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Fubo Expands Sports Content with Pay-Per-View Events
Fubo officially announced today that it will expand its live sports options by adding pay-per-view events. Beginning this month, Fubo will offer viewers, including those without a Fubo subscription, access to pay-per-view soccer and boxing events. “Pay-Per-View enhances Fubo’s robust live sports offering by giving fans access to premium events when they are available,” said…
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Advertisers Need to Diversify to Get Streamers’ Attention, Study Shows
One of the benefits of streaming over cable is not being locked into contracts. Streamers can pause or cancel services, add a new service to their lineup to watch a new show, and rotate in free streaming services any time. All that change means that advertisers need to adjust if they want to reach their…
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Sony & CBS Feud Continues: Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy Will Get Next-Day Streaming on Peacock and Hulu
Sony and CBS have been in a legal battle over the distribution rights to “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” since early this year. The argument is based on contracts that go back decades. Sony has claimed that CBS has been making unauthorized licensing deals and sued for rights. CBS countersued. Sony was given permission by…
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Fubo and DAZN Sign a Multi-Year Partnership
Fubo and DAZN announced today a multi-year integrated partnership that will have both streaming companies distributing their content on each other’s platforms. Fubo will now be home to DAZN’s exclusive boxing and MMA events on a new channel, DAZN1. Fubo subscribers will be able to purchase DAZN1 as a standalone subscription or as an add-on…
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T-Mobile Will Launch Fiber Internet on June 5
T-Mobile announced today that it will launch T-Mobile Fiber on June 5. The expansion comes after T-Mobile’s acquisition of fiber provider Lumos. The new standard plans will be available to new and existing T-Mobile Fiber customers starting Thursday, June 5 and will come with a 5-year price guarantee. “With the official launch of T-Mobile Fiber,…
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Disney is Laying Off Hundreds of Employees
Disney is laying off several hundred employees globally today, sources say. The layoffs will impact those on teams that handle “marketing for both film and television as well as television publicity, casting and development,” according to a report from Deadline. Reports also say that the corporate financial department will be impacted. While no full teams…
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Apple is Changing the Names of Its Operating Systems
Earlier this week, it was reported that in addition to a software redesign for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, Apple TVs and Apple Watches will also be getting an update. While details are thin leading up to Apple’s WWDC event on June 9, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that the update will create consistency across Apple devices and…
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DIRECTV Celebrates Its 31st Anniversary With Perks for Customers
June 17 is the 31st anniversary of DIRECTV and the company is celebrating with its DIRECTV Perks initiative throughout the month of June. What are DIRECTV Perks? DIRECTV customers who have a DIRECTV Signature package can sign up for the Perks program, a customer loyalty program, for free. Members can then earn tokens by engaging…
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Pluto is Showing Free In-Person Movies, Kicking Off the Tony Awards, and More in June
Summer is here and Pluto TV is kicking things off with in-person movies, celebrating moth-long events, and getting in on award show action. Here are some of the upcoming events, all for free on Pluto TV. Summer of Cinema Pluto TV is adding a new slate of movies to its free streaming lineup with the…
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Last Chance: Get a Year of Peacock Premium for Just $24.99
Right now, you can get a full year of sports, movies, series, originals, and more on Peacock for just $24.99 per year with a new promo code. The code only applies to the annual Premium plan (normally $79.99 per year). How to Get the Deal This is a limited-time offer. Sign up by May 30th…