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  • YouTube Reportedly Showed Porn in Ads

    YouTube Reportedly Showed Porn in Ads

    Overnight reports of inappropriate ads on YouTube started to flood in. According to multiple reports on Reddit, YouTube showed a video ad between YouTube Shorts for a pet meet-up app. In the background of the video was a porn playing with full audio in a very not safe for work experience. Update: YouTube has sent…

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  • Sling TV FreeStream is Secretly Changing its Home Screen For New Customers

    Sling TV’s FreeStream later this week will quietly roll out a revamped home screen for anyone new checking out the free ad-supported service, Cord Cutters News has learned. Update: DISH later clarified that the changes aren’t live and will go in effect later this week. Liz Riemersma, vice president of strategy, business development and international…

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  • Showtime is Shutting Down Its Streaming App After Paramount+ Merger

    Yesterday, Paramount started to inform Showtime customers who pay through a TV provider that the Showtime Anytime app will be shutting down on December 14, 2023. Customers’ subscriptions to Showtime through a TV provider will continue, but going forward, you will need to watch your Showtime content through your TV provider. The Showtime Anytime app…

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  • YouTube Premium is Cracking Down On Password Sharing At The Same Time it Cracks Down on Ad-Blockers

    You can add YouTube Premium to a growing list of streaming services that are cracking down on password sharing. YouTube Premium lets subscribers enjoy ad-free YouTube plus other features like offline viewing. Now, though, YouTube Premium has started to contact users who appear to be sharing their premium subscriptions with others. In the emails (an…

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  • DISH Sues Popular IPTV Reseller As It Declares War on IPTV

    A former ‘Top 10’ Beast TV reseller was allegedly still selling subscriptions for the popular illegal IPTV service, according to a lawsuit filed by DISH and Sling TV last week. DISH and Sling’s lawsuit accuses John Gwaka Magembe and Joyce Berry of operating websites Channels4Cheap and Purchase-IPTV to continue selling subscriptions to Beast TV. Gwaka…

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  • Comcast, Spectrum, & Other Cable TV Companies Lost Over 1.7 Million Subscribers In Just 3 Months

    Cable TV is continuing to struggle as companies like Comcast, Charter, DIRECTV, and Spectrum deal with the growth of cord cutting. Now, a new report from the Leichtman Research Group reports that the major cable and satellite companies lost 1,792,671 during the 3rd quarter of 2023. That works out to over 19,000 Americans canceling cable…

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  • Deal Alert! Amazon’s Fire TV Cube Is At Its Lowest Price Ever at Just $109.99

    Have you been thinking about getting that new Fire TV Cube for Black Friday? Good news right now the Fire TV Cube is on sale at the lowest price ever of $109.99! This comes as Amazon has started some of its Black Friday deals for the Fire TV line of streaming players. Right now, the…

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  • Enter Antennas Direct’s Friendsgiving Giveaway For a Chance to Win a Tablo DVR and ClearStream Antenna

    Antennas Direct is celebrating Friendsgiving with a $300 device giveaway this November, helping households get free access to networks while cutting the cord to cable. Two lucky winners and their friends will receive a Tablo whole-home DVR that connects to a TV antenna to let users watch, pause, record, and replay live broadcast TV and…

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  • Pluto TV Will Have a Special Thanksgiving Lineup Of Holiday Specials, Including a Tom Hanks Marathon

    Today, Pluto TV announced that they will have a special lineup of holiday specials on Thanksgiving. This lineup will include a special lineup of movies and TV shows to help you relax after eating all that food. Here is everything Pluto TV will air during the Thanksgiving break: Thanksgiving Day: November 23rd Doctor Who Day:…

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  • YouTube TV Reportedly Added 600,000 Subscribers, As It Is On Track To Become The 4th Largest Live TV Service This Year Cable TV or Streaming

    YouTube TV is continuing to see strong growth as it reportedly added 600,000 new customers in the 3rd quarter of 2023, according to the Leichtman Research Group. Much of this growth is being pushed by NFL Sunday Ticket and the start of college football season. YouTube TV now reportedly has about 6,500,000 TV customers. This…

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  • Amazon Offers Package Tracking and Easier Returns With Third-Party Merchants Like Wyze, Briogeo, Sherpani, and More

    Amazon on Tuesday rolled out a slew of features including package tracking, 24/7 live chat support, and free returns to subscribers who use its “Buy with Prime” program. “Buy with Prime” extends many of the benefits you get from purchasing directly from Amazon to a network of third-party retailers and brands including Wyze, Briogeo, Sherpani,…

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  • Deal Alert! Apple 2023 MacBook Air Laptop With M2 chip: 15.3-inch Liquid Retina Display Is On Sale For Over $249 Off

    Have you been looking for a new laptop? Want the newest Apple Macbook Air right now? Right now, Amazon has the 2023 MacBook Air with the M2 chip on sale for $249 off the list price. This is one of the most powerful MacBook Air laptops Apple has ever made. You can find this laptop…

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  • Amazon Wants to Drop Android, and May Already Be Hiding its Home Grown OS in the Echo Show

    Amazon is in the process of breaking away from Android and moving its family of devices to its own operating system, according to a report from last week by Janko Roettgers’ Lowpass. On Tuesday, Dave Zatz of Zatz Not Funny spotted the new OS, codenamed Vega, running on a third-generation Echo Show 5. Zatz shared…

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  • The Wiggles Partner With Future Today’s HappyKids Free Streaming Service

    The Wiggles have partnered with HappyKids, Future Today’s free ad-supported streaming service, to bring dozens of classic Wiggles episodes to the channel. Future Today will also launch a Wiggles brand app featuring classic and new content from the children’s entertainment group. HappyKids will feature more than 80 hours of the original The Wiggles television series, which debuted…

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  • Comcast Starts To Roll Out Faster Internet Speeds For Both Download & Upload

    For years, we have had fast download speeds to watch movies, TV shows, and more. Now though increasingly, Americans are making their own video content they want to upload online. Now Comcast has started to roll out multi-gig symmetrical speeds that will give you the same upload speed as your download speeds. These new symmetrical…

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