Author: Luke Bouma

  • PBS is Now Live For FREE On The Local Now App in Most Areas

    PBS is Now Live For FREE On The Local Now App in Most Areas

    Earlier this year, PBS and Local Now announced a deal to bring local PBS stations to the free streaming service Local Now. In the Spring, Local Now and PBS started to roll out PBS affiliates. Now it seems this rollout of PBS stations are now live in most markets across the United States on the…

  • 38% of Americans & Cord Cutters Are Looking At Canceling a Streaming Service As Inflation Grows – Are You?

    38% of Americans & Cord Cutters Are Looking At Canceling a Streaming Service As Inflation Grows – Are You?

    Has the rising costs of streaming services and everyday needs forced you to start looking at cutting costs? In 2022 Inflation in the united states went up 8% and is expected to be 4.5% in 2023, according to Statista. This has left many Americans looking for ways to save money, including cutting back on what…

  • Deal Alert! Anker’s Best 65W USB-C Wall Charger Is On Sale For Just $39.09

    Deal Alert! Anker’s Best 65W USB-C Wall Charger Is On Sale For Just $39.09

    Have you been looking for a powerful USB-C charger? Want to find one at a good price? Right now, the best USB-C wall charger I have tested for phones and laptops is on sale for just $39.09 with the Anker 735 charger. This charger is powerful enough to charge not only your phone but most…

  • McDonald’s Comes To The Roku City

    McDonald’s Comes To The Roku City

    Recently Roku has been selling ads in its Roku City screen saver. Recently Paramount took it over as part of a deal to promote Paramount+. Now McDonald’s has partnered with Roku to bring Mcdonald’s to the Roku City screen saver. Here is what these ads look like: Paramount+ Roku City Neighborhood wasavailable from May 25th…

  • Fubo Partners With The Seattle Mariners

    Fubo Partners With The Seattle Mariners

    Today Fubo announced a partnership with the Seattle Mariners to be the official partners of the Mariners MLB team. This follows a similar agreement with the Boston Red Sox, St Louis Cardinals, and Cleveland Garudians announced earlier this year. “Fubo is further connecting with baseball fans through direct partnerships with several MLB clubs, and we…

  • DIRECTV May Owe You $464 After $16.85 Million Class Action Settlement

    DIRECTV May Owe You $464 After $16.85 Million Class Action Settlement

    Did you get calls from DIRECTV spamming you even though you were on the do not call list? DIRECTV has agreed to pay $16.85 million as part of a class action settlement to people who received marketing calls from DIRECTV even though they were on the do not call list. It is reported the estimated…

  • Warner Bros. Discovery Is In Talks to Sell Film & TV Music Publishing Assets For $500 Million

    Warner Bros. Discovery Is In Talks to Sell Film & TV Music Publishing Assets For $500 Million

    Warner Bros. Discovery may be trying to get its hands on cash for its company by selling rights to its music publishing assets. These assets are behind the music for many popular movies and TV shows. The catalog of music is believed to include  Purple Rain, The Last Waltz, various Batman soundtracks, Sesame Street, Evita, Rent, Dick Tracy, Sweeney Todd, and more, it could…

  • The Team Behind NextGen ATSC 3.0 OTA TV Explains Why DRM is Needed For Free OTA TV

    The Team Behind NextGen ATSC 3.0 OTA TV Explains Why DRM is Needed For Free OTA TV

    Over the last month, there has been a lot of talk about DRM in free over-the-air TV with the new ATSC 3.0 standard. Several companies, including Comcast, have started to encrypt TV stations they own that are broadcasting on the NextGen TV standard. One of the features of ATSC 3.0 Nextgen TV is the ability…

  • CNN Could Be Sold to New Owners Soon

    CNN Could Be Sold to New Owners Soon

    CNN may have a new owner soon if the reports are right. According to a report from the New York Post, Warner Bros. Discovery could sell CNN this year. This comes as former CEO Jeff Zucker has reportedly become a possible buyer of the network. These reports come as CNN’s ratings and ad revenue have…

  • Bally Sports Will Not Pay a 2nd MLB Team & Will Return TV Rights to The MLB

    Bally Sports Will Not Pay a 2nd MLB Team & Will Return TV Rights to The MLB

    Recently Bally Sports’ parent company Diamond Sports, let the deadline to pay the Padres pass and decided to return the media rights back to the MLB. Now Bally Sports has decided not to pay the Diamondbacks and will return the TV rights to the MLB on June 30th. Bally Sports still has to decide if…