Author: Jess Barnes
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NBA Suspended Season Will Cost Disney $306 Million, AT&T $168 Million
This week, the NBA made the decision to suspend the rest of this season after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. While this is an obvious letdown to those working in the League and to fans, media companies will also be taking a hit. Michael Nathanson, of analyst firm MoffettNathanson, estimates…
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How to Watch the CNN Global Town Hall for Coronavirus Tonight
Tonight, Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta will host a two hour special CNN Global Town Hall – Coronavirus: Fact and Fears with Facebook and Instagram, focusing on the Coronavirus. The event will begin tonight at 10pm ET/12am PT on CNN, CNN International, CNN.com, and Facebook. You can watch CNN live on Sling TV, Hulu, AT&T…
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Roku’s Surround Sound is User Friendly and Creates a Home Theater Experience
At the end of January, Roku announced an OS software update that would enable surround sound expansion of its Roku soundbars, allowing customers to use Roku TV Wireless Speakers to create a more immersive TV and movie watching experience at home. “We want customers to be able to expand their system over time without having…
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Vudu Adds Lists Feature for Favorite Movies and Shows
Today, Vudu announced a new Lists feature that will allow users to create “ultra customized lists” in order to better organize their favorite movies and TV shows however they want. The new feature gives customers more control by allowing them to organize movies and TV shows however they want, curating their own library of content. For example,…
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Another Competitor Joins the Bidding War for Your Local Channels
Many cord cutters have found that they can drop expensive cable packages and still enjoy many of their local channels with an antenna. Antenna sales are on the rise with many choosing this free alternative for watching local TV. Media companies are taking note of the popularity of OTA TV and are willing to make…
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AT&T is Getting Closer to Selling Regional Sports Networks
At an investors conference this week, AT&T CFO John Stephens commented on the company’s regional sports networks, suggesting that there could be interested buyers and that an auction for the networks could be nearing an end. We reported on AT&T looking into selling its regional sports networks last year, in an attempt for the company…
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Netflix, Hulu, Amazon & More are Thriving After Awards Season
It’s been a battle for streaming services to find their place in major awards shows. In April 2019, the Oscars voted to allow Netflix and others to qualify for awards, after some debate within the industry. Since then, streaming services have brought home nominations and awards at the Emmys, Oscars, and even Grammys.For this year’s…
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Hulu Subscribers Can Watch Day 1 of the Big Ten & Big East Games Live for Free
Today, Hulu announced that the streaming platform is working with FS1 and BTN to broadcast Day 1 of the Big Ten and Big East conference tournaments live on Hulu. It will be available to Hulu and Disney bundle subscribers for free. Viewers will be able to find the live stream of the games on Hulu…
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Yahoo and Verizon are Launching Yahoo Mobile Phone Service
Yahoo could now be the brand behind your mobile phone service. CNN reported this morning that a Yahoo Mobile service is on the way to launching under Verizon. Yahoo was sold to Verizon in 2017 in a $5 billion deal. Yahoo Mobile uses Verizon 4G LTE network and includes unlimited talk, text, and data. Customers…
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The Average Cable Bill Costs More Than All Other Utility Bills Combined
Cable prices are rising each year and more increases are on the way. A new report shows just how much those high cable costs are impacting household budgets. What the research shows is that the average cable bill is more expensive that all other household utility bills combined. The report from Decision Data shows that,…