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You Could Be One of the First People To Try Google’s 20 Gig Internet But It Will Cost You $250 a Month
Google is looking for people to try out its speedy new internet plan. The new residential 20 Gig internet with Wi-Fi 7 for $250 per month. Installations will start early next year. “At $250, it’s a lot of speed for that price, and we know that it will enable innovators who want to be able to…
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Comcast’s Local-Only TV Plans Are Now $60 a Month For Local ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and More
Comcast Xfinity customers can now get the Choice TV plan, which includes local channels like ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox, for $60.40 a month, according to Philip Swann, The TV Answer Man. The Choice TV plan also includes The CW as well as antenna channels like PBS, Univision, Telemundo, TBN, QVC, and C-SPAN. Comcast’s Choice…
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Netflix To Serve Up More Live Sports ‘Netflix Slam’ Tennis Exhibition
Netflix is breaking out the tennis rackets for its next live sports event. The Netflix Slam, streaming on March 3, 2024 at 12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET., will see tennis titans Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz face off in the one-night exhibition match. Additional players and match-ups have yet to be announced. The match will…
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Disney+ Merging With Hulu Could Dethrone Netflix in the Most Popular Streaming Service Rankings
The newly merged Disney+ and Hulu streaming service has the potential to shake things up in 2024. The combined services will have one third of the 100 most popular titles in the U.S., according to Ampere Analysis, overtaking Netflix’s 29 titles. In addition, when it comes to distinct movies and TV seasons, the combined apps…
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Chromecast With Google TV 4K Receives Long-Overdue Update
Chromecast with Google TV 4K is finally getting an update that includes an updated security patch from October. The STTE.230915.005.S1 update mainly delivers the security patch, some bug fixes and performance improvements, and minor changes to the boot animation, according to 9to5Google. The update is 104MB and based in Android TV 12, which means users…
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ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV, Could Also Make Radio Even Better
ATSC 3.0, the new global broadcasting standard primarily used to deliver over-the-air NextGen TV, could also power radio to reach more people. Liam Power, One Media’s senior systems engineer, and Skip Flenniken, Sinclair’s vice president of technology business development, break down in a TV Tech article how ATSC 3.0 could be used to enhance radio…
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Police Have Shut Down Another Illegal IPTV Service & Are Investigating Its Subscribers As Global Anti-Piracy Efforts Continue
Another illegal IPTV operation has been shut down after multiple raids in Greece. The country’s law enforcement have filed criminal cases against a dozen members of the organization and are investigating 43 of the services’ customers, according to Torrent Freak. The raids — carried out in areas of Attica, Ilia, Thessaloniki, Kozani, and Crete —…
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Cable TV Companies Say the FCC’s Proposed Investigation Into Broadband Affordability Is ‘Inappropriate’
Cable TV companies are pushing back on the Federal Communications Commission proposal to look into the overall affordability of broadband. At its next congressionally required review of broadband deployment, the Commission wants to analyze internet service providers’ monthly prices, data overage charges, and other fees. The investigation could also create an affordability benchmark, which would…
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2 More Small Local TV Stations Get Sold As Stations Struggle to Stay Afloat
Alaska-based Coastal Television agreed to purchase Red River Broadcast Company as the consolidation of local TV stations continues. The deal, announced last week, would include KVRR-TV in North Dakota and KQDS-TV in Duluth, Minnesota, according to KVRR. “We think Coastal will be a good fit for carrying on the important work and commitment of our…
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Gmail is Getting Smarter About Identifying Scam Emails
Google has developed a new “battle-tested” tool to help protect your inbox from scammers. This comes as scam emails have increasingly been targeting cord cutters. The search giant last week broke down how Gmail, YouTube, and Google Play use machine learning to interpret text in messages, including different connotations and suggestions, that can help identify phishing…