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YouTube TV Will Add More Locals Next Week
Back in March YouTube TV and Nexstar Media Group, INC. The CW Network’s parent company Nexstar Media Group, INC. announced a new deal with YouTube TV. With this deal, YouTube TV will continue to have access to the CW Network for years to come and will add even more local affiliates. “We are extremely pleased…
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Deal Alert: Get 3 Months of Starz at the Lowest Price of the Year
Fans of premium content don’t want to miss out on the best offer of the year from Starz. New subscribers can get 3 months of Starz for only $3 per month for a limited time. After the promotional period, the price reverts to the ongoing rate, which is currently $8.99 per month. The deal gives…
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Paramount+ Cancels Popular Shows In Cost-Cutting Move & Will Remove Them From Paramount+, Including Star Trek: Prodigy
Paramount+ has surprised many today with the announced the cancellation of several of its original shows, including “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies,” “Star Trek: Prodigy,” “Queen of the Universe,” and “The Game.” These cancellations have been made just as Paramount+ joins other media companies in making strategic cost-cutting decisions. “Grease: Rise of the Pink…
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Comcast’s New Xumo TV Smart TV Will Cost Over $1,000 & Go On Sale At Walmart Soon
Later this year, Comcast will sell a smart TV called Xumo TV. Now this TV is starting to show up online (likely sooner than it was meant to) starting at Aarons as first spotted by Lowpass.cc. Thanks to this listing, we have a good idea of what to expect from this new TV, including a…
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Deal Alert! AirPods, AirPods Max, & AirPods Pros Are On Sale For an Early Prime Day Deal
Do you want a new pair of Airpods or maybe to upgrade to the Airpod Pros? Good news Airpods are on sale as an early Amazon Prime Day sale! Right now, you can get the Airpod Pros on sale for $199.99, down from the typical $249.99. If you want something a little cheaper, you can…
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PBS is Now Live For FREE On The Local Now App in Most Areas
Earlier this year, PBS and Local Now announced a deal to bring local PBS stations to the free streaming service Local Now. In the Spring, Local Now and PBS started to roll out PBS affiliates. Now it seems this rollout of PBS stations are now live in most markets across the United States on the…
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WGA Strike Surpasses its 50th Day With a Rally For Fair Contracts – Will It End Soon? Or Will Reality TV Take Over This Fall?
As the WGA writers’ strike crosses the 50-day mark studios and economies alike are feeling the effects of an all-pens-down writing force. California is already reporting a $1.5 billion loss, more than the $429 million yearly compensation package the writers are demanding from studios. The lack of acceptable contract negotiations over fair pay to writers…
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T-Mobile Chief Information Officer Brian King Announces Retirement
After more than 25 years with the company, Brian King, executive vice president and chief information officer at T-Mobile, has announced his retirement. In a tweet, King expressed gratitude for the opportunity to work with brilliant people and praised the innovation and dedication to exceptional service that T-Mobile has upheld. “After 25+ years, I’ve decided…
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AT&T Successfully Tests LTE Internet From Space
AST SpaceMobile completed the first-ever space-based call using an everyday smartphone last April after working hard to create the first space-based cellular broadband network. Today, the company announced further tests have been successful at providing download speeds over 10 Mbps with its BlueWalker 3 technology using 4G cellular communications, another history-making event. “This is an…
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Deal Alert! Anker’s Best 65W USB-C Wall Charger Is On Sale For Just $39.09
Have you been looking for a powerful USB-C charger? Want to find one at a good price? Right now, the best USB-C wall charger I have tested for phones and laptops is on sale for just $39.09 with the Anker 735 charger. This charger is powerful enough to charge not only your phone but most…
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McDonald’s Comes To The Roku City
Recently Roku has been selling ads in its Roku City screen saver. Recently Paramount took it over as part of a deal to promote Paramount+. Now McDonald’s has partnered with Roku to bring Mcdonald’s to the Roku City screen saver. Here is what these ads look like: Paramount+ Roku City Neighborhood wasavailable from May 25th…
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Fubo Partners With The Seattle Mariners
Today Fubo announced a partnership with the Seattle Mariners to be the official partners of the Mariners MLB team. This follows a similar agreement with the Boston Red Sox, St Louis Cardinals, and Cleveland Garudians announced earlier this year. “Fubo is further connecting with baseball fans through direct partnerships with several MLB clubs, and we…
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DIRECTV May Owe You $464 After $16.85 Million Class Action Settlement
Did you get calls from DIRECTV spamming you even though you were on the do not call list? DIRECTV has agreed to pay $16.85 million as part of a class action settlement to people who received marketing calls from DIRECTV even though they were on the do not call list. It is reported the estimated…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Is In Talks to Sell Film & TV Music Publishing Assets For $500 Million
Warner Bros. Discovery may be trying to get its hands on cash for its company by selling rights to its music publishing assets. These assets are behind the music for many popular movies and TV shows. The catalog of music is believed to include Purple Rain, The Last Waltz, various Batman soundtracks, Sesame Street, Evita, Rent, Dick Tracy, Sweeney Todd, and more, it could…
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The Team Behind NextGen ATSC 3.0 OTA TV Explains Why DRM is Needed For Free OTA TV
Over the last month, there has been a lot of talk about DRM in free over-the-air TV with the new ATSC 3.0 standard. Several companies, including Comcast, have started to encrypt TV stations they own that are broadcasting on the NextGen TV standard. One of the features of ATSC 3.0 Nextgen TV is the ability…
