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Primetime ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Viewership Continues to Drop
Linear broadcast television primetime is starting to head into past-time territory. For the 2022 to 2023 season, primetime viewership impressions decreased by 3 percent, only netting 1.2 trillion in total advertisement impressions. Overall shares declined from 25.4 percent to 25 percent from September 5th, 2022 through May 29th, 2023. As stated by MediaPost analyzing 860.3…
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YouTube Anti-Piracy Lawsuit Dismissed In a Huge Win For Google
Today was meant to be the start of a lawsuit by Grammy Award winner Maria Schneider against YouTube in federal court over anti-piracy tools. Now, Maria Schneider and YouTube have agreed to have the came dismissed with prejudice, meaning she can not try to sue over this again. Back in 2020, Maria Schneider filed a…
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Cord Cutting 2.0 is Here As Cable TV Companies See Internet Growth Slow
Major cable TV companies are experiencing a slow growth of broadband internet subscribers. The Leichtman Research Group analyzed the top U.S. broadband service providers totaling 96 percent of the entire market and the numbers don’t look promising for cable. For the first quarter of 2023, only 65,000 subscribers signed up for all leading cable companies…
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Spectrum Is Now Able to Add Data Caps As Its FCC Deal Ends
On May 18th, 2023, Spectrum’s deal with the FCC to not impose data caps on their customers has come to an end. This means that Spectrum is now able to follow Comcast and others to impose data caps. Back in 2016, Charter closed a deal to buy Time Warner Cable. This newly merged company became…
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Paramount Confirms That CBS is Looking at Selling Its New York City Studio & Headquarters as Cord Cutting Grows
Last week the New York Post reported that CBS’s parent company Paramount is looking at selling its iconic West 57th Street studio and headquarters in New York City to help cut costs. Now according to the New York Post, they have received a copy of an internal memo that confirms that CBS is looking to…
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Almost 90% of U.S. Households Use Internet Connected TVs to Stream
Broadcast television is losing its grip on the entertainment market as more cord cutters emerge in the past decade. Recent reports from the Leichtman Research Group show that nearly nine out of ten U.S. households have one, if not more, internet-connected televisions. The report goes on to break down some important distinctions between which viewing…
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Amazon Announces a New Buy Now, Pay Later Option
Amazon has partnered with Affirm and launched a new feature through Amazon Pay, making it the first ever buy now, pay later added to Amazon Pay. Customers can buy with flexible repayment options when they check out with Amazon Pay and Affirm, which promises no hidden fees, no late fees, or annual fees ever. Customers…
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United Airlines Are Upgrading to 4K OLED TVs
United Airlines is releasing a new inflight entertainment upgrade…. Just not yet. The airline will be adding up to 300,000 Panasonic Avioncs’ Astrova 4K OLED TVs screens to seatback entertainment. United Airlines’ Managing Director of Identity, Product, and Loyalty, Mark Muren, made the announcement at the 2023 Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg last Tuesday. “Ten…
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Deal Alert! The Echo Dot 5th Gens Are At Their Lowest Price Ever
Do you want a great Amazon Echo Dot that can expand your wifi network and has a clock built into it? Right now, the 5th gen Echo Dot with a clock is on sale at its lowest price ever of $34.99. Want something even cheaper and don’t care about a clock? Right now, the regular…
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How to Watch ‘Once Upon a Time in Anaheim’ Without Cable
Quack, quack, quack… the story of the Mighty Ducks will be examined in the latest E60 from ESPN, ‘Once Upon a Time in Anaheim.’ The special will take a deep dive into The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, a former NHL team that was based on a Disney film of the same name, which is now…
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DISH Network, AT&T, And Others Strongly Object to SpaceX & T-Mobile Partnership
Since April, SpaceX and T-Mobile have been causing waves over satellite spectrum usage. The two companies originally announced a plan last August to work together to provide direct satellite to mobile coverage, much to the dismay of other internet providers. Notably, DISH Network and AT&T have been vocal about their disdain for this partnership, claiming…
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Amazon’s Fathers Day Fire TV Sale is Here With Some of The Lowest Prices Ever
Amazon’s Father’s Day Fire TV sale is still going strong, with some Fire TV models being at their lowest price ever. This includes the lowest price ever on the Fire TV Stick 4K Max. If you really want the best with the most features and power, you may want to get the Fire TV Cube.…
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YouTube TV Will Offer Condensed Game Replays For NFL Sunday Ticket Subscribers
With multiple games happening at the same time, it can be hard to watch every NFL game search week. Now YouTube TV has confirmed that it will be offering an easy and quick qy for NFL fans to watch replays of the games they missed. In the past, NFL Sunday Ticket has offered condensed replays…
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Spectrum’s Cable TV Hidden Fees Are Up Again & Can Now Cost More Than The Advertised TV Package Price
The argument about how cable TV is cheaper than cord cutting so we decided to do some digging into the true cost of Spectrum TV when it comes to the fees. One of the most annoying things about cable TV is the advertised price is nowhere near the price you will really pay. So let…
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Everything We Know About Comcast’s New $20 Live TV Streaming Service That Launched This Month Called Now TV
Earlier this month, Comcast launched a $20 live TV streaming service. This new service is Comcast’s latest effort to help it fight off the losses it is seeing from cord cutting. Over the last few weeks, the service has quietly been rolling out, and now Comcast is aggressively promoting it. So what is it, and…
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