Gadgetory

it's time to think differently about internet and television services I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the next evolution of television is here with sling TV the twenty dollar a month internet television service streams 11 networks including ESPN CNN TNT and Disney to watch you'll need a hearty broadband internet connection you can view it on your television using a Roku or Amazon fire TV device or watch on your Android or iOS phone and tablet as well as a mac or pc computer it'll be available soon on the Xbox one the chromecast and other smart TVs we got the chance to test it out and there are some perks and drawback to this new television service from dish most channels won't let you rewind or pause live TV there are some shows you can watch on demand but there's no recording shows you also can only watch it on one device at a time so you can't share accounts with other people there's no contract so you can try it out and cancel anytime if you want a few more channels there will be these add-on packs that cost five bucks such as a sports extra pack but there are no details about that yet the first batch of sling invites come out Tuesday for people who pre-register and it will be available to everyone in the US by februari 9th if you've been thinking about cutting your cable subscription bill this may work for you since you still get some news and sports that's not the only big change in television the National Football League launched a YouTube channel that includes game previews highlights and postgame recaps along with other clips from the NFL network also when you do a Google search for a game you'll be seeing video highlights pop right up on the google search page you won't be able to stream the Super Bowl on YouTube but you can stream the game and the halftime show from the NBC website and mobile app it's free you don't even need to prove that you pay for cable or satellite TV as we get new ways to watch cable TV cable vision is offering a new type of cell phone service you may have seen commercials that tease the service called free wheel it's a Wi-Fi only mobile phone service that costs thirty dollars a month and you get unlimited calling text data its launching next month if you already have Cablevision's optimum for your home internet this additional mobile service costs ten dollars a month cablevision is stitching together more than 1 million optimum customer Wi-Fi home routers and using them as hot spots to create this network but it's only working with one smartphone you have to buy Motorola's Moto G from freewheel for a hundred dollars and it comes programmed to connect to the hot spots but if there's no Wi-Fi you have no service that's your tech news update you can stay updated at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey