Author: Luke Bouma
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The Roku Stick 4K is On Sale For Just $39.99
Need a new Roku streaming player? Maybe want to upgrade your Roku to a 4K version? Right now, the Roku Streaming Stick 4K is on sale for just 39. This Roku gives you a huge catalog of streaming services plus 4K HDR with Dolby Vision picture quality. This is a great time to get that…
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Comcast & Spectrum Lost 892,000 Cable TV Customers & 137,000 Internet Customers in the First 3 Months of 2024
This week Comcast and Spectrum reported their first quarter 2024 earnings that showed how hard cord cutting is hitting cable TV. The two largest cable TV companies lost 892,000 TV customers and 137,000 Internet customers in the first three months of 2024. That works out to the two companies losing more than 9,800 TV customers…
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Roku Will Be Adding New Video Ads to Its Home Screen
Are you ready to see video ads on your Roku home screen? Recently video ads have become more popular on home screens. Amazon has put full screen video ads on their home screen. Now Roku will be following suit. During Roku’s first quarter 2024 earnings call, Roku’s CEO was asked about ad revenue and the…
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Paramount’s Board Will Reportedly Fire Its CEO on Monday
Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Paramount could have a new CEO as soon as its board is looking at removing Bob Bakish from his leadership role and replacing it with a committee of top executives to run the company on an interim basis. Now CNBC says that Pramount will announce the change in…
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The Old Roku Remote Pro is On Sale, But You Should Just Pay The Extra & Get the New 2nd Generation Roku Remote Pro
This month Roku officially announced the new Roku Pro Remote 2 that was first spotted in testing last fall. With the Roku Pro Remote 2, you will find multiple improvements over the previous Roku remote. Though if you are looking to save a little bit of money the Roku Remote Pro 1 is on sale…
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Local TV Station Want the FCC to Turn YouTube TV Into a Cable TV Company After Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals Demand It
One of the biggest fights right now for the future of cord cutting is local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC owners demand that streaming services like YouTube TV be turned into cable TV companies. At the core of this issue is whether streaming services should be considered “cable TV” by the FCC and, therefore, regulated…
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Spectrum Cable TV Customers Could Lose CBS, Nickelodeon, and Other Paramount Channels Next Week
If you are a Spectrum TV customer, you may be missing some channels next week. These channels include some local CBS channels, Nickelodeon, and other Paramount-owned TV networks. (Note: This will be limited to CBS locals owned by Paramount.) This comes as Paramount and Charter Spectrum Cable TV’s parent company have until April 30to reach…
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To Cut Costs, Sinclair Is Now Producing Local News Remotely in Some Smaller Markets
Local news has been hit hard by a weak ad market driving down revenues. To cut costs, Sinclair has started to remotely produce some news programs. This week, Ashley Paredez announced that she is now the evening anchor for FOX San Antonio, Texas, and ABC 45 News in Greensboro, North Carolina. In a statement on…
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Amazon Will Reportedly Be the New Home to NBA Games
Last year, Amazon streamed the NFL’s first-ever Black Friday game. Now, according to a report from The Athletic, Amazon will be the new home to many NBA games as the two sides have reportedly agreed on a framework of a deal that would make Amazon the new home for the NBA. The NBA currently taking…
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Paramount’s Board is Reportedly Considering Firing Its CEO
Today, The Wall Street Journal reported that Paramount could have a new CEO as soon as its board is looking at removing Bob Bakish from his leadership role and replacing it with a committee of top executives to run the company on an interim basis. The Wall Street Journal does say that the board is…