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AT&T Warns That DIRECTV Could Lose Local Channels After STELA Expires
Right now, the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA) is set to expire in just over a week. STELA gives satellite services like DISH and AT&T access to local channels among other things. Now AT&T has come out and publicly warned that if this rule expires DIRECTV would lose access to local channels. The…
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Update: Hulu is Now Back Online
If you’re trying to access Hulu and running into problems, you aren’t alone. Hulu subscribers across the country are reporting that the streaming service is down. Hulu support has been responding to tweets about the outage for the past couple hours, sending responses saying that they’re aware of the issue, making it a high priority,…
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The Weather Channel’s New Free Streaming Service Launches Today
Today The Weather Channel is launching a free streaming service called Local Now Plus. With Local Now Plus, cord cutters will be able to stream local news, weather and even free movies without a cable TV subscription. Local Now Plus launched today, December 19th, 2019. It includes more than 150 movie titles that all users…
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Kiswe and FITE Partner to Stream Combat Sports Internationally
Kiswe, a company offering cloud based solutions to promote TV viewer engagement, and FITE, the premium digital streaming platform for combat sports, have teamed up. The partnership will combine FITE’s on-demand programming with Kiswe’s cloud-based technology to bring combat sports events to viewers around the world. “We continually seek enhancements and value for our events…
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Apple In Talks to Add Live Sports & More Movies to Apple TV+ With MGM & The Pac-12
Apple is looking at opportunities to expand the content available on Apple TV+. The company is now in talks with MGM and Pac-12 to bring movies, TV shows, and college sports to the streaming service, according to a report from Wall Street Journal. These are only preliminary talks with no deals on the table just…
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The Senate Today Passed a Spending Bill to Ban Hidden Cable TV Fees
Today the United States Senate voted to ban hidden fees on cable providers as part of a spending bill. The house had previously passed a bill called the Television Viewer Protection Act, The House has already passed this bill so it now goes to the President to be signed. These reforms will go into effect…
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Today The Senate Passed a Bill to Let The FCC Go After Illegal Robocalls
Earlier today, the United States Senate passed a bill to block robocalls called the TRACED Act. This act will allow the FCC to use new tools to track down companies behind robocalls and shut them down. “The TRACED Act is Congress’s most meaningful anti-robocall action since it enacted the national “Do Not Call” registry many…
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Pluto TV’s New Guide Comes to The Xbox One
Today Pluto TV rolled out an updated guide to Xbox Box One that included some new features including an improved guide. This comes about a week after Pluto TV launched this new guide on Vizio SmartCast TVs. Now instead of having to scroll through over 200 stations to find what you want, Pluto TV has…
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Vidgo Launches a Live TV Streaming Service with 60 Channels at Just $39.99/Month for Cord Cutters
Today, Vidgo is announcing the launch of its OTT streaming service, offering 60 channels for $39.99 per month. The lineup includes sports, news, and entertainment, including the full suite of Disney Media Networks. With a Vidgo subscription, you’ll get: A diverse content and channel offering The ability to stream on three simultaneous devices at home…
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TiVo Will Merge with Xperi in $3 Billion Deal
Early this year, we reported that TiVo was looking into splitting into two companies. Instead, TiVo has announced that the company will be merging with Xperi, a company that sells tech products for home, auto, and mobile. In a deal for $3 billion, the company will be under Xperi’s name, with TiVo still existing as…
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How to Watch Miss America on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, iOS, & Android
Later today, on Thursday, December 19th, at 8 PM Eastern the 2019 Miss America event will get underway. The good news is for cord cutters you don’t have to pay for cable TV to watch it. The Miss America event will air on NBC. The good news is you have many options to watch the…
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NBCU’s New Streaming Service Peacock Will Throw a 2-Day Party to Promote Its New Content
NBCUniversal is planning a live event to showcase the company’s current films and TV shows, along with introducing some of the new content coming to its upcoming streaming service, Peacock. The two day event will take place March 28-29 at Universal Studios Backlot, where NBCUniversal films and TV shows are shot. During those two days,…
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PlayStation Vue Re-Adds the On-Demand Section & Search to Some Devices
If you are hanging around PlayStation Vue until it shuts down, you may have noticed some features that went missing a few weeks ago. For some reason search and on-demand both went away from the PlayStation Vue apps and websites. Now Sony has re-added search and on-demand inside the PlayStation Vue app. The good news…
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SpaceX Is Launching a Home Internet Service: Here Is Everything You Need to Know
Earlier this year, SpaceX received approval to launch 12,000 satellites into space to build a low earth orbit network of satellites, enabling the company to sell home Internet. To test out the system, SpaceX put 120 satellites into space. SpaceX is hoping to have a home Internet service that will not only cover the United…
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DIRECTV’s Monthly Price Is Up 20% Since AT&T Purchased Time Warner
When AT&T purchased Time Warner, it brushed off concerns that the merger would drive up the price of cable TV by reducing competition. Now AT&T has raised the price of DIRECTV by 20% since its merger with Time Warner according to the New York Post. AT&T has been slowly raising the cost of DIRECTV in…
