Author: Jess Barnes
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Pluto TV Expects to Reach 30 Million Users This Year
Since being acquired by ViacomCBS, free streaming service Pluto TV has been building its channel lineup and growing its number of active users. In a Q1 earnings call in May, ViacomCBS said Pluto TV had grown to 24 million active users, up 55% year over year. “ViacomCBS delivered solid results in our first full quarter,…
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Dish Will Complete Purchase of T-Mobile’s Boost on July 1
Dish Network says it will close on its purchase of Boost by T-Mobile on July 1. Dish has been sharing plans for offering a “disruptive” wireless option since 2019 when we reported that both Dish and Amazon were both bidding on Boost Mobile. In July 2019, it was reported that Dish and T-Mobile had made…
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CBS All Access ‘Super Service’ Will Launch in 2021
In a virtual conference Tuesday, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish elaborated on plans for the revamped version of CBS All Access, which Bakish called “a super service.” The updates to CBS All Access was discussed during the ViacomCBS earnings call in May, expanding on comments made earlier in the year about a “new” service. At the…
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Pluto TV is Having a Star Trek Marathon
Good news, Star Trek fans! We’re back with another way to watch Star Trek content for free. Today, free streaming service Pluto TV is having a Star Trek United marathon. Tune in on the Pluto TV Sci-Fi channel on 661. After today’s marathon, the Star Trek content will continue with a full week of episodes…
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8 Star Trek Movies Are Coming to IMDb TV
Star Trek fans now have a new way to stream eight films from the franchise for free. IMDb TV announced that it will be the exclusive free streaming home for 8 Star Trek films starting today. The first three of the eight films have been added to Amazon’s free, ad-supported streaming platform today – Star Trek Beyond,…
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Hulu Announces New Original Series ‘Dopesick’ Starring Michael Keaton
Hulu announced today a new series, Dopesick, from Emmy Award-winning writer Danny Strong (Empire) and starring and executive produced by Academy Award nominee Michael Keaton. “The minute we met with Danny Strong about Beth Macy’s bestselling book, we immediately knew it was the kind of groundbreaking series we just had to bring to Hulu. Danny’s…
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T-Mobile’s Wireless Outage Will Be Investigated by FCC
On Monday, thousands of wireless customers across the country reported disruptions in service. Down Detector confirmed the outage with over 93,000 reports from T-Mobile customers. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai commented on the outage on Twitter Monday night, saying “The T-Mobile network outage is unacceptable. The @FCC is launching an investigation. We’re demanding answers—and so are…
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NextGen TV is Live in Pittsburgh
Three Pittsburgh stations have joined the list of markets that have launched NextGen TV. WPGH (Fox), WTAE (ABC) and WPNT (MyNet) stations are now broadcasting ATSC 3.0. The Pittsburgh stations join a short list of markets that have launched NextGen TV, including Las Vegas, Phoenix, Dallas, Boise, Idaho, and Santa Barbara. Kent Crawford, General Manager…
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Haystack TV Rebrands as Haystack News
Haystack TV, the ad-supported streaming provider for local, national, and global news, announced today that it has rebranded to Haystack News. Haystack News shares content from over 300 US broadcast stations and is the only AVOD news service with local news service that covers over 90% of local US markets. The service is available on…
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Google Wifi Update Improves Slow Internet Connections
Google is rolling out a software update that will make Google Wifi and Nest Wifi work more smoothly by improving overall network performance for slow internet connections. Those with Google or Nest Wifi should see fewer disruptions in service as the update is rolled out. In a blog post Tuesday, Google outlined some specific changes…