Author: Roger Cheng
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The Recap: Disney Shuts Networks Down, Bally Sports Drama Gets Messier, and More
It was a critical week for Bally Sports, which took one step forward and another back as the regional sports network drama continues. Disney, meanwhile, shut down some cable channels overseas that may have implications back home, and DISH Network ended a two month-long blackout by settling a dispute with Hearst. Amazon offered a little…
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The Satellite-Based 5G Game May Get a Surprising New Player
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin is the latest company looking to get into the burgeoning area of satellite-based internet service. Earlier this week, the company showed off a demo of its “Advanced 5G Non-Terrestrial Network Satellite Base Station,” which it calls 5G.MIL. It said it plans to launch the 5G.MIL payload to orbit next year. Lockheed…
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Cutters Q&A: Sling VP on Why You Can’t Just Move DISH Customers Over to Sling TV
DISH Network is a difficult position. Its video business has lost 1.2 million subscribers over the last year, with defections in its core satellite side dragging down any gains made from live streaming service Sling TV. At the same time, these businesses are supposed to fund the buildout of a 5G wireless network. But for…
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Amazon Slashes Jobs in its Alexa Division as it Prioritizes Generative AI
Amazon plans to cut several hundred jobs in its Alexa division as it shift its focus to generative artificial intelligence more akin to ChatGPT. The online retail giant announced the cut to employees through an internal memo, according to GeekWire. The company intends to push even further into making Alexa more helpful than just a…
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A Notable Cable Modem Maker May Soon Be Dead
Minim, which makes and sells cable modems under the storied Motorola brand directly to consumers, appears to be on its last legs. The website of the Manchester, New Hampshire, company, which also provides cloud-based WiFi management software in the home, is down, as Light Reading first noted. This follows a mass layoff of 78% of…
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Senate Bill Wants Apple, Google, Meta, Netflix, and Other Big Tech Companies to Pay For Low-Income Internet Fund
A proposed Senate bill is calling for Big Tech companies like Apple, Google-parent Alphabet, Meta, Netflix and Amazon to start chipping into the multi-billion-dollar federal fund that provides Americans with low income, schools and libraries, and rural and tribal communities with affordable internet. U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, a Republican from Idaho, Markwayne Mullin, a Republican…
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T-Mobile Could Be the Fifth Largest Internet Provider By the End of 2023
It’s been a little more than two years since T-Mobile entered the broadband business with its 5G home internet service, and the wireless carrier has already made an impression. Given its momentum, it could end 2023 as the fifth-largest internet service provider in the U.S. T-Mobile ended the third quarter with 4.2 million subscribers, notching…
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You’ll Be Able to Buy a Car on Amazon Starting Next Year
Amazon will start selling Hyundai cars that you’ll be able to buy directly from its site starting in 2024. The companies made the announcement on Thursday at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The partnership also includes Hyundai incorporating Alexa into its cars as a built-in experience. While you can buy virtually anything on Amazon, this…
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Apple Will Reportedly Adopt RCS Messaging Standard Next Year, Making iPhone-Android Text Exchanges Way Easier
Apple’s iPhone will embrace the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard that serves as the backbone for modern text messages for all other phones. The tech giant told 9to5Mac that its phones would support the RCS standard, which allow provide an array of iMessage-style features for Android and iPhone users when texting each other. Apple…
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Scripps Takes Arizona Coyotes Games to New OTA TV Station, Swapping With The CW
E.W. Scripps said the Arizona Coyotes will be moving to a new home a little more than a month after the NHL team made the switch to over-the-air television. Arizona Coyotes will be moving from Channel 15.2 (KNXV.2) to Channel 61 (KASW), the media company and NHL team confirmed in a statement on Thursday. Nexstar-owned…