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Hulu CEO Randy Freer is Stepping Down As Disney Consolidates Leadership
Hulu CEO Randy Freer has just announced that he will be leaving the company. This news comes just eight months after Disney has taken control over the streaming company. Disney plans to integrate Hulu more fully into their business operations. Executives across the board at Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu will all now report directly to Disney…
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Tablo Updates Web App, Commercial Auto Skip Now Available on Most Devices
Tablo has just updated their web app with v. 1.8.7. Tablo App Update v. 1.8.6 includes bug fixes and performance improvements, along with providing support for the Automatic Commercial Skip feature. This is the same update that Tablo released for Android and iOS devices earlier this week. With the web app updated, Tablo users can…
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Atmosphere, a Streaming Platform for Businesses, Adds Five New Channels
Atmosphere, the free streaming service for businesses, has announced that it has added five new partner channels to its platform. The five new partners include Red Bull TV, AFV TV (America’s Funniest Videos), QuickTake by Bloomberg, GameSprout TV and Drone TV. Red Bull TV: Red Bull TV brings the adrenaline punch straight to you with…
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CBS Launches CBSN Philly for Live News Coverage
CBS has announced that they’ve launched a 24/7 news service for the Philadelphia area, the next city in ViacomCBS’ plan to bring the service to 13 markets across the country. The digital platform will stream KYW Philadelphia newscasts. “It is very exciting to reach the mid-point of the rollout of our CBSN Local services with…
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Sling Expands Free Content to Web Browsers
Sling has just announced that they’ve expanded their free content experience to the web. Now Chrome, Safari and Edge users can easily access over 3,000 hours of free content without a credit card, base subscription, or downloading the Sling TV app. The free experience allows consumers to access nearly 1,000 free movies and more than…
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ViacomCBS Appoints George Cheeks to Lead CBS Entertainment Group
This morning, ViacomCBS announced that George Cheeks, formerly of NBCUniversal, will become President and CEO of CBS Entertainment Group, effective March 23, 2020. Joe Ianniello, Chairman and CEO of CBS, will be leaving the company after the transition. Cheeks is coming from NBUniversal, where he served as Vice Chairman, NBCUniversal Content Studios. At CBS, he…
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How to Add the FOX NOW Channel on Roku after Roku Removes The Official Channel
Update: Since publishing this post, Roku has said that the private channel linked below will not work unless FOX and Roku can come to an agreement. Yesterday, Roku sent a notice to users, letting them know that all FOX and FOX Sports channels would be removed today, January 31. You can read more about the…
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Disney+ Starts Production on Live-Action Movie Godmothered
Disney has started production on Godmothered, an original live-action movie being created for Disney+. The film will star Isla Fisher and Jillian Bell. Set at Christmas time, “Godmothered” is a comedy about Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training (Bell) who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that…
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AT&T Hopes That HBO Max & AT&T TV Will Offset Subscriber Losses
Yesterday, during their Q4 earnings call, we learned that AT&T lost nearly 1.2 million subscribers across DirecTV, U-verse, and AT&T TV NOW. We also learned about the company’s strategy for making up those losses. In their quarterly report, the company said they hope that new service HBO Max and the nationwide launch of AT&T TV…
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Spectrum Lost 105,000 TV Customers in The 4th Quarter of 2019
Today Spectrum announced their 4th quarter 2019 subscriber numbers. In that report, it was announced that Spectrum lost 105,000 TV subscribers in just 3 months. This comes as Spectrum residential video customers decreased by 177,000 in the 3rd quarter of 2019. One of the bright spots for Spectrum was that they added 331,000 Internet customers…
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Comcast is Removing Starz From All TV Packages
Today Comcast reached out to Xfinity TV subscribers to let them know that Starz is being removed from all Comcast TV packages on February 11th, 2020. Now if you want Starz you will need to pay for it separately. The good news is you don’t need to pay for it through Comcast but can subscribe…
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Roku is Removing All FOX Sports & Fox Channels Tomorrow
Update: Roku and FOX have reached a new deal to keep FOX Channels on Roku. You can learn more HERE. Today Roku notified subscribers that the stand alone FOX Roku Channels are being removed from the FOX app effective January 31st, 2020. Roku did not explain why or exactly what channels are being affected but…
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GetTV Announces a New Weekend Lineup
getTV wants to bring some variety into your life. This February, the channel will be airing episodes of variety shows and specials on Saturday and Sunday nights Every Saturday, getTV will air episodes of “The Sonny and Cher Show” not shown on TV in decades, featuring such guest stars as Debbie Reynolds, the Smothers Brothers, Neil Sedaka, Evel…
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PlayStation Vue Has Shutdown…
Today at around 4:30 PM Eastern Sony officially shutdown PlayStation Vue. A simple message on the site says “We regret to inform you that Sony Interactive Entertainment has discontinued the PlayStation Vue service as of January 30, 2020.” On apps it suggestions you look at fuboTV, Hulu, Philo, and Sling TV. If you’ll miss PlayStation…
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Amazon Closed Out 2019 with Net Sales Up 21% to $87.4 Billion for Q4
Today, Amazon announced their Quarter 4 financial results, showing a 21% jump to $87.4 billion for the final quarter of 2019. That number is up from $72.4 billion year over year. For all of 2019, net sales increased 20% to $280.5 billion, compared with $232.9 billion in 2018. Earlier this month, we reported that Amazon’s…
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