Author: Kayla Wassell
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People Are Turning Their TVs Into Radios
Radio is seeing another heyday as more people turn to their televisions to tune in. Households can use their smart TVs to access their favorite streaming audio service to listen to music, catch the latest news, and listen to local radio stations. It turns out people aren’t just watching shows and movies on their TVs.…
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MeTV OTA TV Will Air Classic Shows For Free in Back To School Special Tomorrow
Classic television network MeTV is getting students back into study mode with an all-day marathon of school-themed classic TV episodes on August 27. ‘Back to School with Me’ offers a variety of fan favorite shows, including The Andy Griffith Show, The Brady Bunch, Leave It to Beaver, Saved By The Bell, The Flintstones, The Jetsons,…
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LG Has a $1,000 Suitcase TV For Anyone Who Can’t Be Apart From A Big Screen
LG Electronics is known for introducing experimental products (see the Wing smartphone), and its latest “TV” entry straddles that fine line between bizarre and brilliant. LG unveiled StanbyME Go, a portable 27-inch touchscreen TV in a suitcase that lets customers travel with their big screen. It’s for anyone who thinks a smartphone or tablet screen…
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Makes the Leap From Paramount+ to CBS
In celebration of Star Trek Day, CBS will air the first two episodes of the Paramount+ original series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Strange New Worlds is the sci-fi franchise’s latest chapter, a spinoff from Star Trek: Discovery. The show is a prequel to the original series, showing Captain Pike and the crew of the…
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Amazon and Warner Bros. Discovery Start Bidding War for NASCAR Summer Races
NASCAR is trying to boost its revenue by offering the rights to special summer package of races to streaming services, and have garnered bids from . Amazon, Warners Bros. Discovery and an anonymous third broadcaster, according to Bloomberg. The NASCAR summer package will offer six to eight races. NASCAR is dividing its media rights to…
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Fox Soul Set to Stream College Games For Free This Fall
Fox Soul and PRN Communications finalized an agreement to bring games played by Historically Black Colleges and Universities to streaming for free this fall. Fox Soul is a free live ad-supported streaming service promoting programs covering topics impacting the daily lives of the Black community locally and nationally. The platform launched in 2020. Its new…
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CNN May Have Found Its Next CEO
CNN is searching for a new CEO and chairman after Chris Licht left in June amid reports of his challenges with the gig. Since then, the list of potential candidates has grown, with Mark Thompson, former chief of the New York Times and BBC, emerging as a lead candidate, according to Semafor. While Warner Bros.…
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Why Broadcast TV Stations and Daytime Programming “Are In Big Trouble”
The shift towards creating content specifically for streaming services and away from syndicated content are leaving local stations scrambling to fill their daytime lineups. The result: You may see a lot more reruns and filler content if you tune in to a local station in the afternoon. Syndication, content licensed to air on multiple stations,…
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The CW is Getting a New OTA Home Station in Pittsburgh
The CW will have a new home in Pittsburgh starting next month. The network will change from WPCW-TV’s Channel 19 to its new affiliate station, WPNT-TV Channel 22.1, according to TribLive. The change has yet to be officially announced, but a statement is tentatively expected to be released by next week. WPNT-TV Channel 22.1 declined…
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The 1987 Classic ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Cartoon is Coming to Paramount+
Paramount+ is adding the first two seasons of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to its platform. After being stuck in streaming limbo for years, the “Heroes in a Half Shell” can now be found in a number of different places. Earlier this month, the show went live on Pluto TV and YouTube, and will…