Netflix signs a three year deal to stream MLB live events and games
Netflix signs a three year deal to stream MLB live events and games Today, Major League Baseball announced new media rights deals with ESPN, NBCUniversal, and Netflix that run for the next three seasons. The Netflix deal brings live MLB games to its platform and continues to grow its library of sports programming in an […]
YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney: the latest on the blackout that’s now over
YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney: the latest on the blackout that's now over Disney and YouTube have reached an agreement to bring back ESPN and more than 20 other Disney-owned channels two weeks after they went dark on YouTube TV. During the dispute, Google has accused Disney of trying to raise prices for its customers […]
Apple TV is getting MLS games at no extra cost
Apple TV is getting MLS games at no extra cost Starting with the 2026 Major League Soccer (MLS) season, “all MLS matches” will be available to Apple TV subscribers “at no additional cost,” Apple and the MLS announced today. Since the 2023 MLS season, streaming MLS games has required an MLS Season Pass subscription, which […]
Netflix is bringing Red Dead Redemption to mobile
Netflix is bringing Red Dead Redemption to mobile Another one of Rockstar’s greatest hits is coming Netflix. On December 4th you’ll be able to play Red Dead Redemption and it’s zombified standalone DLC Undead Nightmare for free as long as you have a Netflix subscription. The news broke when prolific video game news hound Wario64 […]
CNN’s app is adding a ‘Shorts’ feed for bite-size videos
CNN's app is adding a 'Shorts' feed for bite-size videos CNN is revamping its app’s homepage with a feed dedicated to short-form videos. The new “Shorts” tab houses a stream of clips with stories from CNN, allowing you to swipe through them like you would with TikTok or Instagram Reels. The CNN app already had […]
YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney: the latest on the blackout
YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney: the latest on the blackout On October 31st, ESPN, ABC, Nat Geo, and over 20 other Disney-owned channels went dark on YouTube TV. As the two sides disagree about terms for a new content distribution contract, Google has accused Disney of trying to raise prices for its customers in an […]
Ikea just took over your smart home
Ikea just took over your smart home Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 105, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you’ve recovered from the clocks falling back, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been […]
Pluribus: all the latest on Vince Gilligan’s Apple TV series
Pluribus: all the latest on Vince Gilligan's Apple TV series Apple’s run of excellent sci-fi looks to continue with Pluribus. The series has some strong pedigree; it’s helmed by Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan, who also has a history in the genre working on The X-Files. It’s also a show that […]
Apple’s latest sci-fi series Pluribus luxuriates in its mystery
Apple's latest sci-fi series Pluribus luxuriates in its mystery Toward the end of the first episode of Pluribus, Carol (Rhea Seehorn), a woman put in a bizarre and impossible scenario, asks a very straightforward question: “What the fuck is happening?” It’s something you’ll likely be asking yourself a lot while watching. I certainly did. But […]
Rode’s all-in-one video production console is now smaller and cheaper
Rode's all-in-one video production console is now smaller and cheaper Rode’s new console is slightly smaller and more than half the price of last year’s version. | Image: Rode Rode has announced a new version of the Rodecaster Video portable production console it launched just over a year ago, but the Rodecaster Video S isn’t […]