Author: Roger Cheng
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King of the Hill Voice Actor Reportedly Dead
Johnny Hardwick, a voice actor best known for playing Dale Gribble on King of the Hill, was found dead in his home in Texas, according to TMZ. Hardwick was a longtime standup comic but found success in television on the long-running animated comedy. He played Dale, bespeckled neighbor and friend to lead character Hank Hill,…
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Disney Chose the Worst Time For a Disney+ Price Hike
It was a bad news day all around for Disney on Wednesday. The media giant posted fiscal second-quarter results that, while overall decent, saw continued losses for its direct-to-consumer (aka, streaming) business. The streaming services, which include Disney+, Hulu and ESPN, posted an operating loss of more than half a billion dollars. The results came…
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Disney Will Start Cracking Down on Password Sharing Next Year
You might want to get your password-sharing arrangements for Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu settled soon. Disney CEO Bob Iger said on its fiscal third-quarter earnings conference call on Wednesday that the company will start cracking down on password sharing starting in 2024. The company already has the technical capability to do so, much of the…
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Hulu With Live TV Joins YouTube TV In Price Hike
Disney’s Hulu With Live TV is going to get more expensive soon. Starting October 12, Hulu with Live TV will cost $7 more a month. For the service with ads, that means $76.99 a month. The no-ad version will cost $89.99 a month. The price hikes comes after Disney posted fiscal third-quarter results which saw…
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Disney Jacks Up Prices For Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu and Hulu with Live TV
It’s going to be more expensive if you want your Disney streaming services without commercials. Disney on Wednesday unveiled new pricing that makes the commercial-free versions of its Disney+ and Hulu service more expensive. They take effect on October 12. Disney+ Premium will cost $13.99 a month, up from $10.99. Hulu without ads will cost…
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Hulu Lost 100, 000 Live TV Subscribers
Disney’s Hulu is continuing its retreat. The media giant said on Wednesday that Hulu lost 100,000 live TV subscribers to a total of 4.3 million. The total number of streaming video on demand customers rose by 300,000 to 44 million. It’s the second quarter in a row in which Hulu lost that amount of subscribers.…
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Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ Lost More Than Half a Billion Dollars in the Third Quarter
Disney’s streaming ambitions hit a wall as consumers start to get more discerning about what content they want to spend their money on. The company’s direct-to-consumer business posted an operating loss of $512 million, an improvement over the $1.06 billion it lost a year ago, in the fiscal third quarter. The results illustrate how Disney,…
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Everything You Need to Know About the NFL’s $6 Billion Sunday Ticket Class-Action Lawsuit
In September, the NFL is set to hand over its prized Sunday Ticket package of weekly football games to Google’s subscription YouTube service, a monumental change that signifies how far cord cutting and streaming video have come. But in the background of such a significant change is a lawsuit that has been following the NFL…
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Here Are the Top Watched Streaming Shows and Movies in the First Half
The first half saw a number of buzzy shows, from Disney Plus’s The Mandalorian to Netflix’s Beef and Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring Fubar. Netflix took eight of the top 10 spots, but the crown went to Max’s The Last of US. The rundown of top streaming shows comes from a State of Viewership report from television technology…
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Philo’s $10 T-Mobile Discount Gets Extended For Another Year
Philo customers who received a $10 monthly discount for also being a T-Mobile subscriber can rejoice: The promotion got extended for another 12 months. That’s according to a screenshot of a notification sent to a Cord Cutters News reader, who shared it in our Cord Cutting Tech Support Facebook group. A Philo spokeswoman confirmed the…