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Disney Chose the Worst Time For a Disney+ Price Hike
It was a bad news day all around for Disney on Wednesday. The media giant posted fiscal second-quarter results that, while overall decent, saw continued losses for its direct-to-consumer (aka, streaming) business. The streaming services, which include Disney+, Hulu and ESPN, posted an operating loss of more than half a billion dollars. The results came…
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How to Watch the PGA Tour: 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship Without Cable TV
The 2023 FedEx Cup Playoffs have arrived with the PGA Tour’s top 70 golfers competing at the TPC Southwind golf club in Memphis for the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship. Players will be competing for the $3.6 million winner’s share of the $20 million purse. After this week’s four-day tournament, the top 50 players will…
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Disney Will Start Cracking Down on Password Sharing Next Year
You might want to get your password-sharing arrangements for Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu settled soon. Disney CEO Bob Iger said on its fiscal third-quarter earnings conference call on Wednesday that the company will start cracking down on password sharing starting in 2024. The company already has the technical capability to do so, much of the…
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Older Verizon Unlimited Data Plans Get a Price Hike
Changes are coming to some of Verizon’s legacy plans, and no, it’s not a nifty new perk. Verizon is adding a $3 rate adjustment to select older Unlimited and Basic postpaid plans starting August 29. Verizon confirmed its Go Unlimited 2.0, Beyond Unlimited 2.0, Above Unlimited, and 5G Start will cost an extra $3 per…
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Hulu With Live TV Joins YouTube TV In Price Hike
Disney’s Hulu With Live TV is going to get more expensive soon. Starting October 12, Hulu with Live TV will cost $7 more a month. For the service with ads, that means $76.99 a month. The no-ad version will cost $89.99 a month. The price hikes comes after Disney posted fiscal third-quarter results which saw…
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Disney Jacks Up Prices For Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu and Hulu with Live TV
It’s going to be more expensive if you want your Disney streaming services without commercials. Disney on Wednesday unveiled new pricing that makes the commercial-free versions of its Disney+ and Hulu service more expensive. They take effect on October 12. Disney+ Premium will cost $13.99 a month, up from $10.99. Hulu without ads will cost…
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Hulu Lost 100, 000 Live TV Subscribers
Disney’s Hulu is continuing its retreat. The media giant said on Wednesday that Hulu lost 100,000 live TV subscribers to a total of 4.3 million. The total number of streaming video on demand customers rose by 300,000 to 44 million. It’s the second quarter in a row in which Hulu lost that amount of subscribers.…
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Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ Lost More Than Half a Billion Dollars in the Third Quarter
Disney’s streaming ambitions hit a wall as consumers start to get more discerning about what content they want to spend their money on. The company’s direct-to-consumer business posted an operating loss of $512 million, an improvement over the $1.06 billion it lost a year ago, in the fiscal third quarter. The results illustrate how Disney,…
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Plex Adds 2 New Free Live TV Channels
Recently the live TV streaming service Plex reached a deal to expand its content lineup with the addition of two new free live channels. This comes as Plex last week added 27 new channels including channels from Scripps, Bein Sports, and more. Plex offers more than 50,000 on-demand titles and hundreds of live channels. Now…
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Everything You Need to Know About the NFL’s $6 Billion Sunday Ticket Class-Action Lawsuit
In September, the NFL is set to hand over its prized Sunday Ticket package of weekly football games to Google’s subscription YouTube service, a monumental change that signifies how far cord cutting and streaming video have come. But in the background of such a significant change is a lawsuit that has been following the NFL…
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Here Are the Top Watched Streaming Shows and Movies in the First Half
The first half saw a number of buzzy shows, from Disney Plus’s The Mandalorian to Netflix’s Beef and Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring Fubar. Netflix took eight of the top 10 spots, but the crown went to Max’s The Last of US. The rundown of top streaming shows comes from a State of Viewership report from television technology…
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Google Home Software Update Teases a New Nest Wi-Fi Router May Be Coming
Google may have unintentionally teased a new Nest Wi-Fi router in an update to its Home app. The latest software update to Google Home – version 3.4 – hints at a new Nest Wi-Fi model GS4VD codenamed Breeza or BRZA, according to 9 to 5 Google. Since Google lists other models in the Home App,…
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ESPN Agrees to Let Bars & Restaurants Air More ESPN+ Content Through DIRECTV
ESPN and Joe Hand Promotions announced a deal that will let bars and restaurants stream ESPN+ college sports games this fall through DirecTV. The agreement comes as bars face a growing problem that many of the biggest sporting events are moving to streaming. Until recently, this meant they couldn’t legally air these games. ESPN is…
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Fox News & Fox Sports Ditching Cable TV For Streaming? Fox Says Not So Fast
Recently news broke that Disney was working on making a streaming version of ESPN that wouldn’t need a cable bundle. When this new project, Flagship, launches, you will be able to subscribe to ESPN directly, as many have wished for. Now Fox says they have no plans, for now, to follow ESPNs plans and launch…
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The Best Cord Cutting Deals For August 9th, 2023, With Deals on Fire TV, USB-C Chargers, Google Nest Routers, & More
Are you looking for some good cord cutting deals? Right now, you can find deals on Fire TVs, USB-C Chargers, Routers, and more. Here are our picks for the best cord cutting deals for August 9th, 2023: Rokus Right now, Roku has a Father’s Day sale on the HD Roku Express for Just $24.99, a…
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