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Spectrum is Slowly Pushing Cable TV Customers Over to Its New Streaming TV Service With Higher Device Fees
Spectrum is slowly pushing customers from its older cable TV service to its newer streaming service with the Xumo Box. Now Spectrum is trying to speed up the process of moving customers from its legacy cable TV service to its new streaming service by raising the monthly price of cable TV boxes but keeping the…
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The Google Play Movies & TV App Will Shut Down Next Week on Google TV — Here’s What Will Happen to the Movies & TV Shows You Purchased
Google will once again shut down a major service as the remaining parts of its Google Play Movies & TV app for Android TV, select cable boxes, and the Google Play website will shut down on January 17, 2024. As part of its plan to create a more integrated user experience, Google already shut down…
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CBS to Broadcast Super Bowl in 4K For the First Time
CBS Sports will broadcast Super Bowl LVIII in 1080p HDR and 4K HDR for the first time, the network confirmed after cable providers leaked information. CBS Television Network and Paramount+ will air more than ten hours of CBS Sports Super Bowl LVIII coverage, including pregame, halftime show featuring Usher, and postgame coverage. The 1080p HDR…
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How to Watch PGA Tour: Sony Open 2024 Live on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, & More
The first full-field event of the 2024 PGA Tour has arrived as the best players in the world will tee off at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu for the Sony Open. This event will be available to stream on Peacock and via PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+. As part of the 2024 Opening Drive in…
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Roku Ads Out Perform The Top 5 Cable TV Networks During Primetime
Today, Roku announced its Primetime Reach Guarantee outperformed the top fice cable TV networks during primetime in a test with Experian. This test put Experian ads on The Roku Channel and 100 other top channels during Primetime outperforming the top five cable TV networks reach. “Roku’s Primetime Reach Guarantee massively propelled Experian’s TV household scale.…
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Fubo Will Raise It’s Price Next Month
Today, Fubo said it will raise prices for its streaming service next month after adding a no-opt-out “option” for Bally Sports. Starting February 1, the basic packages will increase by $5 a month, and regional sports fees will see a hike of $1 a month .The streamer said the decision was based on the “growing…
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Another Media Company is Reportedly in Talks To Buy Paramount
Skydance Media executives, led by CEO David Ellison, and other investors are discussing an “all-cash bid” to buy National Amusements, Paramount Global’s parent company, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal. National Amusements Currently, Paramount Global is controlled by media executive Shari Redstone. Redstone also controls National Amusements, which owns 77% of…
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Pokémon TV Shuts Down in March and Has Already Vanished From Streaming Platforms
Pokémon TV will shut down in March, and the app has already been removed from streaming platforms. The Pokémon TV app is no longer available to download from the App Store, Google Play, The Roku Channel Store, Amazon Appstore, Nintendo eSho, and Pokémon as of January 8. Those who downloaded the app before last Monday…
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NEXTGEN ATSC 3.0 TV Will Launch in Chicago in February On a New Station
NEXTGEN TV will launch on CBS 2 News Chicago in February, one of the first rollouts scheduled for 2024. The upgraded signal will launch on February 5, 2024, and is expected to provide free service to 3.6 million households. Viewers who use an antenna to watch TV must rescan their televisions after this date to…
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ESPN and the College Football Playoff Are Working on a 6-Year Rights Contract
ESPN and The College Football Playoff, CFP, are negotiating an agreement that would make the sports network the event’s sole rights holder for the next eight years. The deal would tack on a new 6-year agreement onto the final two years of ESPN’s current contract with CFP, sources told ESPN. The current contract is set…
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Amazon’s New Fire Max 11 Tablet is On Sale For Just $179.99
Do you need a tablet to stream your favorite movie or TV show? Amazon’s most powerful and largest tablet, the new Fire Max 11, is on sale right now for $179.99, that’s $70 off the list price of $229.99. This new Fire Max 11 tablet has 14 hours of battery life, 125GB of storage, and…
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Telly, the Company Offering Free TVs, Shows Off ChatGPT-Powered Voice Assistant at CES
Free TV company, Telly, debuted its new artificial intelligence voice assistant, “Hey Telly,” at CES 2024. “Hey Telly” is powered by ChatGPT and aims to deliver consumers a “completely transformed home entertainment and the virtual voice assistant experience.” The voice assistant, which will launch with a voice command from the second smart screen, will enhance…
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How to Watch the Fifth Republican Presidential Debate on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, & More on January 10
Live from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, tonight is the first Republican Presidential debate of 2024 and the fifth of this election cycle. Three candidates qualified for tonight’s debate – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, and former President Donald Trump, however, only Haley and DeSanits are expected to be on…
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A NextGen TV Broadcast Channel As Interactive As a Streaming App Could Be ATSC 3.0’s Killer App
I’m sitting in a suite at the Cosmopolitan, staring at a large Sony television as a music video for Adam Lambert’s Take Back plays. I don’t like the song, so I hit skip and it moves to the next one, personalized based on the user history from the television. On the bottom are several boxes…
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Amazon Is Laying off Hundreds of Prime Video & MGM Studios Employees
Today Amazon reportedly contacted staff at Prime Video and Amazon’s MGM Studios to announce a new round of layoffs. This is the newest round of layoffs at Prime Video, with the last round being in late 2022. According to Amazon’s video chief, Mike Hopkins, Amazon has “identified opportunities to reduce or discontinue investments in certain…
