your drive to and from back. Advertisers do love a captive audience.

https://www.walmartworld.com/content/walmart-world/en_us/radio.html

Are the Astros games available through YTTV in Htown? If so, what channel? Thx

No, they are not on YouTubeTV. FuboTV and DirectTV Stream are the only streaming services that have the Astros in Houston.

https://www.spacecityhn.com/channel-listings/

Anyone aware of any Peacock promos or have a referral code? Cutting off YTTV for the summer until football season and the wife can watch her Bravo stuff on Peacock

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Anyone aware of any Peacock promos or have a referral code? Cutting off YTTV for the summer until football season and the wife can watch her Bravo stuff on Peacock

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Supposedly $30/yr with the coupon PEAIHWO4KTP

Amex had a Peacock credit recently, not sure if it's still active or not.

Hoping someone can provide me some info, I'm getting lost trying to keep track of everything these days


So if I have Hulu and Disney+... I can theoretically get rid of Hulu now, correct? Everything on Hulu is no housed in Disney+? There's nothing missing?

I have some years old grandfathered promo where I get Hulu through my Spotify subscription. It's always been too good a deal to get rid of, even when I wanted to upgrade to Hulu without ads. So assuming I have to get rid of that to actually get rid of Hulu?

Isn't there a bundle with ESPN+? Trying to figure out how to watch the Astros this season and seeing if that lame service would be worth it.

Appreciate any insight

From what I've been able to gather, you can only watch Hulu on Disney+ if you're paying for the bundle. Apparently, you CAN'T stop subscribing to Hulu and only pay for Disney+ in order to watch Hulu content, which is kind of ridiculous. From yesterday's press release...

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The new experience is a seamless showcase of the value of the Disney Bundle that allows Bundle subscribers (or those who hold subscriptions to both standalone apps) to stream extensive Hulu content, including critically acclaimed fan favorites like Grey's Anatomy, Only Murders in the Building, Poor Things and The Bear, directly in the Disney+ app. Bundle plans are available starting at $9.99/month, while Disney+ and Hulu each remain available as standalone offerings.

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Hoping someone can provide me some info, I'm getting lost trying to keep track of everything these days


So if I have Hulu and Disney+... I can theoretically get rid of Hulu now, correct? Everything on Hulu is no housed in Disney+? There's nothing missing?

I have some years old grandfathered promo where I get Hulu through my Spotify subscription. It's always been too good a deal to get rid of, even when I wanted to upgrade to Hulu without ads. So assuming I have to get rid of that to actually get rid of Hulu?

Isn't there a bundle with ESPN+? Trying to figure out how to watch the Astros this season and seeing if that lame service would be worth it.

Appreciate any insight

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You have to pay for a bundle. The Disney+ only package does not include Hulu content.

https://www.disneyplus.com/welcome/disney-hulu-espn-bundle

Doesn't make sense for them to give you access to both services under one subscription unless they were going to eliminate one service, combine the libraries, and increase the cost of the surviving one.

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Are the Astros games available through YTTV in Htown? If so, what channel? Thx

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MLB tv with a vpn should work

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12Power said:

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Are the Astros games available through YTTV in Htown? If so, what channel? Thx

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MLB tv with a vpn should work

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I have one and not sure what I'm doing wrong but it doesn't appear to be working

I think it only works on a computer. They have it blocked on the apps

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I think it only works on a computer. They have it blocked on the apps

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It's working for me right now on my TV (Chromecast), but I had to try a bunch of VPN locations before I found one that worked (Atlanta).

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Isn't there a bundle with ESPN+? Trying to figure out how to watch the Astros this season and seeing if that lame service would be worth it.

Appreciate any insight

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Unless something has changed, you won't get the Astros with ESPN+. I believe the only ways to stream them are either FubuTV, or MLB.com streaming package (different then MLB Network). If you are in the state of Texas, you'll also need a VPN for MLB.tv to work. I don't think all VPNs will work, though. I was successful with NordVPN last year, and opening day this year.

Appreciate it... I just did my annual switch from Youtube TV to Direct TV Stream. I have MLB.tv (free subscription I get) but I think I always forget about the blackout bs. I do have a VPN but I cant figure out how to make it work on my roku and switching to DTV stream was just easier.

The hoops MLB makes you jump through to watch your team are absurd

Also I think the Astros were on ESPN+ today which is why I was asking. I don't even know what all ESPN+ has or carries. Always seemed like a bunch of crap when I skimmed it.

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Appreciate it... I just did my annual switch from Youtube TV to Direct TV Stream. I have MLB.tv (free subscription I get) but I think I always forget about the blackout bs. I do have a VPN but I cant figure out how to make it work on my roku and switching to DTV stream was just easier.

The hoops MLB makes you jump through to watch your team are absurd

Also I think the Astros were on ESPN+ today which is why I was asking. I don't even know what all ESPN+ has or carries. Always seemed like a bunch of crap when I skimmed it.

