Making television easy again. By Phillip Swann
Comcast next week will offer its annual ‘Watchathon,’ which allows video and Internet-only subscribers to watch On Demand programming from more than 70 channels regardless of whether they subscribe to them. The cable operator, which has held the ‘Watchathon’ event for eight years, says the participating channels will include Acorn TV, A&E, AFRO, Aspire TV,
Q. I’ve been having one problem after another with Hulu over the last month or so. Buffering. Freezing picture and the picture breaks up. Also had trouble logging in. About ready to get rid for it. Do you have any ideas before I do on how to fix all these problems? — Shelley, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Hulu is now offering the Showtime premium channel for $4.99 a month for three months. That would be a $18 savings over the three months. (Showtime normally costs $10.99 a month.) Showtime is the home of such original series as Billions (pictured above; season five debuted last night), Shameless, The Affair and Homeland as well
Hulu this morning is experiencing widespread technical difficulties, including login problems and error codes when subscribers try to watch shows. The issues is affecting both its live service and the subscription Video on Demand offering, according to customer posts at social media sites. Downdetector.com, which tracks online outages, says roughly 3,000 people are now online
Hulu this week (April 26-May 2) plans to add 42 new TV shows and movies to its subscription Video on Demand service, including several classic films. The new titles will include The Graduate, the coming-of-age comedy starring Dustin Hoffman, Katherine Ross and Ann Bancroft; GoodFellas (pictured above), the Martin Scorsese-directed crime drama starring Ray Liotta,
Hulu next month (May 2020) plans to add 91 new TV shows and movies to its subscription Video on Demand service, including four originals. The new titles will include Into the Dark: Delivered, a new episode in Hulu’s original horror anthology series. This installment focuses on a pregnant mother who discovers a dark force has
Hulu Live last night experienced its second major technical snafu this week with thousands of customers again taking to social media sites to express their frustration over being unable to watch their favorite shows. According to the customers, the problem began around 9 p.m. ET when they were met with on-screen error messages when they
Hulu last night suffered a major technical snafu with its live streaming service with thousands of subscribers complaining on social media sites that they couldn’t watch more than 10 channels in their 60-channel programming package. The problem seemed to begin around 8 p.m. ET last night when Hulu Live customers began commenting on Twitter and
Hulu this week (April 5-11) plans to add seven new titles to its subscription Video on Demand service, including this year’s Academy Award winner for Best Picture. The new titles will include Parasite (pictured above), the winner of the 2020 Oscar for Best Picture. The film, which is based in South Korea, is the story
Q. My entire family is home because of the Coronavirus and our Internet has been slower because of it. It’s making it more difficult to watch Netflix and Hulu because our Internet speed keeps going up and down. Do you have any tips on how to make this better? — Claire, Duluth, Minnesota. Claire, you’re
Hulu this week (March 29-April 4) plans to add 78 new TV shows and movies to its subscription Video on Demand service, including one original. The new titles will include the complete season three of Future Man (pictured above), the Hulu original comedy starring Josh Hutcherson as a janitor who’s recruited by two video game
Q. I saw your article about how to sign in to Netflix if you’re having problems signing in. I’m having the same problem with Hulu. Is there any short cut to fixing this problem? — Diana, Buffalo. Diana, you’re right. I recently explained what to do if you’re having a problem signing in to Netflix.