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Spectrum To Buy Up Another Small Cable TV Company
Spectrum is set to purchase a small cable TV company in Kentucky as it looks for ways to bolster its shrinking base of customers. On Tuesday, the city council voted in agreement to sell Bardstown Connect along with its customer base and infrastructure to Charter Communications, Spectrum’s parent company. No timeline has been set for…
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Deal Alert! Save $10 Per Month on Visible+ During Flash Sale (Today Only)
Yesterday may have been Valentine’s Day, but Visible has a sweetheart of a deal today. For today only, users who sign up for Visible+ will receive $10 off per month by using the promo code HAPPY. Simply enter the promo code HAPPY upon signing up and you’ll get the $10 discount every month while your…
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MLB.TV Has Some New Features For 2024
Major League Baseball’s Spring Training is in full swing, and fans can catch all the action on MLB.TV this year. The streaming service is available ahead of the 2024 regular season, and has some new features, programs, and live options. Spring training began this month and MLB.TV members can find every game with the All…
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Here’s How Much Data Verizon Handled During the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl serves as a good test of a wireless network. After all, tens of thousands of people are on their phones, live streaming, posting on Instagram, and sharing videos with their friends. Verizon on Monday said it handled 52.34 terabytes of data at the big game. To put that in perspective, that much…
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This City Council Unintentionally Approved an Illegal IPTV Service on Live Streamed Meeting
Mapleton, Utah’s city council unknowingly approved an illegal IPTV scheme for its residents and business owners to use during a regular meeting. This all went down a year ago, but TorrentFreak just uncovered the agenda from a council meeting on January 4, 2023 listing “Consideration of a Resolution for Xtreme High-Definition IPTV streaming subscription for…
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How to Watch Tiger Woods, PGA Tour: Genesis Invitational 2024 on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV & More
The West Coast Swing of the PGA Tour will conclude with the return of golf legend Tiger Woods in the 2024 Genesis Invitational. With a purse of $20 million, the winner will leave Riviera Country Club $4 million richer. Tiger Woods, who will also host the tournament, will be joined by a field that features…
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NFL Execs May Try To Stop Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s New Sports Streaming Service Plans
The NFL’s top brass are reportedly furious over Disney-owned ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans to launch a new joint sports streaming service in the fall. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Chief Business Officer Brian Rolapp were told about the joint venture just hours before it was announced publicly, according to Puck News (a…
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Ring Doorbells Are on Sale For Just $59.99 For a Limited Time
Want to see what is happening outside or inside your home from your Echo or Fire TV? Now, with the Ring doorbell cam or indoor cam, you can do just that, and they are both on sale right now. Just in time for its big Presidents Day sale, Amazon has its popular Ring Doorbells on…
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DIRECTV Launches New Loyalty Program Called Perks
DIRECTV on Wednesday unveiled a new customer loyalty program that rewards you the longer you stay with the service. The pay-TV provider introduced Perks, a program that lets you earn “tokens” each month you’re an active customer. Those tokens can then be exchanged for different kinds of merchandise, as well as discounts on bills and…
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Walmart Should Buy Roku, Not Vizio, If It Wants to Take on Amazon
This week we learned that Walmart was in talks to buy Vizio for more than $2 billion. Reportedly Walmart wants to use Vizio to grow its advertising and to expand and compete with Amazon by way of Vizio’s free ad-supported streaming service. If Walmart really wanted to compete with Amazon in streaming and digital, advertising…
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YouTube TV Confirms It Will Let You Customize Your Multiview Experiences and Pick the Games You Want
Last month, Cord Cutters News reported that Google was testing letting customers pick what games would be in their YouTube TV multiview window. YouTube TV on Wednesday officially announced this new feature and is rolling it out to users. One of YouTube TV’s best features is the ability to let you watch up to four…
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Sling TV Freestream Adds Six New Free Channels
Sling TV’s free, ad-supported streaming service Freestream on Wednesday added another six channels this month, total 21 so far in February. The new channels include Just for Laughs TV and Dog Whisperer, featuring dog behaviorist Cesar Milan. The company has been ramping up the number of channels on Freestream, which is separate from its pay…
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Zeam, a Free Streaming Service Featuring Local News, Travel and Sports Content, is Now Live
Broadcaster Gray Television and nearly 300 local stations have partnered on a new free streaming service called Zeam, which went live on Wednesday. The service was teased earlier this month, and saw a quick ramp-up of promotional activity, including during the Super Bowl, and finally went live today. It boasts a myriad of channels with…
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Amazon will go to trial for the FTC antitrust case in 2026
The Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon will go to trial in October 2026, according to court documents. In September, the FTC and 17 state attorneys general sued Amazon alleging the e-commerce giant of abused its retail platform’s clout to unfairly adjust prices to outdo third-party sellers. The case was thrust back into the…
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Altice’s Optimum Lost 267,000 Cable TV and 114,000 Internet Customers in 2023
Cable and internet provider Optimum continues to bleed customers at an alarming rate even as it lost money. The company reported fourth-quarter results that showed subscribers were dropping cable TV, broadband, and phone services. For the fourth-quarter, it lost 27,000 internet subscribers, 62,200 cable TV subscribers, and 57,400 phone subscribers. For the year, those totals…
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