Author: Shelby Brown
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DISH Awarded $3 Million Settlement in Illegal IPTV Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
DISH was awarded a $3 million settlement from its lawsuit against content delivery network company DataCamp. The settlement now requires DataCamp to comply with stricter notice-and-takedown practices or they’ll be fined. Illegal IPTV services and content pirates continue to be a massive thorn in the side for government agencies, law enforcement, and companies around the…
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Cord Cutting is Squeezing Spectrum’s Cable TV Business, and Even Wall Street is Noticing
The cracks are starting to show with Spectrum and its parent, Charter Communications, and Wall Street is starting to sound the alarm. On Monday, Wells Fargo and JP Morgan analysts both downgraded the investment rating of Charter’s stock, according to Investing.com. Both financial institutions cited the company’s financial and customer-based losses, slow growth, high costs,…
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Disney Reportedly Chopped More Than 100 Movies From Its European Streaming Catalog
Disney+ subscribers in Europe may notice a number of titles missing from the streamer’s catalog. Movies like The Sandlot, The Shaggy Dog, Brink, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Hello Dolly, and more have suddenly disappeared. While subscribers will likely be able to find certain titles, like The Sandlot, on other services, Disney Channel Original…
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Netflix Will Charge Viewers in This State More Starting This Month
Netflix subscribers in Florida may soon notice changes to their monthly streaming bill. The Sunshine State’s new Communication Service Tax, which includes video and music streaming services, will add a 5.07% tax to resident subscribers’ Netflix bills. “We’ve notified our members in Florida that they will start to see state services tax applied to their…
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WOW! Internet Quietly Removed Its Data Caps on Some Internet Plans To Compete With 5G Home Internet
It looks like WOW! Internet made some changes to its service plans to remove data caps from select plans. Wow!, first added data caps back in 2021 with up to a 3 TB data caps. At the time of publication, the provider’s FAQ page still says it uses data caps to ensure “all customers have…
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Bally Sports Confirms Guardians, Twins, and Rangers Will Stay for the 2024 MLB Season
Bally Sports has reached a deal with Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers to continue airing their games in the 2024 season. The new contracts, which will expire at the end of the 2024 season, will allow Diamond Sports Group — Bally’s parent company — to “profitably broadcast” Guardians, Twins, and Rangers games through…
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Amazon Spent Almost $19 Billion on Content in 2023
While other media companies cinched their purse strings, Amazon shelled out a lot of money on content in 2023. According to a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission, Amazon spent a whopping $18.9 billion on video and music in 2023 — a 14% increase from the $16.6 billion it spent in 2022. The expenses also…
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You Only Have Five Days Left to Sign Up For the FCC’s Discount Internet Program
If you want to sign up for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), you only have a few days left. The Federal Communications Commission will stop accepting new applications for its discount internet program on February 8. The ACP provides a $30 monthly discount — $75 a month for households of qualifying tribal lands — towards…
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Comcast is Laying Off 1,000 Employees at Sky As Cord Cutting Grows
Sky, Comcast’s cable TV broadcaster in the United Kingdom, plans to cut 1,000 jobs as more viewers move from satellite TV to streaming services. Cord cutting has hit the cable industry hard and resulted in layoffs and closures for many companies. In 2023, at least five cable TV companies announced they would shut down or…
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TikTok Is Slowly Turning Into YouTube With Longer and Horizontal Video Tests
TikTok may be trying to make its app more like YouTube by encouraging creators to post horizontal videos that are over one minute in length to get more views. Creators who have been using the viral video-sharing app for more than three months can qualify for a viewership boost “within 72 hours of posting,” according…