Author: Roger Cheng
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Spotify Overhauls Smart TV App To Make it Easier to View and Control Your Music
Spotify on Thursday rolled out a makeover for its smart TV app, giving users more control the music they stream. The changes include a redesigned homepage that’s more in-line with the existing mobile and desktop experience. That means familiar short cuts, recent songs and personalized recommendations will be easier to access. The interface also allows…
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Scrapped Coyote vs. Acme Film May Get a Second Life
Warner Bros. Discovery is giving Wile E. Coyote’s once-killed film, Coyote vs. Acme, a potential second lease on life. The media giant last week confirmed that it was pulling a “Batgirl” and axing the $70 million completed film so it could take a $30 million tax write-down instead. But the studio is reversing course and…
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A New Tablo DVR with Four Tuners Quietly Pops Up on Best Buy
A Tablo digital video recorder with four tuners popped up on Best Buy’s site. This is a slight upgrade over the existing fourth-generation Table DVR, which has two tuners and sells for $79.95 on its own site. The new version is listed for $139.99 on Best Buy and is exclusive to the store. The Tablo…
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Amazon Reportedly Cuts Jobs at Amazon Games and Twitch And Will Focus on Free-To-Play Games
Amazon cut more than 180 jobs in its gaming division and at Twitch as it looks to refocus on big franchise such as Tomb Raider and The Lord of the Rings games, according to various reports. The reports say the company will also prioritize Prime Gaming, which offers free games to Prime subscribers. The cuts…
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White House Wants To Free Up More Spectrum For Phones, 5G Home Internet, 6G and More
President Joe Biden on Monday said that he would push the government to free up more radio airwaves to further power everything from smartphones to self-driving cars and 5G home internet services. The White House unveiled a National Spectrum Strategy that would direct the National Telecommunications Information Administration to conduct a two-year study to see…
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Disney CEO Confirms Talks With Tech Companies to Partner on ESPN’s New Streaming Service
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger said that he has been in talks with multiple companies on potentially partnering to bring ESPN to consumer directly as a streaming service. “As we prepare to take ESPN in a direct-to-consumer direction, we believe we have an opportunity to strengthen our hand,” Iger said on a Wednesday conference call…
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YouTube TV App Now Available in Spanish
You can now experience the YouTube TV app in Spanish. The live video streaming service, a unit of Google, posted on X (formerly Twitter) that you can switch the interface and guide so it will appear in Spanish. The feature is a potential boon to anyone in the Hispanic population, which accounts for 19% of…
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The Recap: Disney Spills Hulu-Disney+ and ESPN Plans, More Bally Sports Drama, and More
Earnings season trucks on, but Walt Disney took the spotlight based on just how much it spilled this week. We got updates on its efforts to integrate Disney+ and Hulu, as well as ESPN, and even its password-sharing crackdown plans. DISH likewise offered a lot of nuggets of info in its earnings. Bally Sports, meanwhile,…
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Prime Video, ESPN, CBS, Paramount+ and ION Will Carry National Women’s Soccer League Games
The National Women’s Soccer League announced four-year agreements with Amazon Prime Video, ESPN, E.W. Scripps’ ION and Paramount’s CBS and Paramount+ in a massive deal combining streaming and traditional distribution. The four players will divvy up 118 matches of the season starting in 2024. Prime Video will feature a weekly Friday night match. ION will…
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Comcast is Cutting Staff As It Struggles With Cord Cutting
Comcast cut nearly 50 employees across its Peacock marketing team, NBCUniversal Entertainment and ad sales divisions, according to Variety. The majority of the cuts, which were confirmed by Cord Cutters News, were felt at Peacock, were part of a restructuring under Chief Marketing Officer Shannon Willett, who took the reins a year and a half…