Author: Roger Cheng
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John Oliver Says HBO is Delaying Posting ‘Last Week Tonight’ Clips on YouTube
Fans who ritually watch Last Week Tonight With John Oliver YouTube clips on Mondays will be sorely disappointed: HBO has decided to wait a few days before posting them online. Oliver himself broke the news on X (formerly Twitter), saying that HBO will wait until Thursday to post the main story clip. Variety’s Todd Spangler…
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T-Mobile is Still Waiting to Get Valuable Wireless Spectrum, and Has Even Offered to Bargain For It
T-Mobile has been waiting for more than a year to get its hands on a swath of spectrum it spent $304 million to get — valuable radio airwaves that could expand its 5G home internet service and widen its wireless coverage. But the wait has dragged on so long that the wireless carrier is trying…
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Nintendo Switch 2 May Now Launch in 2025 Instead of 2024
The Nintendo Switch 2 may be arriving later than you expected. Brazilian gaming journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe said on the O Xdo Controle YouTube channel (Portuguese) that five sources told him the next-generation console would arrive in 2025, according to VGC, which translated and reported on the comments, and also cited its own sources…
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Google TV Exec Says Televisions Could Become the Central Hub of the Home
The television industry wants their products to be more than just a place where you watch the latest movies and shows. It wants TVs to become the central hub of the smart home. Smart speakers — like Amazon Echo and Google Home — in many ways, occupy that role now, and help manage the smart…
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The Recap: A Possible Peacock-Paramount+ Marriage, Sports JV Drama, and More
A busy week was capped off by another shocking revelation: Paramount and Comcast discussing combining their respective streaming services, Paramount+ and Peacock. We also continued to see the ripple effects of last week’s announcement from Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery to form a streaming sports joint venture, with a lot more unhappy…
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Amazon’s Ads Maybe Annoying, But Few People Are Going to Quit Prime Video
Amazon’s decision to introduce ads into its Prime Video represents a big shake up for the streaming video service. But, it turns out, just a small number of people are actually going to leave because of them. That’s according to research firm Hub Entertainment Research. Its study found that that 59% of respondents would continue…
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Reddit Reportedly Strikes Deal to Let Company Use its Content to Train AI Systems
Reddit has struck a rich deal with a large artificial intelligence company to let it use the social media network’s content to train its models, according to Bloomberg. The deal is worth about $60 million on an annualized basis, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The report didn’t include the name of the AI company. The…
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Another Cable Company is Killing its TV Business
Cable TV provider Consolidated Communications began notifying communities that it will cease offering video services this year and will focus solely on broadband. The company alerted municipal governments across Butler County, Pennsylvania, according to the Cranberry Eagle, noting that the service would end on March 26. The publication said an executive from the company said…
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FOX is Reportedly Developing the Platform For the ESPN-FOX-Warners Sports JV
FOX will be responsible for developing the platform for the sports streaming joint venture between it, Walt Disney’s ESPN, and Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a tweet from Wall Street Journal media reporter Joe Flint. Flint noted that the platform will be based on News Corp.’s Kayo Sports platform, which is a live sports subscription…
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Google’s Testing a Feature That Will Wait on Hold With Customer Service For You
Calling customer service and dealing with the ever-increasing wait times can be a daunting prospect. A new feature that Google is testing could remove all of that stress. Google Search Labs is working on a feature called “Talk to a Live Representative” that will place a call for you, wait on hold, and then call…