Author: Luke Bouma
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Deal Alert: HP’s Powerful 15.6″ Laptop Drops To Just $298.97 With Free Microsoft 365
HP has slashed the price of its popular 15.6-inch laptop, making high-performance computing more accessible during the holiday shopping season. The laptop, is bundled with Microsoft 365 and offering a total of 1.1TB in storage options, is now available for just $298.97, a significant drop from its original retail price of $399.99. This discount represents…
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39 Years Ago Today: Oliver Stone’s ‘Platoon’ Hits Theaters
On this day in 1986, moviegoers across America were thrust into the brutal heart of the Vietnam War with the release of Oliver Stone’s searing drama Platoon. Directed by Stone himself, the film starred a young Charlie Sheen as idealistic recruit Chris Taylor, alongside Tom Berenger as the ruthless Staff Sergeant Barnes and Willem Dafoe…
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YouTube TV’s New Cheaper Sports Package Is Adding More Channels
YouTube TV has revealed new details about its forthcoming budget-friendly sports package, designed to lure cost-conscious fans without sacrificing access to premium content. The announcement, highlighted in a recent Golfweek report, positions the service as a direct challenger to established players in the crowded streaming arena. At a time when cord-cutters and traditional cable subscribers…
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The End of NFL Sunday Ticket, Disney+ Struggles, & DIRECTV Selling To DISH – Grading Our Old Cord Cutting Predictions
As 2025 draws to a close, the streaming and media landscape has evolved dramatically since the bold forecasts made for 2019. Back then, analysts peered into a future dominated by cord-cutting, streaming wars, and technological shifts. Six years later, with hindsight as our guide, it’s fascinating to revisit those predictions and assess their accuracy. Some…
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Comcast Buying Roku in 2026… One Industry Executive Thinks It Will Happen
In a look forward at 2026 shared with CNBC, an executive deeply embedded in the media and technology sector has outlined a scenario where Comcast might pursue an acquisition of Roku as early as 2026. This prediction comes on the heels of Comcast’s unsuccessful bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery earlier in the year, highlighting…
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Sony Buys Control Of The Peanuts Franchises For $457 Million
Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Sony Pictures Entertainment have agreed to acquire WildBrain’s 41% stake in Peanuts Holdings LLC for CAN$630 million, equivalent to approximately $457 million USD. The transaction will elevate Sony’s ownership to 80% upon completion, building on its existing 39% stake acquired in 2018 according to Deadline. The Schulz family, descendants of…
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TikTok Has Been Sold To American Owners After Trump Brokered a Deal
TikTok has taken a major step toward resolving years of uncertainty over its operations in the United States by signing binding agreements to transfer control of its American assets to a new joint venture dominated by non-Chinese investors, according to Axios. The development, announced internally by the company’s leadership, marks significant progress in complying with…
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YouTube Permanently Removes Two Major Channels for AI-Generated Fake Movie Trailers After Disney Complaint
YouTube has taken decisive action by permanently terminating two channels accused of using artificial intelligence to produce deceptive movie trailers, according to revelations from Deadline. The platform, under Google’s ownership, has removed Screen Culture and KH Studio, which had collectively built an audience exceeding 2 million subscribers and accumulated over a billion views through their…
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61 Years Ago Today: The Original Star Trek Pilot Finished Filming
Today marks a significant anniversary in the annals of television history, as December 18, 2025, commemorates 61 years since the completion of filming for the groundbreaking pilot episode of what would become one of the most influential science fiction series ever produced. On that day in 1964, production wrapped on “The Cage,” the initial pilot…
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Roku is Adding More Free News From CNN On Roku TVs & Roku Players
The Roku Channel has officially added CNN Headlines as a new free ad-supported channel. This addition, announced earlier this week, marks another step in Roku’s strategy to bolster its vast library of free, on-demand programming with high-quality news offerings from established media giants. The CNN Headlines channel focuses on delivering concise breakdowns of the most…