Author: Luke Bouma
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Samsung TV Plus is Adding a Ton Of New Free Channels
Today Samsung and Telemundo announced a new partnership to bring local Spanish-language news to Samsung TV Plus. There will also be a ton of other content added including: The first of these two stations will go live today with “Noticias Telemundo California” and “Noticias Telemundo Florida.” Other stations will go live in April. “We’re proud…
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Amazon Announces a New Cheaper Fire TV Smart TV
Today Amazon announced that their line of Fire TV players has sold over 200 million devices worldwide. Amazon also announced a new cheaper line of Fire TV smart TVs called the 2-Series and smaller versions of the QLED series TVs. Amazon also announced that the popular Fire TV Omni QLED Series—with the Fire TV Ambient…
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DIRECTV Readds Newsmax to DIRECTV STREAM
After almost two months of fighting today, DIRECTV and Newsmax announced a new deal. With this deal, Newsmax is being added back to DIRECTV and DIRECTV STREAM. Newsmax will return to DIRECTV tomorrow, March 23rd, 2023. “Newsmax recognizes and appreciates that DIRECTV clearly supports diverse voices, including conservative ones,” said Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax.…
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Roku is Turning 14 Years Old & The Future Looks Bright
It is hard to believe that the first Roku Player was announced 14 years ago this year. Originally Roku was just a device to stream Netflix Roku players have come a long way, and now 1 in 3 smart TVs sold in the United States run the Roku OS. Roku, as a company, predates the…
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Walmart Expects 2023 to Be a Tough Year
2023 is getting off to a tough start as a growing number of companies lay off employees as they expect 2023 to be a tough year. Now Walmart is also cutting its predicted growth for 2023. Recently when Walmart announced its recent earnings report Walmart gave an update on its expected growth for 2023. Walmart…
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Cord Cutting is Still Going Strong But When Will Cable TV Die?
In 2012 I cut the cord on cable TV and in my case, satellite TV. I mailed back my boxes to DIRECTV and plugged in my Roku 2 we got for Christmas to officially become a cord cutter. At that time, the average American household spent $123 a month on cable TV. Today, that number…
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Hulu Could See “Significant” Layoffs As Early As Next Week
Early today, we learned that ESPN was expecting major staff layoffs in the coming months. Now Deadline is reporting that Hulu could see major staff cuts as part of Disney’s efforts to cut staffing company wide by 7,000 employees. Hulu is not alone in the job cuts as Disney is reportedly planning to make cuts…
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DISH Get a Huge Win In Court & Won’t Have to Pay $469 Million in Damages
A few weeks a jury in U.S. Federal Court in Utah has decided that DISH must pay $469 million over its commercial-skipping technology that infringed on two different patents. Now a judge has ruled in DISH’s favor overturning the jury ruling and saying DISH did not infringe on ClearPlay’s patents. In a statement sent to…
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EXPIRED: Deal Alert! Anker’s 100W USB-C Charger is At Its Lowest Price Ever! Perfect For iPhones, MacBooks, Pixels, & More
Have you been looking for a charger that can charge your phone, laptop, and tablet all at once? Anker’s 100W three port charger with two USB-C and USB chargers is on sale today at its lowest price ever. Right now, you can get Anker’s 100W USB-C charger for just $52.49 if you clip the 25%…
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Amazon & Apple Are Finalists For the Pac-12 Football TV Rights
Are you a fan of Pac-12 sports? We are expecting a new media rights deal any day now, and now it is being reported that Amazon and Apple are two of the three remaining finalists. According to a report from Forbes, Amazon, Apple, and ESPN are the three finalists to get rights to Pac-12 Football…