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  • Unlimited Phone Plans with Netflix, Hulu & HBO Max

    Unlimited Phone Plans with Netflix, Hulu & HBO Max

    Did you know you can get Disney Plus with your Verizon account? Check out our reviews below.

    Overview:

    1. AT&T: Includes HBO Max
      • Stream all of your favorite movies, TV shows and Live TV right on your smartphone. These plans start at $50 a month.
    2. Sprint: Includes Hulu. 
      • All levels of Sprint’s unlimited plans include the ad-supported version of Hulu. Ad-free plans are available with an upgrade.
    3. Metro by T-Mobile: Includes Amazon Prime. 
      • For $60 a month with 100GB of Google store and Amazon Prime included.
    4. T-Mobile: Includes Netflix
      • Customers who choose a high level plan will get a basic Netflix account with their plan.

    Mobile carriers are constantly trying to recruit new subscribers with new bundled packages, lower rates and other incentives. It is always worth shopping the competition or checking for new offerings on the plan that you’re on. You never know- a better deal may be right in front of your eyes if you look for it! So when was the last time you reviewed your plan to ensure you’re getting the best extra services? There’s no time like the present~ Check into it!

     


  • Disney Now Owns all of Hulu: What This Means

    Disney Now Owns all of Hulu: What This Means

    On Tuesday, Disney purchased the rest of Comcast’s 33% share in the streaming service Hulu. When Disney acquired Fox, they received most of the rights to the streaming service, so Tuesday’s acquisition brings them into line as the only owners of Hulu. What will this mean down the road when Disney rolls out their own Disney Plus streaming service?

    Disney’s Hulu Ownership

    NBCUniversal

    While Comcast has sold their ownership stakes in the streaming service, their NBCUniversal content isn’t leaving the service any time soon. Disney and Comcast agreed that Hulu will continue to carry the NBCUniversal content from Comcast through until 2024, giving it another good five years on the service.

    It’s also worth noting that Comcast will continue offering Hulu through their own Xfinity X1 cable service. Hulu Live will continue carrying Comcast’s content through to 2024, as well. In short, little will be changing for the average Hulu owner due to this.

    Disney Plus

    Disney’s upcoming proprietary Disney Plus streaming service will be offered for $7 per month, a surprisingly low subscription. The Disney Plus service will carry all of Disney’s animated films and live-action movies, as well as all Star Wars and Marvel Cinematic Universe content.

    Hulu will likely be offered in bundles with Disney Plus, which will allow Disney to make their own streaming service more of an appealing purchase for those who are on the fence. Buying a subscription just for Disney movies might not be the most appealing idea, but what if it came with Hulu and all your favorite syndicated cable TV shows? That’s a very different deal.

    What This Means

    The average Hulu user will see no serious changes in their service right away. No content will be leaving the service immediately or coming to it as a result of this, though it will change things down the road. Namely, current Hulu subscribers can look forward to bundles with Disney Plus when that service launches later this year.

  • Which Streaming App is Best?

    Which Streaming App is Best?

    There are many streaming services and apps vying for your money and your eyes. Which ones do we love? Which streaming app is our favorite for bingeing shows and for having movie night? Read on to find out!

    Sling Orange

    Sling is a cool idea. While more and more people are ditching cable (and you should, too, it’s an awful rip-off) Sling offers a much more affordable alternative to those who still want to watch Live TV. With an “a la cart” offering of channels, Sling addresses many of the issues we have with bloated cable packages.

    The base package of Sling is $20 per month, which makes it the priciest streaming app on this list, but it offers a unique enough service to make it worth the money. Consider this one if you want a cable-style viewing experience without spending cable-style money.

    Amazon Video

    Once only available to Prime members, Amazon Video is now offered as a standalone streaming app. With a great streaming library and the ability to download shows and movies for offline viewing, Amazon video is a worthy contender with Netflix. Amazon Video is $8.99 per month. This means if you plan to stick with the service for more than a year, consider an Amazon Prime subscription. This will allow you to access all the other Prime benefits, too.

    While Amazon has little in the way of original programming, it is currently the only place to watch Doctor Who online. That alone makes it worthy of consideration!

    Hulu

    For lovers of primetime TV who hate having to schedule around air times, Hulu is awesome. Hulu runs primetime shows the day after they air, making it an awesome cable replacement. Hulu has fantastic original programming, like the The Handmaid’s Tale, and also sports a great library of TV show and movies. If you love TV and the occasional movie, Hulu is definitely worth your attention. It’s tied for our favorite streaming app with Netflix.

    Hulu also has two subscription tiers. The first is $7.99 per month but runs commercials during shows. The $11.99 tier runs no ads during shows, but will occasionally run a short spot before popular shows.

    Netflix

    The longtime champ of the streaming app market, Netflix now has a real rival in the form of Hulu. That said, Netflix has the best original programming of any streaming app, bar none. Stranger Things, Orange is the New Black, Travelers and the Netflix Marvel series all prove time and again the Netflix hosts some incredible programming. If you want a little of everything (movies, TV, original programs) you can’t go wrong with Netflix. Netflix has several subscription tiers.

    The first is only $7.99 per month, but that only nets you one standard definition stream. For $10.99 per month you get two HD streams, and for $13.99 you get four 4K streams. These are reasonable when compared to the competition, but the more desirable HD streams are somewhat pricey.

  • Hulu Hopes Updated Features Will Entice New Customers

    Hulu Hopes Updated Features Will Entice New Customers

    In the battle of the streaming media titans, Hulu has long been struggling to compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime. The company announced several new features and updates, along with the renewal of their most popular original show, The Handmaid’s Tale. But will it be enough to continuing growing their customer base?

    Manage Your Suggestions

    One feature that’s been missing from Hulu is the ability to stop the site from suggesting you watch shows that you’re not interested in viewing. After the twentieth time the streaming service helpfully recommends you check out the Will Ferrell/Mark Wahlburg movie Daddy’s Home, you just want it go away.

    “We want you to be in control of the experience. If you don’t like something, you should be able to tell us,” said Hulu’s Head of Experience, Ben Smith. With that in mind, you will soon be able to choose “Stop Suggesting” whenever Hulu offers up a show or movie you don’t want to see. The button will be underneath the suggested content.

    New Original Series

    Hulu’s original content has lagged behind their competitors, but the company hopes that their new slate of projects will change that. In addition to securing an exclusive agreement with DreamWorks Animation to stream their feature films, Hulu will also be premiering several new prestige series this season.

    George Clooney will be bringing Joseph Heller’s mind-bending war novel Catch-22 to the small screen, while Mindy Kaling will be producing a comedy series based on the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral. Blumhouse, the studio that brought us The Purge, Split, and Get Out, will be dipping its toe into television with a one-hour horror anthology called Into The Dark, which will roll out a new episode on the first Friday of each month beginning in October.

    Offline Viewing

    Other streaming services have offered offline viewing for a while, but Hulu is doing it in a slightly different way. Subscribers will be able to download content for future viewing, but there’s a catch—if you don’t have a premium commercial-free membership, you’ll be forced to sit through ads. Hulu will be the first streaming platform to package commercials with downloaded content, and since the ads can’t be skipped, advertisers can be confident that their message is being seen.

    That’s good news for the company and its advertisers, but slightly less good news for viewers. Only time will tell how much pushback Hulu will get from its downloadable ad-supported content, but if it works, you can expect to see other streaming services trying something similar.