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Roku Plans to Use AI to Match Ads to What You Are Watching
Do you ever feel like the ads on Roku don’t seem to be very relevant to you? Roku now wants to use AI to help match ads to what you are watching. Here is how Roku describes this new AI-powered system to target ads on Roku players and Roku TVs. “Everything we do, from our…
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Bally Sports Drove Sinclair’s Revenues Down 40% in The First Quarter of 2023
Sinclair is continuing to struggle with the ownership of Diamond Sports, the parent company of Bally Sports. Today they reported their first quarter 2023 earnings that saw revenues down 40% from the year before. Sinclair reported revenue was down 40% to $773 million. This is down from $1,288 million in the same period of 2022.…
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ESPN Plans To Leave Cable TV & Stream Online as a Standalone Just Not Yet…
A dream of all sports fans for years has been to subscribe just to the sports networks they want. Now it seems, at least for ESPN, someday you will be able to do just that without the need for a massive cable TV bundle or live TV streaming service. Earlier this year, Disney had some…
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SpaceX’s Starlink Service Brings Back Unlimited Data Removing Data Caps
Recently SpaceX announced plans to have a 1TB data cap on its standard Starlink plans. Now as of today, SpaceX has quietly removed its 1TB data cap and now offers unlimited standard data on its home internet service. These changes were first spotted by Nathan Owens. Starlink also now lists its standard home internet service…
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DIRECTV is Presenting the Military Basketball Association’s 2023 Playoffs & Championship Game on Memorial Day Weekend
The Military Basketball Association is saluting Military Appreciation Month and Mental Health Awareness Month on DIRECTV!
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NASCAR Considers Streaming Platforms During Contract Renewal Negotiations
NASCAR executives set meetings with several digital media companies early this week to discuss branching out into the streaming realm.
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T-Mobile Alerts Customers to Second Data Breach of 2023
T-Mobile reveals the company’s second data breach since the start of 2023, although this one was on a significantly smaller scale.
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The Sale of Local ABC, CBS, FOX & NBC Stations Owned by Tegna May Be Dead
Tegna and Standard General requested the FCC reach a decision before May 17th, just shy of a week before the negotiations May 22nd deadline.
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Deal Alert! This USB-C Battery Pack is At Its Lowest Price Ever & Can Charge Three Devices At Once
Do you need a USB-C battery pack for your phone, tablet, earbuds, etc? Right now, INIU has its 10,000mAh battery pack on sale at its lowest price ever. So if you want a cheap battery pack right now, you can get the INIU Portable Charger for just $17.99, down from the typical price of $35.97.…
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Comcast Brings Back The NFL Network & NFL RedZone to Its Xfinity TV
Yesterday Comcast announced its Xfinity TV service will no longer be carrying the NFL Network. The network joined Xfinity’s available service in July of 2009, but recent negotiations have been taking place that came to an unfortunate standstill. “Our programming agreement with the NFL Network has expired. This means that NFL Network, NFL RedZone, and…
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The Free Conan O’Brien Channel is Launching on Samsung TV Plus
Today Samsung and Conan O’Brien announced a partnership that will bring his original show “CONAN” exclusively to Samsung TV Plus viewers starting in June 2023. With this deal the Conan O’Brien TV channel will launch exclusively on Samsung TV Plus, Samsung’s free ad-supported TV service that offers over 250 live channels in the U.S. and thousands…
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Deal Alert! Fire Kids Tablets Are Up to 53% Off Today! With Screen Protectors
Are you sick of your kids taking your tablet or phone? Right now, Amazon has their Fire Kids Tablets on sale for up to 53% off, and they come with a 2-pack of screen protectors to keep the tablet safe. Right now, you can get a 7″ 32GB Fire 7 Kids tablet for just $65.99,…
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Sling TV Resumes The Sale of AirTV Devices
For some time now, Sling TV subscribers have been unable to buy AirTV players. The problem started when DISH suffered a security breach that took down many of its websites, including the website for AirTV. Ever since that happened, it has not been possible to buy AirTVs from Sling TV. AirTV devices allow Sling TV…
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Cord Cutting Has Caused a Massive Writers Strike in Hollywood As Negotiations With Amazon, Disney+, Paramount+ & More Breakdown
After weeks of talks, last night, the Writers Guild of America’s deadline for a new deal to avoid a strike came and went. Now the WGA has voted to strike leading to the first major strike since of the WGA since 2007. At issue here is how writers are paid for content on streaming services…
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YouTube TV is Testing a New DVR Library User Interface & Makes Changes to Its Refer-a-Friend Program
Recently YouTube TV started to test a new way to view your DVR recordings. This new layout changes how the YouTube TV DVR library works. YouTube TV also quietly made changes to how much it pays subscribers who refer-a-friend to YouTube TV. Details are very thin, but the new DVR Library changes how DVR reports…
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