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Cord Cutting Today: Verizon’s 5G Home Internet Gets Even Better For Cord Cutting & More
Today in Cord Cutting Today for June 26, 2024 we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting including: Is Verizon 5G Home Internet The Best For Cord Cutting? You can find links to each story we talk about below this video. YouTube TV Can Now Be Bundled…
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You Can Turn Your Fire TV Into a Game System WIth a Luna Controller On Sale For Just $39.99
Do you want to play video games on your Fire TV? Right now, Amazon has its Luna game controller and a free month of its gaming service Luna+(new subscribers only) on sale for $39.99. This controller lets you stream a large collection of video games from classics like Myst and new even new games. Not…
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Disney Must Face a Lawsuit Over Potential Price Fixes of Live TV Sports from ESPN
In November 2022, a group of nine plaintiffs sued Disney over claims that they have artificially driven up the costs of services like YouTube TV and DIRECTV STREAM. The argument is that Disney’s ownership of ESPN has been used to drive up the price of streaming services. The complaint is that Disney if you want…
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Paramount Is Considering Selling Some of Its TV Stations & BET
Paramount recently walked away from possible deals to be purchased by or merged with other companies. Now Paramount’s co-CEOs have announced it has hired bankers to sell assets as it looks for a path forward. The company stopped short of officially announcing what assets are up for sale but now, thanks to some other reports,…
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YouTube TV Adds 3 New Channels & Adds a New Feature
Late yesterday YouTube TV quietly added two new channels from AMC. These two channels include AMC Thrillers and Portlandia IFC. Both of these channels are free ad-supported channels and are one more example of TV services bundling these free channels into their paid services. These channels include older AMC-owned content now available through YouTube TV.…
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Redbox Reportedly Fails to Pay Employees & Stops Health Insurance
Last week, Chicken Soup For The Soul, the parent company behind Redbox, Crackel, and the streaming service by the same name, announced that the entire board of directors and board of managers of each subsidiary of the Company other than William J. Rouhana, Jr., have been fired. This comes as a holder of more than…
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You Can Upgrade Your Old Roku TV or Roku Player With The New Roku Pro Remote
Back in April Roku officially announced the new Roku Pro Remote 2 that was first spotted in testing last fall. This new remote will make it easy for you to upgrade your old Roku TV or Roku Player with a new powerful remote with new features. This new remote will include motion-activated backlit buttons, so…
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Sling TV Freestream Adds 7 New Free Channels This Week
Sling TV’s free, ad-supported streaming service Freestream added another six new live free channels this week to its growing lineup of free channels. This week Sling TV is launching multiple free channels to its service to end June 2024. Since launching the service, DISH has been ramping up the number of channels on Freestream, which…
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YouTube Could Finally Be Getting a Long Wished for Feature
YouTube has thousands if not millions of videos to help people fall asleep, learn, or study. Videos of 8-plus hours of white noise, river sounds, etc. There are also many long podcasts that people enjoy listening to. Many people love to use YouTube to fall asleep, but it doesn’t have a sleep timer. This makes…
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Peacock Will Use AI-Powered Announcers Using The Voice of Al Michaels For The Olympics
Today, NBC Sports announced it will use an AI announcer to power its daily Olympic Recap on Peacock using the voice of Al Michaels. This customer created recap of the Olympics on Peacock will provide fans with highlights of the Olympics with only the sports people care about. “Peacock continues to introduce unique customer-first features…