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Bally Sports Plus Hit With Another Outage
Bally Sports Plus, a streaming service from the regional sports network, is experiencing outages tonight after dealing with similar issues on Monday The company’s Twitter customer service account, @BallySportsHelp, confirmed the streaming outage in what has become a recurring theme. On Monday night, the company confirmed of similar problems, causing fans to miss critical games…
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Sling TV Freestream Adds 10 New Free Channels This Week
Sling TV has been steadily adding more channels to its free ad-supported streaming service, Sling TV Freestream. This week, Sling TV added ten new channels to its Freestream lineup, including one featuring the hit kids’ show Bob the Builder. This comes on top of the nine new channels added to Sling TV Freestream last week.…
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Netflix Will Reward Binge Watchers on the Ad-Tier With Fewer Commercials
Netflix on Wednesday said that it plans to roll out a new “binge ad” format that rewards subscribers on the ad-tier with fewer ads if they watch more episodes. The streaming giant plans to introduce this feature in the first quarter of 2024. Subscribers who watch three consecutive ad-filled episodes will get a fourth episode…
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Since Leaving AT&T SportsNet RSN, NHL Golden Knights TV Ratings Have More Than Doubled on Free Broadcast TV
Earlier this year, the NHL Vegas Golden Knights left AT&T SportsNet for a deal with Scripps to air the games on free broadcast TV. Now, Scripps has reported that viewership has more than doubled during the first five games compared to the same period last yefar. The Golden Knights are averaging an 8.5 household rating…
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Disney Confirms it Will Buy Out Comcast’s Stake in Hulu By December 1
Walt Disney on Wednesday said it would acquire Comcast’s 33% stake in Hulu, confirming that it would take full control of the streaming service. The deal would move Hulu completely under Disney, allowing it to better integrate the service with Disney+ and ESPN+. Hulu is already part of various bundles with the services, but Disney…
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Amazon Will Now Tell You if a Product is Something Buyers Typically Keep or Something They Often Return
Back in March, Amazon began displaying a warning message about frequently returned items as it looked to warn consumers and head off exchanges. Now, the retail giant is adding a badge that tells you if an item is something people typically keep helping you decide if this something you want to keep or something you…
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Amazon Freevee is Adding Five Live Channels and a Ton of On-Demand Content in November 2023
Amazon’s free streaming service Freevee first launched as IMDb Freedrive back in 2019. Now, it has become one of the largest sources for free movies and TV shows since it was renamed to Freevee in early 2022. The company is adding a number of new channels and on-demand content this month. Amazon offers over 400…
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Roku Boasts 75.8 Million Active Accounts As Streaming Hours Hit 26.7 Billion
Roku on Wednesday reported continued growth in active users in the third quarter, but saw its loss widen from a year ago. The smart TV platform company said it had 75.8 million active accounts in the period, up 2.3 million from the second quarter. Streaming hours totaled 26.7 billion, up 4.9 billion, or 5%, over…
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David Tennant and Catherine Tates Return to Doctor Who for 60th Anniversary and Disney+ Streaming Debut
David Tennant and Catherine Tate rejoin the cast of Doctor Who for three 60th anniversary specials as the series finds its new home on Disney+. The specials will have a near-global debut on Disney+, airing on the BBC only in the U.K. and Ireland. The Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Temple-Noble (Catherine Tate) reunite…
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Comcast and Disney Start the Process to Complete the Hulu Sale
Disney and Comcast have spent the last few months going back and forth over Hulu. The two companies have finally kicked off the process to complete the sale of Comcast’s remaining stake in Hulu to Disney, giving the media giant full control of the streaming service. CNBC’s David Faber reported that the two trigger their…
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Netflix Says it Has 15 Million Users On its Ad-Tier
Netflix on Wednesday said that its ad-based tier has reached 15 million monthly active users around the world. The company, which launched the service a year ago, has aggressively pushed the ad tier as an option to consumers. When the company last month announced an increase to the price of its premium plan, it kept…
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Cox Told to Clarify its ‘Powered by Fiber’ Claim to Tout Internet Service
Cox Communications’s claim that its internet service is “powered by fiber” is overly broad and needs to be modified, according to the National Advertising Division. Cox offers two services, Cox Fiber and Cox Internet. While the former service runs on fiber optics directly into the home, the latter still uses coaxial cables in the “last…
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FCC Wants to Raise the Bar on Minimum Broadband Speeds
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday said it was looking into re-evaluating the definition of broadband by raising the minimum speeds required to be called “high-speed internet.” The FCC is considering raising the national benchmark to 100 Mbps for download speeds and 20 Mbps for upload. That’s a significant increase to the current standard of…
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YouTube & YouTube TV Cut the Price of NFL Sunday Ticket Plus Get 2 Months of Max Free
Today, YouTube and YouTube TV cut the price of NFL Sunday Ticket as the season is about half over. Also if you subscribe through YouTube TV you can get 2 months of MAX for free. Now, NFL Sunday Ticket starts at $174 for the rest of the 2023 season or just $43.50 from YouTube TV.…
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Catchy Comedy Network Remembers Night Court’s Richard Moll With Tribute Marathon
The Catchy Comedy Network pays tribute to the late actor Richard Moll in a special Catchy Binge featuring his most memorable moments as bailiff Aristotle Nostradamus “Bull” Shannon on the original Night Court. Richard Moll passed away on October 26 at 80 years old. Night Court Catchy Binge will air 88 back-to-back episodes starting Saturday,…
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