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Optimum Cable TV Lost TV, Internet, & Phone Subscribers In The 1st Quarter of 2023 As Cord Cutting Speeds Up
It was a rough 1st quarter of 2023 for Atlice’s cable TV service Optimum. It reported loses for internet, video, and telephone customers. According to their report, Atlice’s Optimum cable TV service lost 19,200 internet customers, 58,600 TV customers, and 60,600 telephone customers. “Altice USA’s first quarter results reflect a continuation of the strategy we…
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Sling TV Freestream Now Offers 335+ Channels As It Adds 12 New Free Channels
This week Sling TV quietly added 12 new channels to Sling TV’s free streaming service Freestream. With these new channels, you will find more movies, crime content, and more content being added. Sling TV’s new free advertising-supported streaming television service now offers more than 335 channels after these new channels have been added and 41,000…
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Hulu is Adding Local PBS Stations & The Magnolia Network to Its Live TV Streaming Service
Today Hulu and PBS announced a partnership to bring local PBS stations to Hulu with live TV in 300 markets around the United States. This deal will also bring PBS Kids to these markets along with a huge collection of on-demand PBS programming. “As one of the largest live TV streaming services in the U.S.,…
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Deal Alert! Amazon’s Echo Dot Are at Their Lowest Price of 2023 Starting at Just $19.99
Have you been thinking about getting a new Echo for your home, office, etc? Right now, the Echo 5th Gen is on sale for its lowest price of 2023, just $29.99. This is down from the list price of $49.99. You can even get the 3rd gen Echo Dots 50% off for just $19.99, a…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Makes Major Changes to Discovery+ Ahead of HBO Max Merger
Recently Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to merge Discovrey+ and HBO Max into a new service called Max. Disocovery+ is not going away as it will still be a cheaper option, but some significant changes have started to be made to the service. In the past, Discovery+ subscribers would get early access to new shows…
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Amazon is Working on Making Alexa Smarter
Amazon’s Alexa is more than a basic speaker assistant and in upcoming months will become an even more powerful tool for customers.
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YouTube Adds Podcasts to YouTube Music
Now, all uploaded podcasts are available on-demand both offline and for background listening via YouTube Music!
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3 Must Have Fire TV Accessories to Make Your Fire TV Stick & Fire TV Cube Even Better
Do you have a Fire TV Stick, Smart TV, or Fire TV Cube? Fire TVs are amazingly powerful but there are a few things that can make them even better. You may want to consider a few Fire TVaccessories to help you get the most out of your Amazon Fire TV. These are my picks…
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Paramount+ & Pluto TV Saw Huge Growth in 1st Quarter of 2023 As Pluto TV is Now The Largest Free Streaming Service
Today Paramount reported their 1st quarter 2023 earnings with great news about their streaming services. Paramount+ reached 60 million paid subscribers. Paramounts free streaming service Pluto TV reached 80 million monthly active users. “Paramount continues to demonstrate the strength of its content engine, driving momentum across streaming, television and theatrical. This resulted in Paramount+ and…
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A Long Writers Guild Strike Could Kill Cable TV & Accelerate Cord Cutting
After weeks of talks, earlier this week, the Writers Guild of America’s deadline for a new deal to avoid a strike came and went. Now the WGA has officially started to strike, leading to the first major strike since of the WGA since 2007. At issue here is how writers are paid for content on…
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How to Watch PGA Tour: 2023 Wells Fargo Championship: Channels, Stream, Times, & More
The PGA Tour returns to Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina as the world’s best golfers compete at the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship. They’ll be competing for the $3.6 million winner’s share of the $20 million purse. Established in 2003, the Wells Fargo Championship is one of the PGA Tour’s most celebrated tournaments. Holes…
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Comcast Blocks The Channels DVR Service From Recording NBC, Bravo, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, & More
Recently Comcast moved to block the popular DVR service Channels from being able to record its streamed programs. Channels is a service that allows customers to record from their antenna and in the past, also record programs streamed through TV anywhere apps. Now Comcast has moved to block their ability to do that, preventing users…
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Bally Sports Sues The NBA Phoenix Suns & WNBA Mercury For Breach of Contract Over Streaming Deal
Last week the NBA Suns and the WNBA Mercury announced a deal with Gray Television that would put both teams’ games on broadcast TV and streaming for free online. Previously both teams had deals with the RSN Bally Sports. Now Bally Sports says this deal breaks their contract and violates bankruptcy law. A statement made…
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Ad Spend on Cord Cutting Streaming Services Projected to Hit $55.2B in 2023
Here is a rundown of IAB’s “2022 Video Ad Spends & 2023 Outlook: Defining the Next Generation” report, released earlier today.
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