Author: Roger Cheng
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New York’s MSG and YES Network Form Joint Venture to Help Other Streaming Services
Who said the New York Knicks and New York Nets can’t get along? The two regional sports networks carrying those respective teams, MSG Networks for the Knicks, and YES Network for the Nets, are partnering up on a joint venture called Gotham Advanced Media and Entertainment designed to build out streaming and content distribution technology…
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Optimum’s Cable Internet Prices Are Going Down, But One Fee is Increasing
Optimum internet subscribers may see some price decreases, although one fee is going up. A Cord Cutters News reader said they received a notification of a price increase to the “Network Enhancement Fee,” which is going up by $1.50 to $6 a month. A company spokeswoman confirmed the increase, and noted that the fee “is…
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Verizon Will Pay $100 Million To Settle Claims Of ‘Deceptive’ Administrative Charge
Verizon has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed the wireless carrier didn’t properly disclose a monthly “Administrative Charge” for its service. Plaintiffs in the class-action suit allege that the fee, which appeared on the bills of post-paid subscribers, wasn’t properly disclosed. “Verizon’s representations and advertisements regarding the price of…
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NCAA Strikes $920 Million, 8-Year Deal with ESPN That Covers 40 Championships (But Not March Madness)
The NCAA and ESPN are going to be partners for a long time. The organization behind college sports struck a new 8-year deal with ESPN that keeps a vast majority of its games on the sports network and ABC. NCAA President Charlie Baker told the Associated Press that the deal has an average annual value…
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Spectrum Cable TV Subscribers Now Get Ad-Based Disney+ For Free
Spectrum on Thursday said that all subscribers of its TV Select packages will get the ad-based version of Disney+ for free at no additional cost. Subscribers who can go here to sign up for a Disney+ Basic subscription. Customers with an existing Disney+ subscription can go to the service’s app or site to change their…
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Roku TVs Will Soon Automatically Optimize the Picture Quality of Your TV
Optimizing your television’s video quality for the right mix of color and brightness can be complicated and time-consuming — and may not even work depending on if you’re watching an NFL game vs. John Wick 4. Roku said it has a fix for its televisions coming in the spring. The company on Wednesday teased a…
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DISH Takes on SpaceX and T-Mobile Over Spectrum Issues in Separate FCC Filings
DISH Network, now known as EchoStar Corporation, is keeping the Federal Communications Commission busy. The company, which owns pay-TV and satellite operations, sent two separate filings to the agency over its concerns about spectrum usage and ownership. The first was a petition seeking reconsideration of the FCC’s permission for SpaceX to operate in a certain…
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Tegna, Still Dealing With DIRECTV Dispute, Renews Deal For All NBC Affiliates
Tegna, which owns dozens of local affiliate channels, on Wednesday said it renewed its affiliation agreement with Comcast-owned NBC for 20 of its stations. The new multi-year deal applies to markets that cover more than 21 million households. Tegna said it’s the largest independent owner of NBC affiliates, and that 10 of them are in…
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Fubo Strikes Deal To Carry Nexstar’s Local ABC, The CW, MyNetworkTV Channels
Fubo and Nexstar, the nation’s largest owners of local ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX affiliates, struck a new distribution deal to keep a large swath of its channels in the live streaming service’s lineup and avert a blackout. The deal is described as a multi-year distribution agreement, although the companies didn’t disclose the terms. It…
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T-Mobile’s Free Netflix Perk May Soon Come With Ads For Some Users
T-Mobile’s “Netflix On Us” perk, which offers subscribers of its more recent plans access to the streaming service for free, will undergo some big changes. Customers who receive the Netflix “basic” plan will be converted to a standard plan that comes with ads, according to The Mobile Report, which uncovered internal documents detailing the change.…