[Electronics-Talk] Fire TV, Apple TV, etc.

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> On Jun 12, 2019, at 10:45 PM, Elizabeth Campbell via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> HI Sherry, I have an Amazon Fire TV box, and AT&T has a streaming service
> called Direktv Now. The app works with Fire TV, and you subscribe to a
> specific package of channels, much like cable although not nearly as
> expensive. I have the basic package which is about $25 per month, and  it
> comes with the news channels you are interested in including CNN,and
> MS-NBC. The app is fairly accessible. I discovered that if you download the
> various news channel apps from the app store, most want you to sign in with
> your tv provider in order to start watching.Hope this helps.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 4:16 PM Sherri via Electronics-Talk <
> electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> Oh that's really sad!
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Aleeha Dudley via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 4:40 PM
>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances <
>> electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Aleeha Dudley <blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Fire TV, Apple TV, etc.
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> There is an issue right now where the YouTube TV apps are not available
>> for Amazon FireTV devices. It’s unfortunate, but I’ve gotten around it by
>> using my Apple TV hooked up to the FireTV. Hopefully Amazon and Google will
>> soon get along again.
>> Aleeha
>> 
>>> On Jun 11, 2019, at 3:15 PM, Christopher Gilland via Electronics-Talk <
>> electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Of corse! If you open the app store, you should be able to download and
>> install them. Now, what I don't know is, some of the apps, you might
>> possibly have to pay for a monthly subscription to get at their content.
>> That being said, most things locally like CBS, Fox, NBC, ABC, etc, as far
>> as I know you shouldn't have to do that. You should most likely be able to
>> just install them, and they just work. Keep in mind, same as anything,
>> accessibility might vary from app to app. I don't have any of those you
>> mentioned installed, so right now, I can't easily test.
>>> 
>>> If you can't get it working, let us know, and maybe tomorrow, I can give
>> things a try on my end, and even get with you privately off list and help
>> you over the phone, if that be necessary.
>>> 
>>> I'm willing to help. It's just, me not having them installed makes it
>> slightly more difficult. I'm willing though to install them to test as a
>> last resort.
>>> 
>>> Chris.
>>> 
>>>> On 06/11/2019 03:56 PM, Sherri via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>>> Can I download the apps on Fire TV?  I'm still learning about it.
>> Thanks.
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Christopher Gilland via Electronics-Talk
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 3:45 PM
>>>> To: Sherri via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: Christopher Gilland <clgilland07 at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Fire TV, Apple TV, etc.
>>>> Sherri wrote:
>>>> With the Youtube streaming, is it possible to get the news channels
>> such as
>>>> CNN, MSNBC, etc?
>>>> Probably. I'd think you'd either have to download the individual
>>>> app/channels, or, if you really want to do this specifically with
>> Youtube,
>>>> you'd probably have to get Youtube TV, which isn't free, lamentably.
>>>> I could stand corrected, but this is at least my knowledge, and I'm
>> quite
>>>> familiar with the Amazon Fire TV lineup of products.
>>>> Chris.
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