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Roku doesn't allow vpns, or at least NordVPN. Use a (crappy) firestick and all your problems magically disappear. I watch all the giants games on local broadcast using directv stream after logging into the vpn on app on there. Funny enough, once I do that my roku tvs also provide the Bay Area channels on directv stream for some reason, which is a nice accidental perk. It doesn't work on the directv stream app on my Apple TV even though there's a NordVPN app on there, unfortunately, but I can use the Bay Area sports app to watch their broadcasts as a workaround. VPN is the answer to all life's problems.

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Hoping someone can provide me some info, I'm getting lost trying to keep track of everything these days


So if I have Hulu and Disney+... I can theoretically get rid of Hulu now, correct? Everything on Hulu is no housed in Disney+? There's nothing missing?

I have some years old grandfathered promo where I get Hulu through my Spotify subscription. It's always been too good a deal to get rid of, even when I wanted to upgrade to Hulu without ads. So assuming I have to get rid of that to actually get rid of Hulu?

Isn't there a bundle with ESPN+? Trying to figure out how to watch the Astros this season and seeing if that lame service would be worth it.

Appreciate any insight

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Good question. I'm in the same boat.

I really need to upgrade to a Spotify family plan, but I don't want to give up the free Hulu. So as it stands now, my two daughters are slowly ruining my Spotify algorithms by playing Taylor Swift over and over.

ESPN's Standalone Streaming Service Will Be Available Through Disney+ https://t.co/Gc0pUMGF6u

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 3, 2024

Sex Panther said:

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Appreciate it... I just did my annual switch from Youtube TV to Direct TV Stream. I have MLB.tv (free subscription I get) but I think I always forget about the blackout bs. I do have a VPN but I cant figure out how to make it work on my roku and switching to DTV stream was just easier.

The hoops MLB makes you jump through to watch your team are absurd

Also I think the Astros were on ESPN+ today which is why I was asking. I don't even know what all ESPN+ has or carries. Always seemed like a bunch of crap when I skimmed it.

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I haven't messed with the Raspberry Pi's in years, but I remember making a VPN server with one that was fairly simple to set-up. All kinds of step-by-step guides and YouTube videos out there. Firestick is much easier like somebody said, but there's some workarounds if you prefer streaming from your Roku.

If you find that you have no use for a VPN server later on, you can convert the Pi into a Cloud Server, Retro Gaming Console and a bunch of other things lol.

Sex Panther said:

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Hoping someone can provide me some info, I'm getting lost trying to keep track of everything these days


So if I have Hulu and Disney+... I can theoretically get rid of Hulu now, correct? Everything on Hulu is no housed in Disney+? There's nothing missing?

I have some years old grandfathered promo where I get Hulu through my Spotify subscription. It's always been too good a deal to get rid of, even when I wanted to upgrade to Hulu without ads. So assuming I have to get rid of that to actually get rid of Hulu?

Isn't there a bundle with ESPN+? Trying to figure out how to watch the Astros this season and seeing if that lame service would be worth it.

Appreciate any insight

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The Astros are only on ESPN+ for one more game so not really worth it in my opinion. They are going to be on Apple+ for a couple games too.

A) This is hilarious.

B) But also more of this, please. Every steamer should have multiple live channels, and then Apple or Roku or whoever should consolidate all those channels into a single guide/interface.

C) I still love channel surfing too much, and having live TV on while I clean or whatever, to give up YouTubeTV or the like, but more streamers doing this (and all of these channels being in one place) would go a long way toward finally getting me to cut YouTubeTV.

It’s very funny that after a long period of trying to shake things up, everyone has realized that the perfect format is just TV https://t.co/fbVklse0CB

— Mr. Chau (@Srirachachau) April 15, 2024

It will probably be a stream of their biggest properties. But it would be cool too if it was a curated stream of deep Disney cuts by "experts" that could shine a light on some of their less viewed products.

Somehow cable has returned https://t.co/UEya11vIui pic.twitter.com/N0unglhIeA

— Joe (@Cinema_Joe23) April 15, 2024

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade just happened to come on Paramount Network tonight and I am enjoying the hell out of it right now.

For those interested in streaming rights deals for many NBA/MLB/NHL teams that are broadcast on DSG/Bally's/Sinclair regional sports network.


DSG is about to survive bankruptcy

Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up on a streaming bundle: https://t.co/I5iPyWvHwq pic.twitter.com/4GX4A105w9

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 8, 2024

Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up for a triple-play bundle of Disney+, Hulu and Max. https://t.co/zrj4ZtTkPx

— Variety (@Variety) May 8, 2024

Mother of God. they really are just repackaging cable TV...which I guess makes sense especially if you can bypass cable/MSO distribution arms that aren't owned by any of the biggies.

It's so hilarious, but if bundles, ad tiers, and the cable-fication of streaming ultimately results in the studios having more money to spend to make more content, and we can finally put all this sky-is-falling talk to bed, I'm all for it.