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Nexstar Pushed AT&T For a 100% Increase in Fees For its ABC, CBS, Fox, & NBC Owned Locals
Today AT&T’s CEO Randall Stephenson talked about the current blackout of CBS and Nexstar owned locals on DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW, & U-verse TV. According to AT&T during talks, Nexstar went on to ask for a 50% increase. AT&T’s CEO went on to warn that the Nexstar blackout “could take a while” as it sounds like…
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Dish Reportedly Reaches a Deal With T-Mobile To Buy Boost Mobile
Today it is being reported that Dish and T-Mobile have reached a deal that will make Dish the 4th largest wireless carrier in the United States. As part of this deal, Dish will buy assets from T-Mobile including Boost Mobile to help it launch a Dish wireless phone service according to Bloomberg. This deal will…
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fuboTV’s Free Live Sports Network Comes to LG & Samsung TVs
Today fuboTV announced that its free live sports network is now live on LG and Samsung TVs. This new network will offer sports fans sports news, sporting events, and exclusive programming. A lot of this content at first will be previously aired content and fuboTV’s CEO says they are working on rights for some niche-oriented…
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AT&T Confirms That HBO Max Will Include Live TV & Live Sports Not Just On-Demand
Today during AT&T’s 2nd quarter earnings call AT&T confirmed that HBO Max will include live TV. AT&T says live sports and news will be apart of AT&T TV. This seems to confirm reports that DIRECTV NOW will merge into HBO Max. It has been reported that HBO Max will be like Hulu. Starting with a…
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AT&T Expects DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW, & U-verse TV to Lose More Subscribers as Promotional Rates End
Today AT&T reported a loss of 778,000 TV subscribers between DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW, and U-verse TV during the 2nd quarter of 2019. In total AT&T has lost 2.3 million subscribers in just the last year or over 6,301 subscribers lost every single day. When you just look at the 2nd quarter of 2019 AT&T is…
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AT&T Confirms The New Live TV Streaming Service AT&T TV Will Launch This Year
Today during AT&T’s 2nd quarter 2019 earnings call AT&T’s CEO Randall Stephenson confirmed AT&T TV will launch this year during his opening statements. This seems to confirm the documents posted online by a reported AT&T employee. This new live TV streaming service will be built using DIRECTV NOW’s user interface and the DIRECTV NOW Android…
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Buckeye Broadband Ignores Net Neutrality As It Launches Its Own Live TV Streaming Service
Buckeye Broadband is a cable TV and Internet provider in Ohio and parts of Michigan. Recently, it launched a new live TV streaming service called StreamTV. This is something a growing number of cable providers are doing, but Buckeye Broadband has exempted StreamTV from its data cap. This means services like Sling TV and YouTube…
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As Cord Cutting Grows AT&T Lost 2.3 Million TV Subscribers in Just One Year
AT&T just reported its 2nd quarter 2019 earnings that reported a loss of 778,000 TV subscribers between DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW, and U-verse TV. In total AT&T has lost 2.3 million subscribers in just the last year or over 6,301 subscribers lost every single day. When you just look at the 2nd quarter of 2019 AT&T…
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AT&T’s DIRECTV NOW Lost 168,000 Subscribers in The 2nd Quarter of 2019
Today AT&T announced that DIRECTV NOW lost 168,000 subscribers in the 2nd quarter of 2019. This is up from the 83,000 subscribers DIRECTV NOW lost in the 1st quarter of 2019 and the 267,000 subscribers lost in the 4th quarter of 2018. In total DIRECTV NOW has lost 518,000 subscribers since the start of the…
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Verizon is Planning to Release a Streaming Player Called Stream TV
With the success of cord cutting everyone is rushing to get a share of this fast-growing market. Verizon is now planning to release a streaming player called Stream TV, according to an FCC filing spotted by ZatznotFunny.com. This new device will include remote control, HDMI port, and ethernet. Verizon officially walked away from plans to…
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Sideclick Introduces the New Beep Accessory to Find Lost Roku & Fire TV Remotes
You’ve probably heard of Sideclick. This the company that created the Sideclick remote control attachment for streaming devices including Fire TV, Roku, and Apple TVs devices. Snap the Sideclick onto your remote and control the TV and your streaming device all in one. Now Sideclick is back with another product to make your streaming device…
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Showtime is Offering Previews of Its Emmy Nominated Series
Showtime is allowing anyone to watch the premiere episodes of Escape at Dannemora, Black Monday, and Who is America? for free online and on-demand right now. Escape at Dannemora takes place in the sleepy town of Dannemora, home to a maximum security prison. A female employee at Clinton Correctional Facility becomes romantically involved with two…
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How to Watch CBS on Roku, Fire TV, & Apple TV During The DIRECTV Blackout
Last week CBS was removed from DIRECTV in many major markets and all DIRECTV NOW markets. The good news is CBS is 100% free with an antenna but not for all Americans. Today we are going to take a look at different streaming services that off access to CBS streaming online. How to Stream CBS…
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Sling TV & DIRECTV NOW Will Reportedly See Slower Growth According to UBS
This week UBS released its Evidence Lab Streaming TV Monitor report. This report looks at the current state of live TV streaming services and tries to predict the future of the industry. According to this report, it predicts that live TV streaming service growth will slow down and Sling TV and DIRECTV NOW will likely…
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PlayStation Vue’s Recent Update Breaks Support For Some Amazon Fire TV Models
Yesterday Sony rolled out an update to PlayStation Vue’s Amazon Fire TV app to version 6.2.3. Sadly it seems that this update has broken support form some Fire TV models including the Fire TV Stick 4K. Now many PlayStation Vue subscribers are reporting constant stuttering video including. There is even a post about it on…
