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Bally Sports Will Make a Final Contract Offer to MLB Teams This Week
Three Major League Baseball teams might make less money during the 2024 season as part of a tentative deal reached last week to keep the regional sports network alive for another year. Now, Bally Sports will make a final offer to MLB this this week that could see three MLB teams take less money or…
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Deal Alert! Anker’s USB-C 24,000mAh 140W Power Bank is On Sale For $58 Off Today – Its New Lowest Price Ever
Did you miss out on Anker’s big Prime Day event? Do you need a portable battery that can charge your phone, laptop, tablet, and more? This 140W USB-C charger is a great option for anyone who wants to make sure they can keep their devices going even when they are not near a plug. The…
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Roku Unveils List of Top-Searched Movies and TV Shows In 2023
Roku is ready to ring in the new year. The smart TV platform and free ad-supported streaming service on Wednesday unveiled the Roku New Year’s Central Experience alongside its most searched titles and celebrities in 2023. From December 30 through January 1, Roku users can take advantage of special offers like $0 delivery fees through…
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Apple’s Migration to Apple TV Also Killed Users’ Wishlists
Apple said last week that it would begin pushing users looking to buy TV shows or movies away from its iTunes Store. But the company didn’t warn them that their wishlists in the store would also be removed. On December 17, Apple removed wishlists from iOS 17.2, iPads 17.2, and tvOS 17.2, meaning users with…
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Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate, & More Team Up to Launch Two Free Streaming & Live OTA TV Network on January 1, 2024
Last month, Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate, and Gray Television announced a partnership with a new company owned by Jonathan Katz called Free TV Networks. This partnership will see the companies work together to create free networks offered both on over-the-air TV and through streaming. We are a week away from these the launch scheduled for…
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YouTube & YouTube TV Cut the Price of NFL Sunday Ticket, Now Starting at Just $39 & You Can Get a Free Month of Max
This week, YouTube and YouTube TV cut the price of NFL Sunday Ticket as the season is almost over. Also, if you subscribe through YouTube TV you can get a month of MAX for free. Now, NFL Sunday Ticket starts at $39 for the rest of the 2023 from YouTube TV. If you get it…
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Why Does YouTube TV Have Unskippable Ads on Some DVR Recordings? — Ask Luke
One of the most common questions we receive about YouTube TV is why DVRed shows include unskippable ads. YouTube TV offers its viewers the opportunity to record programming on a cloud DVR by adding their favorite shows to the Save list. Watching a DVR recording gives people the ability to view and fast forward through…
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DISH Network Slams Illegal IPTV Service Glo TV and Resellers With $25 Million Lawsuit
DISH Network filed a lawsuit against illegal IPTV provider Glo TV on December 13 for alleged copyright infringement. The broadcaster is seeking $25 million in damages. DISH says that its investigators observed IPTV operators “repeatedly infringing DISH’s exclusive rights” by streaming copyrighted programs in the U.S. through services like Glo TV, Rays IPTV, and Rays…
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How Comcast Customers Can Protect Themselves Following the Company’s Massive Data Breach
Comcast customers on Monday learned that their personal data — like hashed passwords, contact details, birthdates, and the last four digits of social security numbers — had been exposed in a massive data breach. Comcast said it detected the breach on October 25, 2023. “We promptly patched and mitigated the vulnerability. We are not aware…
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Starlink Rival HughesNet Launches Upgraded 100 Mbps Satellite Internet Plans
HughesNet on Tuesday launched new satellite internet plans boasting upgraded download speeds of up to 100 Mbps as it hopes to regain ground lost to Starlink. The new plans, which fall under the Elite and Fusion tiers, following the launch of Jupiter 3, one of the world’s largest communications satellite constellations that brought in much-needed…
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Free Streaming Service LocalBTV’s Website Is Back, But Everything Else is Still Down
Update 4/28/26: The Roku app linked to in this story has been updated with its correct name, Michigan Filmmakers. The app is not affiliated with LocalBTV. The website for LocalBTV, a live TV streaming service that offers local channels for free, is back up, even as the service remains down. LocalBTV has been offline for…
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Pluto TV Adds Three New Channels, Including ION and Say Yes to the Dress
Pluto TV on Tuesday added a trio of new channels to its free, ad-supported streaming service. The new channels include Warner Bros. TV Sweet Escapes, Warner Bros. TV Says Yes to the Dress, and TV network ION. This comes on top of the 16 channels and new on-demand content it added earlier in December. Pluto…
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Good Omens Renewed for Third and Final Season on Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video has ordered a third season of fantasy comedy Good Omens, the studio said last week. This will conclude the fan-favorite series inspired by the internationally best-selling novel by Neil Gaiman and the late Sir Terry Pratchett. The final season promises to “bring to life a serendipitous conversation” from nearly 35 years ago…
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Blue Origin is Back to Launching Rockets. That’s Good News For Amazon’s New Internet Service
Blue Origin on Tuesday successfully launched its first rocket in more than 15 months after an in-flight failure grounded the program. The New Shepard rocket, flying under the mission designation NS-24 (the 24th mission), was unmanned but featured 33 scientific payloads. The launch, which was originally scheduled for Monday, but was delayed due to a…
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Google Will Pay Consumers and U.S. States $700 Million to Settle App Store Lawsuit
Google will pay $700 million to consumers and U.S. states to settle a lawsuit alleging that it had stamped out competition against its Google Play app store. The company will also open make it easier to download apps from other stores on its Android operating system, a potential boon to cord cutters used to sideloading…
