Author: Roger Cheng
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Amazon Makes it Easier to Verify Real Products and Weed Out Counterfeits
Amazon on Monday introduced a new program to get more products onto “Amazon Transparency,” a verification program that weeds out counterfeits so customers aren’t duped into buy a fake device or gadget. The company said that Amazon Transparency would work with the individual product serialization systems, a level of interoperability that means more products can…
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Exclusive: New York’s WNET Turns on ATSC 3.0, With Nextgen TV Now Covering 70% of U.S. TV Viewers
New York is finally embracing nextgen TV, with WNET the first station in the market to turn on its ATSC 3.0 signal. WNET confirmed to Cord Cutters News that it had switched on the feed for ATSC 3.0, the latest standard for television airwave broadcasts that promises high picture and sound quality and the ability…
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MobileX CEO and His ‘$4.08’ Plan Are on a Mission to Change How You Pay For 5G Wireless Service
MobileX CEO Peter Adderton doesn’t mince words when he talks about how people are when it comes to choosing their wireless plans. “Consumers are dumb,” said Adderton, adding that carriers have convinced them they need overpriced unlimited data plans in case they go over their limit. “They never go over.” Adderton knows a thing or…
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The Recap: T-Mobile’s Forced Migration, FCC’s Blackout Rebate Proposal and More
The Federal Communications Commission had a particularly busy week, but T-Mobile has to take the cake for the biggest story of the week – even if it’s one that its customers aren’t going to be thrilled about. As always, there was a lot going on in the world of cord cutting. But that’s why The…
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Prime Video’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ Ratings Surge as Taylor Swift Boosts Surging Live Sports Streaming
Amazon’s latest Thursday Night Football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos saw the largest year-over-year gain in viewership — a boost likely helped by the Taylor Swift effect. The TNF broadcast on Prime Video averaged 13.8 million viewers, up 57% over a year ago’s Commanders vs. Bears game. It’s the third most-watched…
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Best Buy Will Reportedly Stop Selling DVDs and Blu-Ray Starting Next Year
Best Buy could be saying goodbye to physical media — DVDs, Blu-Ray and 4K Ultra HD discs — for good. The consumer electronics retailer will exit out of the physical media business as soon as the end of the first quarter of 2024, according to The Digital Bits. The move is another hint at the…
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Comcast Will Launch Next-Gen Internet Service That Offers Higher Download and Upload Speeds
Comcast next week plans to launch its next-generation internet service — which brings a huge boost to both upload and download speeds — in select neighborhoods in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The company said that the service, powered by a technology called DOCSIS 4.0, will also hit select areas of Atlanta and Philadelphia by the end…
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YouTube TV Adds Four 4K Channels, Including Comedy Central and Paramount
YouTube TV has expanded its lineup of 4K channels, including popular networks like Comedy Central and Paramount. In total, six new channels are now available in 4K. They are: The lineup expands YouTube TV’s 4K lineup, which previously amounted to just a few channels, including ESPN and NBC. Keep in mind that you’ll have to…
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Comcast Told To Modify Or Cease Using ’10G’ Claim For Xfinity Internet
Comcast’s Xfinity 10G Network overstates the speed of its internet offerings and should be removed or changed to more accurately convey what consumers will get, according to the National Advertising Division of the non-profit Better Business Bureau. T-Mobile and Verizon challenged the claim, arguing that 10G and the notion of a tenth generation of broadband…
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Comcast is Telling Some Customers That They’re Consuming an Unrealistic Amount of Data
Comcast’s data reporting system appears to be suffering from a glitch, in some cases showing that customers are using twice as much as data as they’re actually consuming. A number complaints about this problem have popped up on Reddit and other ISP message boards, and Comcast has confirmed the problem with Cord Cutters News. One…