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Deal Alert! Anker’s Huge 24,000mAh 65W USB-C Power Bank is Just $54 A New Lowest Price Ever
Did you miss out on Anker’s fall Black Friday or Christmas sale? Good news some of their deals are back for Valentine Day, including on their portable chargers. Once again, Anker has their 24,000mAh 65W USB-C battery pack on sale. This power bank can charge a 45W laptop and a 20W phone at the same…
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Paramount Tells 800 Employees They No Longer Have a Job
Back in January 2024 we learned that Paramount executives were considering cutting hundreds of jobs in February as the media company is at a crossroads. Now Deadline has confirmed that Paramount is laying off 800 employees in a memo that went out today. “To those with whom we are parting ways, we are incredibly grateful…
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Amazon Hangs Up The Echo Connect This Month, Ending Its Ability to Make Calls
Amazon will discontinue its Echo Connect at the end of February, leaving those who still use a landline just over three weeks to find another way to make voice calls through Alexa. The Echo Connect is an adaptor that lets users make landline calls through Alexa using voice commands. While Amazon has already stopped selling…
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PBS CEO Speaks on Streaming and Funding Ahead of New Content Premieres
At the PBS Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, President and CEO of PBS, Paula Kerger, detailed the difficulties of bringing the network’s shows to streaming and the gratitude the company feels towards government funding that helps keep its stations afloat. PBS has long broadcast its content through local channels on cable TV, but it…
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YouTube TV is Adding a Button to Jump Back To The Last Channel You Watched on Roku
Do you miss the ability to quickly jump back to the last channel you watched? Last December, YouTube TV started to add the ability to quickly jump back to the last channel you watched, making watching sports easier on select devices including the Apple TV. With this update YouTube TV added the ability to let…
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Roku OS 13 Is Coming Soon as Beta Tests Begin
Last fall, Roku announced the Roku OS 12.5 update, which featured the ability to follow a favorite team and have it let you know how to watch the game, as well as an expanded channel lineup. Other additions include the ability to link the image screensaver to your Google Photos account, allowing you to use…
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Amazon Prime Video’s New Standard Ad Tier Dials Back Sound and Picture Quality
Amazon Prime Video subscribers who have decided not to shell out an extra $2.99 a month for an ad-free watching experience may notice their streaming experience is missing something. The e-commerce giant’s ad-supported streaming plan doesn’t support Dolby Vision picture or Dolby Atmos sound quality, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed to Forbes. Dolby Vision is the…
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DIRECTV Adds Four New Streaming Channels, Including Yahoo Finance and TIME
DIRECTV on Monday added a quartet of channels to its streaming service. The four channels are Yahoo Finance, TIME, The Design Network, and Alien Nation. They went live earlier Monday. They come on top of nine streaming channels that DIRECTV added to its service over the last several months as the company tried to win…
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Bally Sports’ Deal With Guardians, Twins, and Rangers Won Bankruptcy Court Approval
Bally Sports, the embattled regional sports network attempting to climb its way out of bankruptcy, made some headway when a federal bankruptcy judge approved its deal to broadcast Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers games through the end of the 2024 season. The deal was approved by Judge Christopher Lopez on Friday. On Monday,…
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Influencer Reality Series Follow Me Will Return For a Second Season on Crackle and The CW App
Venture 10 Studio Group has greenlit a second season of the influencer competition series Follow Me. The new episodes will debut on Crackle and The CW app. The new season will consist of ten episodes hosted by Bethany Mota, who shows fans what it takes to build a brand as an influencer. The next installment…
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Amazon Internet Service Will Reportedly Have Built-In Cyber Threat Defenses
Amazon’s internet service is set to launch later this year, and the future SpaceX Starlink competitor has reportedly added a number of safeguards against digital dangers. As the world’s reliance on the internet grows by the day and cyber criminals find new ways to wreak havoc, strong, adaptable security defenses are more important than ever.…
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Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Update: What’s Going on With the Merger and is the Deal Dead or Alive?
Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount made waves in the entertainment industry when the CEOs of the two companies reportedly talked about a potential merger in December. A deal would combine two of the largest media companies in the world, bringing together powerful studios, cable networks, and one of the major national networks. One of the…
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These Classic Beloved Kids Shows Are Finally Streaming For the First Time Ever
Cineverse launched two new free ad-supported channels last week, bringing beloved children’s shows from Sid and Marty Krofft to the streaming world for the first time ever. The Sid & Marty Krofft channel launched on Midnight Pulp, Dove Channel, and Cineverse on February 8. Cineverse digitally remastered the shows for streaming after acquiring the global…
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Babylon 5 Creator Says Reboot Isn’t Dead, Blames Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Drama For Delay
Fans of Babylon 5, rejoice! A possible reboot of the classic science fiction series is alive, although stuck in limbo thanks to all the merger talk between Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount, according to creator J. Michael Stracyznski. Stracyznski took to X (formerly Twitter) last week to confirm that Warner Bros., the studio behind Babylon…
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A Glitch Is Breaking the Tablo App on Roku Devices but a Fix Is Rolling Out
Tablo is working on a fix for a software bug that’s causing its app to crash on Roku devices during live TV playback. “Since Roku’s 12.5 firmware update, a subset of Roku devices have started running out of memory during playback of live TV causing the 4th generation Tablo app to crash,” a post on…
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