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The DOJ Approves Nexstar’s Purchase of Tribune-Owned ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals with Conditions
In December, Nexstar announced a deal to buy Tribune’s ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC stations for $6.4 billion. Today, the DOJ approved the sale of Tribune-owned locals to Nexstar as long as Nexstar sells one or more local stations in 13 markets. “Without the required divestitures, Nexstar’s merger with Tribune threatens significant competitive harm to…
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Sling TV is Giving Away Free DVR For Life to New Subscribers (If You Know How to Get It)
Been thinking about getting a Sling TV? Right now Sling TV is offering a $30 credit, 2 months of STARZ, and free DVR for life if you buy a Fire TV from Best Buy. The best part is the Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick 4K are once again at their Amazon Prime Day…
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Dish is Suing Multiple IPTV Providers as It Ramps Up its Fight on IPTV
Dish has a growing list of lawsuits targeting IPTV service and a ever increasing number of wins. This week Dish and NagraStar filled another lawsuit targeting multiple IPTV providers including TVStreamsNow and OneStepTV according to a report from TorrentFreak. Recently Dish won a lawsuit against SET TV an IPTV service that reportedly streamed content owned by…
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EXPIRED: Amazon’s Fire TV Prime Day Sale is Back! Don’t Miss Out On a $14.99 Fire TV Stick Or a 50″ 4K HDR TV For $249.99
Good news the Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick 4K are once again at their Amazon Prime Day pricing at Best Buy. Right now you can get the Fire TV Stick on sale for just $14.99 down from $39.99. Want the Fire TV Stick 4K? The Fire TV Stick 4K is on sale for…
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AT&T TV, AT&T TV Now, & AT&T Watch TV Are All Different Services
Last week, AT&T confirmed that they are launching AT&T TV as a live TV streaming service that seems to be targeting DIRECTV customers. AT&T also announced that DIRECTV Now will be rebranded to AT&T TV Now. This is in addition to the AT&T Watch TV service, which is a $15 a month (or free with…
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TCL’s New Roku TV 6-Series Will Reportedly Have Quantum Dot LED & an Upgraded Processor
This week BuyDig posted a new listing for a 2019 TCL 6-Series Roku TV. The model number and the specs are different from the 2018 TCL 6-Series. Some of the big things that stand out is the fact that this new TV will have an upgraded processor from a dual-core processor to a quad-core process.…
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How to Watch The 2019 NFL Hall of Fame Game on Roku, Fire TV, iOS, Android, & Apple TV
Tonight the 2019 NFL pre-season gets underway with the Hall of Fame Game between Atlanta and Denver. Starting at 8pm Eastern on August 1sth, 2019 you will find the game on NBC. The good news is as a cord cutter you have many options to stream the race on your Roku, Fire TV, Android, iOS,…
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New Doctor Who Seasons Will Stream Exclusively on HBO Max
Warner Media has landed a deal with BBC Studios to gain rights to 11 seasons of Doctor Who. Series 1-11 of Doctor Who will be available on HBO Max at launch in 2020, along with the streaming premiere of season 12, starring Jodie Whittaker. This means that HBO Max will be the exclusive streaming home…
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ACE Successfully Wins Its Lawsuit Over The IPTV Service Set TV Now
Last year, a long list of studios, including Netflix and Amazon, sued the IPTV service Set TV Now. The lawsuit claims Set TV Now committed “mass infringement” of the content owned by the studios. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Central California, and the list of plaintiffs includes Amazon, Netflix, Disney, 20th…
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EXPIRED: YouTube TV is Offering an Extended 2 Week Free Trial for a Limited Time
For a limited time, YouTube TV is offering new subscribers a 14 day free trial of their live TV streaming service. If you’ve been waiting to give YouTube TV a try, this is the time to do it. Here’s a quick reminder of what you’ll get with a YouTube TV subscription: 70+ live channels, including…
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Sling Adds New Channels and Improves New Subscriber Onboarding
Today, Sling TV announced that they have added several more channels, available with or without a Sling subscription on Roku devices. The new channels include Magnolia Selects, along with Magnolia Selects’ standalone genre-specific channels, listed below. Magnolia Selects ($5/month) DOX ($3/month) Warriors & Gangsters ($3/month) Monsters & Nightmares ($3/month) Stingray Qello ($8/month) Sling TV has also added Filmrise…
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Comcast Has Agreed to Refund Some Customers Fees Totaling $15.5 Million
If you were a Comcast customer between January 1st, 2005 and September 5th, 2018 and live in California, Washington, or West Virginia you may be eligible to get a refund or credit. In total Comcast will be paying out $15.5 million in refunds and credits to customers affected. To get this refund you have to…
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Nvidia Shield’s Update This Week Breaks Tablo Engine & HDHomeRun’s DVR
Do you use an Nvidia Shield and have Tablo Engine or HDHomeRun for your DVR you may want to skip this week’s Nvidia Shield update. Both Tablo and HBHomeRun are warning of issues with the update and their DVR software. Again this only seems to apply to people who use the Nvidia Shield as their…
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The National Association of Broadcasters Complains About Dish & AT&T’s Support of Locast
Yesterday ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC filed a lawsuit targeting Locast in an effort to shut it down. Now the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has, as you would likely have expected, come out in support of the lawsuit. One interesting note is that the NAB included complaints about how AT&T and Dish have supported…
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The FTC is Refunding $802,000 to Victims of Tech Support Scams
Tech support scams are very common and target everything from your computer to your streaming player. Now the FTC is refunding 12,140 victims of a group out of St. Louis that tricked customers into buying unnecessary technical support services. If you paid Global Access Technical Support, which also used the names Global sMind, Global S…
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