Author: Luke Bouma
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Microsoft is Expected to Lay Off Thousands of Employees Tomorrow
In 2022 Microsoft reportedly laid off about 1% of its workforce. Now it is being reported by Sky News that a second round of cuts will, this time lay off about 5% of Microsoft’s workforce. Right now, Microsoft has about 220,000 employees, if the 5 number is correct, this round of layoffs could top 10,000…
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Local Now Adds 9 New Free Channels, Including PBS Nature
Earlier today, the free ad-supported streaming Local Now added nine new channels, including the first PBS channel with the addition of PBS Nature. Local Now streams a large collection of free live and on-demand content. Originally launched as a 24/7 local news and weather app, over the years, it has slowly added a huge catalog…
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Tablo is Refunding Pre-Orders of Its ATSC 3.0 DVR But Still Plans to Release It
Earlier today, Tablo started to email customers who had preordered its ATSC 3.0 QUAD HDMI DVR for use with Next Gen OTA TV that they would be getting a full refund of their DVR pre-order. “We had hoped to ship pre-orders before the end of 2022 but were obviously unable to meet that target. ATSC…
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MLB Hopes to Soon End Local Blackouts
Last week Major League Baseball hired Billy Chambers as Vice President of local media. According to The Sports Business Journal, his job will be to figure out how to end blackouts for local in-market MLB games. Mr. Chamgers is a long-time executive of RSNs, having worked as CFO overseeing 21 Fox RSNs in the past.…
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YouTube TV Is Rolling Out a New User Interface
Do you use YouTube TV to watch ESPN, ABC, CBS, FOX, and more? You may soon have a new user interface, especially when it comes to your DVR library. Thanks to a post on Facebook, we got our first look at the updated User Interface thanks to Richard Hughes, who allowed us to use his…
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The Death of Cable TV: TNT No Longer Airs New Original Scripted Programs
Last week TNT announced that it would not air the final season of ‘Snowpiercer’ even though the show had completed productions on its fourth and final season, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. “TNT will not air season four of Snowpiercer,” a TNT spokesperson said in a statement. “This was a difficult decision,…
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Netflix’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always Will Bring Back Original Cast & Staff
Did you enjoy the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as a kid? Netflix hopes you did, as Entertainment Weekly today broke the news that Netflix was producing a scripted Netflix Special to celebrate the original show. This Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always special will bring back some of the original cast, crew, and…
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Apple Now Expects You to Own an iPhone to Use New Apple TV Features
Recently Apple rolled out an update to the Apple TV that changed how users can update their Apple ID and accept new terms of service. With this change, Apple no longer lets you update the Apple ID or accept new Terms and Conditions on the Apple TV unless you do it through an iPhone or…
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YouTube is Testing a Free Pluto TV Like Service
Free streaming services like Pluto TV have become very successful in recent years, inspiring many imitators. By offering a cable-like guide of live channels full of free ad-supported content, Pluto TV has gained a huge following of dedicated fans. Now YouTube reportedly wants in on the fast-growing free ad-supported market. According to reports from The…
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Disney+ & Paramount+ Are Still Not Profitable
This may surprise many as Disney+ and Paramount+ are extremely popular, but both services are still not profitable. Disney+ currently has about 76.7 million subscribers as of the 3rd quarter of 2022. Paramount+ has about 46 million subscribers as of the 3rd quarter of 2022. The problem, for now, is the high subscriber acquisition costs…