Author: Roger Cheng
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YouTube TV Now Offers the ‘Zee Family’ Package With Indian Channels
YouTube TV on Wednesday said that it has begun offering a package of Indian channels under its Zee Family bundle. Customers can sign up for the package as a standalone service or as an add-on to the base YouTube TV plan. With either option, the plan costs $14.99 a month. The move represents YouTube TV…
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Dish Network’s Wireless Retail Chief Quits, Raising More Questions About its Mobile Business
Dish Network’s wireless ambitions are up in the air after losing a key leader in Michael Kelly, the company’s wireless retail chief. Cord Cutters News confirmed Kelly’s resignation, and that his last day will February 29. Light Reading was the first to report on Kelly’s exit. “We appreciate his hard work and commitment to our…
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With MLS Kicking Off, Apple Expands Popular Multiview Feature to the iPad
Apple TV had a heck of a debut season when it began carrying Major League Soccer in 2023 — thanks in no small part to living legend Lionel Messi joining Inter Miami. The service is trying to kick it up another notch as the new season starts on Wednesday. The company added a few new…
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Amazon Denies Freevee Will Be Shut Down
It looks like Amazon’s free streaming service Freevee isn’t dead after all. “There are no changes to Freevee. Amazon Freevee remains an important streaming offering providing both Prime and non-Prime customers thousands of hit movies, shows, and Originals, all for free,” a company spokeswoman told Cord Cutters News. The denial comes after AdWeek reported that Freevee…
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Crunchyroll Now Available on LG Smart TVs
Crunchyroll said on Wednesday that it is now available on LG smart TVs, widening the potential reach of the anime streaming service. The company said the service live on all LG WebOS-powered televisions running on version 4.0 or newer, which means sets that came out in 2018 or later. The news comes amid a big…
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Amazon Reportedly Killing its Freevee Free Streaming Service
Amazon plans to shut down Freevee, its free, ad-supported streaming video service, according to AdWeek. Update: Amazon called the AdWeek report inaccurate, and said there were no changes to Freevee. The company could sunset the service during the second quarter, although the exact timing is still up in the air, according to the report. Freevee’s…
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Bally Sports is Charging Some Subscribers More For a Yearly Streaming Subscription vs Paying By The Month
One of Bally Sports’ streaming plans is an example of why you should examine the fine print before signing up for a service. For most of its regions, from Bally Sports West to Bally Sports Southeast, the pricing is fairly standard: $19.99 a month or a discounted annual rate of $189.99. But Bally Sports Southwest…
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Disney Blu-Rays and DVDs Aren’t Dead: Sony Will Take Over Production
Walt Disney is winding down its DVD and Blu-Ray business, and is handing off the responsibility for its physical media to Sony Pictures. The handover comes as Disney alerted members of its Disney Movie Club that it is shutting down, with final orders placed by May 20. The news was first reported by The Digital…
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Cox Communications Gets $1 Billion Verdict Over Music Piracy Tossed
Cox Communications scored a legal win on Tuesday after a federal appeals court overturned a 2019 decision that would’ve forced the cable and internet provider to pay $1 billion to the music labels for its customers’ piracy activities. In 2019, a jury in a Virginia court decided that Cox was liable for its customers’ violations…
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Peacock’s Record-Breaking Day Helped Power Streaming’s Gains in January
Streaming video notched a slight gain over cable in a January that saw more people stay glued to their television amid an unusually cold month, according to Nielsen’s The Gauge report. The monthly break down showed the share of streaming inching up to 36% from 35.9% in December, while cable viewing fell to 27.9% from…