Author: Roger Cheng
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Sinclair Confirms Sale of Free Live Streaming Site STIRR to Startup
Broadcasting giant Sinclair on Wednesday officially closed the sale of its free, ad-supported streaming site STIRR, which Cord Cutters News first broke earlier this week. Startup Thinking Media acquired the streaming service. The company bills itself as a “pioneer in cloud solutions for streaming services,” with a focus on working with ad-supported content. It appears…
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Verizon Wireless Bundles Netflix Premium and STARZ Together In Discounted Package
Verizon Wireless on Wednesday unveiled a new bundle that packages Netflix’s premium plan with STARZ for a discounted price. The bundle costs $25.99 a month. Normally, Netflix premium itself costs $22.99 and STARZ costs $9.99, giving you savings of $7. It’s the latest offer from Verizon, which is increasingly rolling out discounted bundles and other…
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AT&T Adds 67,000 5G Home Internet Customers, Offsetting Massive DSL Losses
AT&T’s 5G home internet service, called Internet Air, racked up 67,000 new subscribers in the fourth quarter and helped mask the mass defection of DSL customers. The Dallas telecommunications giant reported fourth-quarter results that also saw the addition of 273,000 fiber customers. But its overall broadband growth was only 19,000, indicating that the company lost…
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Netflix is Slowly Killing its Cheap Ad-Free Basic Plan
Netflix really wants people on its ad-based plan. The streaming giant has long since gotten rid of its basic ad-free plan, although those who were grandfathered in were able to keep it, even if went up to $11.99 a month in the fall. But the company is looking to get rid of it completely, and…
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Netflix Quietly Teased Another Price Hike
Is another Netflix price hike on its way? After the streaming giant raised the price of its premium plan in the fall, it seems unlikely. But the company kept the door open with some sly language deep in its fourth-quarter letter to shareholders. “As we invest in and improve Netflix, we’ll occasionally ask our members…
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Sling TV Isn’t Raising Prices – A Software Glitch Accidentally Sent Users Higher Bills
A software error caused some Sling TV customers to see increased prices in their upcoming February bill. The company has confirmed the problem, and said it was working to fix it. The Sling TV spokeswoman also noted that there are no price increases. Update: She added that because these were the February bills, no customers…
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Netflix Added 13.1 Million Subscribers Despite Price Increase
Netflix added 13.1 million paid subscribers in the fourth quarter as the company took a victory lap with its studio-leading tally of 18 Oscar nominations. The streaming giant reported the growth despite raising the price of its premium plan and reintroducing its basic tier at a higher price in the fall. The company’s strategy has…
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Netflix Leads Oscar Race as Streaming Services Take Center Stage
The Academy Award nominations are out and Netflix led all studios with a total of 18 nominations, thanks in part to Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro. Behind Netflix were Apple Original Films, Searchlight, and Universal, all tied with 13 nominations, according to a breakdown of the nods from Variety. Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s epic film…
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Amazon Exec Says Prime Video Will Show Fewer Ads Than Rivals, and Make Adjustments When Needed
Starting next week, Amazon Prime Video will feel dramatically different thanks to the introduction of ads. But don’t expect a static experience, with one Amazon executive promising that the company will be monitoring the user data and quickly make adjustments as needed. “We’ll take a more iterative approach,” Andrew Bennett, vice president and head of…
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Scripps CEO on the Biggest Hidden Opportunity With ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV
For Scripps CEO Adam Symson, the introduction of higher quality video and audio with ATSC 3.0, also known as NextGen TV, is nice for the audience, but it isn’t what gets him excited about the technology. Symson believes that NextGen TV’s infrastructure, which is designed around transmitting IP data similar to any other wireless network,…