Roku is rolling out premium network subscriptions starting today
Starting today, Roku is rolling out the premium subscriptions to channels like Showtime and Starz that the company promised earlier this month would be coming …
Andy Meek is a reporter based in Memphis who has covered media, entertainment, and culture for over 20 years. His work has appeared in outlets including The Guardian, Forbes, and The Financial Times, and he’s written for BGR since 2015. Andy's coverage includes technology and entertainment, and he has a particular interest in all things streaming.
Over the years, he’s interviewed legendary figures in entertainment and tech that range from Stan Lee to John McAfee, Peter Thiel, and Reed Hastings.
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Huawei is in the news for all the wrong reasons these days, for everything from the arrest of its CFO to US-led opposition to its …
A female-focused ‘Fast and Furious’ spinoff just added some Marvel writers
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NBC execs just reassured everyone ‘The Office’ won’t leave Netflix anytime soon
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Boeing just got one step closer to making its autonomous flying taxi a reality
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Microsoft’s browser fights fake news by trying to steer you away from certain sites
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There’s a new app in China that shows which of your neighbors are racking up debt
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Disney will grant the dying wish of a terminally ill man who wants to see ‘Endgame’ early
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Here’s how to share what you’re watching on Netflix to your Instagram Story
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iOS 12.1.3 is now available to download for iPhone and iPad
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Elon Musk was approached about building tunnels for CERN’s massive new atom smasher
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We may be just a few months away from the first trailer for ‘The Mandalorian’
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The new ‘Mortal Kombat’ is more gratuitously bloody and violent than ever
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Spotify’s first piece of hardware will be a $100 music player for your car
Spotify is setting its sights on your car as the target for the music streaming giant’s first hardware device. The Financial Times, citing anonymous sources, …
Microsoft tells last remaining mobile customers to switch to iPhone or Android
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Google just paid $40 million for Fossil’s secret, unfinished smartwatch tech
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Apple teams up with Johnson & Johnson to see if the Apple Watch can help prevent strokes
Apple CEO Tim Cook garnered a ton of press coverage recently from one pretty straightforward assessment he gave about what he thinks the iPhone maker’s …
