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No result found, try new keyword!HQ Trivia is all the rage right now. It’s an app that is part live game show and part Trivia Crack App (remember that?). And it’s important for marketers to understand because it dramatically changes the way users think about apps and at the same time ...

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Channel Master targets cord cutters with new device that combines live TV, apps like Netflix

Channel Master's Stream+ streaming media player ($99) lets cord cutters combine live broadcast TV with apps such as Netflix. (Photo: Channel Master)

Antenna maker Channel Master wants to make it easier for you to add live TV to your streaming video diet.

The Stream+ streaming media player ($99) has Android TV software, which uses Google's Live TV channels to build you a personal programming guide out of the local channels coming from your antenna. Just plug in a MicroSD card for DVR features such as rewinding and pausing.

The device's two TV tuners let you watch one channel while recording another or record two programs at the same time as you watch streaming broadband-delivered video from your favorite apps.

After connecting the Stream+ via its built-in WiFI or Ethernet, you add apps from the Google Play store such as Amazon Video, Hulu and YouTube. Those services will be incorporated into the device's program guide. Channel Master is in talks to add the Netflix app as a future upgrade, too.

The Stream+ connects to your TV via HDMI and is capable of delivering 4K video from streaming services such as Amazon, Netflix, YouTube and Vudu.

This isn't the first Channel Master product aimed at combining over-the-air TV signals and Net TV apps. The $250 DVR+, released three years ago, incorporated YouTube, Vudu and Pandora into a programming guide with local channels from an antenna.

The Stream+ serves as a successor and a cost-effective alternative to popular streaming players such as Roku, with its ability to tap into live TV signals as a key differentiator. Most local live TV signals come in HD quality.  

  

"We really believe cord cutting has become mainstream," said Joe Bingochea, executive vice president of Channel Master. "What we are finding out, a lot of times (customers) didn’t cut the cord just because they didn’t want to spend the money on cable. They cut the cord for choice and for flexibility. They don’t want to be in a contract or they don’t use ESPN. They want to select the services they want. There hasn’t been one company to help them do that. Our goal is to be that end-to-end solution for a cord cutter."

Channel Master plans to begin shipping the Stream+ in mid-January and is now taking pre-orders on its website.

More: How to use a broadcast antenna to watch the NFL

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Follow USA TODAY reporter Mike Snider on Twitter: @MikeSnider.

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The Essential camera app can now do live 360-degree videos

Live video and 360-degree video are two big trends we’ve seen over the last couple of years. Combining the two creates awesome experiences, but it’s not super easy to do yet. The Essential Phone has a 360-degree camera attachment and the latest update makes it possible to stream live from it.
The Essential Camera app is being updated to build 0.1.093.003. The camera app has been receiving a lot of updates for photo quality, but this one enables live 36-degree video on YouTube and Facebook. Users will be able to stream directly from within the camera app. Your friends and family can be with you like never before.
Download the Essential Camera update from the Play Store now. Does anyone use the 36-degree camera attachment or live video?
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