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FCC to Improve Wireless 911 Call Routing and Network Reliability During Disasters
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday passed rules that will help cut down on the time it takes to connect a wireless 911 call and improve the reliability and resilience of communications networks during disasters and outages. The FCC adopted rules to route wireless 911 calls and real-time texts to 911 call centers more precisely…
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Google Wants to Take On SpaceX and Starlink in Space
Google is joining the space race. The tech giant has thrown its financial support behind Starlink competitor, AST SpaceMobile, to help the company with product development, testing, and implementation. Google is the latest Big Tech player drawn into the area of delivering space-based internet and phone service. SpaceX’s Starlink is working with T-Mobile on tests…
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The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills Made NFL History
The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills made NFL history last Sunday, which became the most-watched NFL Divisional Playoff game ever. More than 50 million fans tuned in to watch the Chiefs narrowly secure their spot in the AFC Championship. The game aired on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. It peaked at 56 million viewers.…
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NBCUniversal Buying Warner Bros. Discovery or Paramount? Comcast CEO Denies Interest in Any Deals
The media industry is abuzz with chatter about potential mergers between the major players. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts is having one of it. “While there may be speculation on what we could do next, I’d like you to hear it directly from me,” Roberts said on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings conference call. “I love the…
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NextGen TV ATSC 3.0 OTA TV Is Coming to Parts of Texas in February
KSAT, a local TV station in San Antonio, Texas, is set to broadcast a NextGen TV signal in February. NextGen TV, also known as ATSC 3.0, represents a massive upgrade for over-the-air broadcast television. The standard improves picture and sound quality and brings interactive and personalized content, and possibly reduce or eliminate subscription costs by…
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Comcast Hit With Another Class Action Lawsuit Following Data Breach
The last few months have been rough for Comcast. The cable TV company is facing another class action lawsuit following a massive data beach in December that exposed its customers’ personal data — likely including hashed passwords, contact details, the last four digits of social security numbers, and birth dates. Following its detection of the…
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Walmart Stops Selling Its New Onn $14.99 Google TV Streaming Player
Back in November Walmart quietly released a new $14.99 Google TV powered streaming player. This comes after it released earlier this year a $19.88 Google TV powered streaming player. Walmart never officially announced this new streaming player just quietly listed it on the website. Now Walmart has marked this streaming player as out of stock…
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Anker’s New Ultra Small 30W USB-C Battery Pack is On Sale For Just $39.99
Are you looking for an ultra-small power bank that can top off multiple devices at once? Anker has a very powerful 30w USB-C charger with a 10,000mAh battery pack. It is brand new from Anker and is one of the smallest 30W battery packs we have ever tested. Right now, Anker has its brand new…
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Fubo Launches AI-Generated Headlines From Live News Programs
You may be familiar with AI-powered highlights of sporting events. Now, though, Fubo has announced for the first time you will be able to get instant headlines from live news programs. This will let Fubo subscribers get quick highlights of news programs without needing to watch the full news program. With this new service, you…
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Netflix Has 23 Million Monthly Users on its $6.99 Ad Plan
Netflix’s cheaper ad tier is gaining momentum. The company, which reported its fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, disclosed on its earnings conference call with investors that it has 23 million monthly users on its ad-based plan. That’s up from 15 million customers in November — a 70% jump from the third quarter, which itself saw a…
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Peacock Added 3 Million New Subscribers But Lost $825 Million In The 4th Quarter 2023
Today, Comcast announced its 4th quarter 2023 earnings report that showed it once again losing over 490,000 TV customers. Comcast did report that Peacock added 3 million new subscribers, down from the 4 million added in the 3rd quarter, but lost $ 825 million. In total, Peacock now has 31 million subscribers. “We capped off…
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Comcast Lost Over 389,000 TV Customers & Lost 34,000 Internet Customers in Q4 2023 as Cord Cutting is Speeding Up
Cord cutting is continuing to hit Comcast hard as the company has recently lost both TV and internet customers. In Comcast’s 4th quarter earnings report released this morning, the company reported it lost 389,000 video customer losses. That works out to over 4,200 Subscribers Every Day. The company lost 34,000 broadband customers for the quarter,…
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Paramount Reportedly Has a New Suitor That’s Not Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount Global and its parent company, National Amusements, has a new suitor. Skydance Media CEO David Ellison has made a preliminary bid to buy National Amusements, which owns a controlling stake in the media company, according to Bloomberg. Ellison, the son of billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, is also in talks with merging Skydance Media…
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DIRECTV STREAM Adds Two New The CW Affiliates
DIRECTV on Wednesday said it added two new The CW affiliates to its live-TV streaming service. WSAV-CW, the affiliate in Savannah, Georgia, and WCBD-CW, the affiliate in Charleston, South Carolina, went live on DIRECTV Stream on Tuesday. DIRECTV has been steadily working to bring more The CW affiliates to DIRECTV STREAM in an effort to…
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Sling TV Freestream Adds 15 New Free Channels This Week
Sling TV’s free, ad-supported streaming service Freestream added more than a dozen new channels as it continues to ramp up its library of content. The 15 new channels include several Vevo channels dedicated to different genres of music, as well as one focused independent films. The addition comes on top of four channels added at…
