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DISH Reportedly Accused of Debt Swap Fraud As Creditors Threaten Legal Action
Threats of legal action against DISH Network appear to be growing. In a letter sent to the company’s board, DISH creditors allege that the satellite TV provider’s restructuring plan is illegal, and if the deal isn’t reversed, the group will take legal action, people close to the matter told Bloomberg. In the letter, the creditors…
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Amazon May Start Charging You To Use Alexa This Summer
Amazon is planning to release a newer, subscription-based version of Alexa with generative artificial intelligence support on June 30, but the project might be struggling. “If this fails to get revenue, Alexa is in trouble,” an anonymous Amazon employee told Business Insider (a paywalled publication) via Ars Technica earlier this week. Amazon hopes that putting…
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Bank of America Declares Netflix Has ‘Won the Streaming Wars’
Netflix has been deemed top dog by Bank of America. In a memo to investors, Jessica Reif Ehrlich, a research analyst for the bank, said Netflix has “won the streaming wars.” “Over the last 18 months, changing market dynamics, investor focus on profitability, and the various talent strikes have led several media companies to re-evaluate…
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Plex Will Let You Rent and Buy Movies and TV Shows Starting Next Month
Plex is launching a store for users to buy and rent movies in February, the company’s executives told Lowpass‘ Janko Roettgers at CES 2024. Cord Cutters News later independently confirmed the news. According to the report, “most studios” have “lined up for launch” and the service plans to launch a catalog soon after. The new…
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Netflix Milestone Movie Collection Celebrates Classic Films Turning 50 in 2024
Netflix has a new collection for classic film-favorites hitting major milestones this year. The streaming giant launched its Milestone Movies: Anniversary Collection on Wednesday. This month, the lineup includes “award-winners, guilty pleasures, and cult classics” released in 1974, or turning 50 years old. Movies from 1984 (turning 40), 1994 (turning 30), and 2004 (turning 20)…
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Comcast Wins Its Fight with a Local TV Station As The FCC Fines Them $150,000
The Federal Communications Commission has slapped Mission Broadcasting with a $150,000 fine following complaint from Comcast. The complaint, originally filed in December 2022, accused Mission Broadcasting and Nexstar for failing to “negotiate retransmission consent in good faith.” This comes as local TV stations and cable companies have increasingly been at odds. Local networks have been…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Rebrands Its Sports Division As TNT Sports
Warner Bros. Discovery has given its sports division a new name. The media company rebranded WBD Sports as TNT Sports in the United States. This comes after Warner Bros. Discovery rebranded the division in the United Kingdom and Latin America. This comes as more media companies are investing in live sports to draw in viewers.…
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Fubo CEO ‘Horrified’ and ‘Sad’ About Peacock-Exclusive NFL Games
Fubo isn’t happy about Peacock’s exclusive rights to the NFL’s Wild Card game. The streamer’s CEO, David Gandler, decried Comcast’s decision to put the playoff game exclusively on Peacock, which is owned by the cable company, as a bad decision from a business and consumer standpoint. “I’m horrified,” Gandler said at the Needham Growth Conference.…
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CNN Might Put Its Videos Behind a Paywall As It Explores Future Digital Strategies
CNN is looking for ways to take its digital offerings to the next level. Earlier this week, the veteran cable news network’s new CEO, Mark Thompson, laid out plans in a staff memo. Thompson’s goals include combining all of CNN’s newsgathering operations into one unit that will serve the network’s TV, streaming, and digital platforms,…
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Starlink Taps Peplink To Be Its First ‘Authorized Technology Provider’
SpaceX’s Starlink struck a deal with Peplink to become the satellite internet service’s first “Authorized Technology Provider,” according to a release from the network gear manufacturer. The partnership will combine Starlink’s Flat High-Performance Terminal — recommended for businesses, boats, land mobility, and maritime uses — with Peplink’s SD-WAN (or Software-Defined Wide Area Networking) routers. These…