Author: Roger Cheng
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Google’s Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2 Event: What we Expect and How to Watch
Google is set to unveil its newest smartphone and smartwatch at its “Made by Google” event in New York on Wednesday, October 4. But fortunately, you don’t have to be in the Big Apple to check out all of the live updates. The online giant is slated to officially reveal the Pixel 8 and Pixel…
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Dish Sues Vidgo, Fubo and iFit As Part of Growing Number of Lawsuits
Dish Network isn’t shy about exercising the power of its patents, and the company is at it again with another lawsuit filed against streaming service Vidgo. In a lawsuit filed last month, Dish’s technology arm, Dish Technologies LLC and Dish’s Sling TV LLC accused Vidgo of knowingly infringing on its technology to stream content to…
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Taylor Swift Has Turned Chiefs Games Into Super Bowl-Like Events
The Taylor Swift effect on the NFL is real. The superstar singer’s second appearance at a a Kansas City Chiefs game turned its Sunday Night Football matchup with the New York Jets into a Super Bowl-like event. The game averaged roughly 27 million viewers, making it the most-watched Sunday show since Super Bowl LVII on…
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Redbox and Crackle Parent is in ‘Active’ Talks to Sell Itself Amid Mounting Debt
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is in “active discussions” for a potential sale as the company wrestles with an increasingly dire financial situation. The company, which owns Crackle and Redbox and a myriad of other media assets, issued a filing late last week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing that it was…
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Dish’s 5G Network Buildout Gets FCC Approval, But Another Target Remains
Dish Network on Monday disclosed that he had cleared two of its three 5G network buildout obligations with the Federal Communications Commission, with a final one to be completed next year. The company, which has long hoarded spectrum, was under obligation to build a wireless work using those radio airwave licenses. For the past decade,…
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Warner Bros. Discovery touts TLC, TBS, Adult Swim, HGTV Ratings Even As Cord Cutting Cuts Into Cable
Warners Bros. Discovery touted the ratings of its marquee cable networks even as cord cutters continue to flee traditional pay-TV services in a steady defection. The media giant on Monday touted the performance of TLC, which it said ranked No. 1 among women 25-54 and 18-49 and was the top cable network without sports among…
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Supreme Court Will Review Texas and Florida Laws Limiting Social Media From Moderating Comments
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would review two separate laws from Texas and Florida that place restrictions on how social media companies can moderate comments on their platform, wading into a fierce battle over free speech. The cases deal with a Texas and Florida law, both enacted in 2021, that opponents argue…
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How Amazon May Start Charging You to Use Alexa
Amazon has been dropping hints that it may eventually start charging a fee to use Alexa – or at least some form of the digital assistant. It’s a radical idea considering Alexa has been free since the first Echo speaker debuted in 2004. Since then, Amazon has firmly entrenched itself in the smart speaker market…
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Net Neutrality’s Twisted History: Here’s a Timeline of the Open Internet Battle
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel earlier this week kicked off a push to revive net neutrality, just the latest attempt to bring rules governing an open internet to the broadband industry. It’s the latest turn of a soap opera that’s lasted nearly 20 years as regulators and broadband providers have tussled over what those…
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Bally Sports May Break From MLB To Save Itself
With the Bally Sports in the middle of bankruptcy proceedings and just day away from needing to present a plan to reorganize itself, the regional sports network may break from the MLB in an effort to save the overall business. That’s according to Sportico, which cited “a few people who are tangentially plugged into the…