Author: Roger Cheng
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Nexstar Exec Says Progress Made With DIRECTV Talks To End ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX Blackout, But No Deal Yet
DIRECTV and Nexstar are actually talking and making progress, but so far there’s been no deal to end a months-long blackout of 159 ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC local stations for DIRECTV subscribers. “For the first month of so of the blackout, there wasn’t a lot of movement going on,” said Tom Carter, who in…
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Google Lays Off Hundreds As it Pulls Back on Hiring
Google is cooling off on its hiring efforts and cutting hundreds of workers from its global recruiting organization. The cuts come after Google parent Alphabet announced it would cut 12,000 jobs, affecting 6% of its full-time workforce of around 200,000. They also come just a few months after Google posted second-quarter profit and revenue that…
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Check the Fine Print on Those $1,000 iPhone 15 Trade-In Offers
It happens every year: Apple unveils a new iPhone and big carriers like T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T shortly after roll out their big trade-in offers, all in a bid to get you to switch. A few hours after the iPhone 15 debuted, the carriers followed with several big offers, touting a $1,000 towards Apple’s flagship…
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Local Now Adds 18 Free CBS Channels to Lineup
Local Now struck a deal to launch 18 new free ad-supported streaming channels from CBS. The deal underscores the continued growth of free ad-supported platforms like Local Now, which have exploded in popularity with the continuous rise of subscription streaming services. With many consumers cutting the cord, having access to local channels through streaming platforms…
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Want a Free iPhone 15? Boost’s New Plan Gives You Annual Upgrades
Boost Mobile is hoping the lure of a free iPhone 15 — and annual upgrades — will be enough to sign up for its new plan. Boost, a unit of satellite TV provider Dish Network, unveiled Infinite Access for iPhone. The $60-per-month plan comes with unlimited talk, text and data, but also comes with Apple’s…
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Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ Grows Audience As it Tops Chart For Second Week
Netflix’s One Piece sailed to even more viewers as it topped the streamer’s chart for the second week in a row. The live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s manga and anime opus topped the chart with a better result in its first week. For the week of September 4-10, One Piece garnered 145.7 million hours viewed…
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Verizon Confirms Free Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ Perks For Older Unlimited 5G Plans Remain After Disney Price Hike
Verizon Wireless customers on older unlimited 5G phone plans that included the Disney bundle of Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ can rest easy: Your perks will remain despite the looming price increase from Disney. There was some question on whether Verizon would make change with Disney rolling out price hikes across its various streaming services on…
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Everything Apple Announced at the iPhone 15 Event
Few companies can capture the attention of the public better than Apple, but the tech giant really turns heads when it comes time to unveil a new version of its flagship iPhone. This time, it’s the new iPhone 15 family of smartphones and updates to its Apple Watch and Apple Watch Ultra lineups. Apple’s iPhone…
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Charter Will Provide Credit For Disney Blackout For All Eligible Spectrum Subscribers
Charter Communications said it would providing credit to all subscribers affected by the Disney blackout, regardless of whether they called into customer service. When the blackout initially hit 12 days ago, Charter began offering $15 in service credits for the lost channels, which included ESPN, FX, The Disney Channel and more. But in order to…
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ESPN ‘Isn’t Giving Up the Golden Goose” of Pay TV Even as it Thinks About Streaming
ESPN is back on the air after a 12-day-long dispute between Disney and Charter Communications led to the sports network — along with other Disney-owned channels — going dark on Spectrum cable TV. Disney and Charter struck a new agreement that shakes up the traditional relationship between a media company and distributor, with some Spectrum…