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Amazon is Warning PlayStation Vue Subscribers That The End is Near
We are now just less than a week away from PlayStation Vue shutting down and Amazon is not leaving anything to chance. Earlier today Amazon started to contact Fire TV owners who use PlayStation Vue to inform them that they need to switch soon. Here is the email Amazon sent out today: PlayStation Vue will…
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Apple TV+ Reportedly Has More Subscribers Than Hulu & Disney+
While we’ve all been talking about the fast growth of Disney+, there has been less talk about the subscriber numbers for Apple TV+. Now, one analytics company is saying Apple’s streaming platform may have more subscribers than both Disney+ and Hulu. The news comes from the Wall Street Journal, in a report that cites the…
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More Cable TV Providers Will Stop Offering TV Services & Move to Streaming Only This Year
For the second time, this week a cable TV service provider is shifting its focus from cable TV to streaming. This time, a Minnesota company is letting customers know that the cost of traditional TV has become too expensive and no longer makes sense as an option for customers. Gigabit Minnesota sent the notice to…
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YouTube TV Now Lets You use Your TV Remote to Channel Surf on Some TVs
A Reddit user noticed that their Sony TV remote allows them to navigate channels on YouTube TV with the up and down buttons, just like with traditional cable TV. This has been an option on PlayStation Vue but now seems to be supported on YouTube TV. The Reddit post noted that the remote worked by…
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DISH Wants to Offer 5G Internet to 70% of Americans in Just Three Years
DISH has for some time now talked about how important 5G is to the future of the company. Now DISH has announced that it plans to have 70% of Americans covered with 5G broadband by June 2023. This comes as DISH has started to ask for proposals to help it lay fiber to build out…
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Comcast Warns That Cord Cutting Will Speed Up in 2020 & That Cable TV Prices Are Going Up
There has recently been talk that cord cutting may be slowing down, but Comcast disagrees. Yesterday Comcast during its 4th quarter earnings call they warned investors that cord cutting will speed up in 2020 and expects video subscriber losses to accelerate throughout the year. Comcast lost 732,000 TV subscribers in 2019. If that continues and…
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Babylon 5 is Leaving Amazon Prime Next Week So Start Streaming!
Fans of Babylon 5 have for years hoped for their favorite show to end up on a subscription streaming service and in June 2018 it happened as the show came to Amazon Prime. (Babylon 5 had been on g90 for a short time before that service shutdown. Sadly next week on January 31st, 2019 the…
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The Super Bowl Will be Streamed by 1 in 4 Viewers, According to a New Study
When the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers play in Miami on February 2nd, millions of football fans around the country will be watching. With the rise of cord cutting, many of those viewers will be streaming the event. Adtaxi recently released the 2020 “Super Bowl Viewership and Consumer Streaming Trends Survey” which shows…
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Former HBO Exec Returns as SVP of Program Marketing for HBO Max from Netflix
Today, HBO announced that Pia Chaozon Barlow will be returning to the company to take on the role of senior VP of program marketing for HBO Max. Barlow is coming back to HBO after serving as Head of Marketing, Nonfiction and Kids & Family for Netflix. Prior to her role at Netflix, Barlow was Director…
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Watch Star Trek: Picard with One Free Month of CBS All Access
Star Trek: Picard premiered on CBS All Access early this morning. The new series, an exclusive for CBS All Access, has already gotten plenty of positive feedback from long time fans and first time viewers of the Star Trek franchise. If you want to check out the show for yourself, CBS is giving you the…
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USDA Gives Another $25 Million+ in Funding to Expand Rural Broadband Funds
On Monday, the US Department of Agriculture announced that they had given $18.7 million to be used for bringing broadband access to rural areas in West Virginia. “This project is providing a critical communications investment in some truly rural areas of West Virginia,” West Virginia State Director Kris Warner said in a statement. “Through USDA’s…
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AT&T TV Will Likely Be Launching Nationwide on February 11
We may have a launch date for AT&T TV. Sources say that AT&T TV will likely launch on February 11, 2020. Update: It has been reported that AT&T has pushed back the launch until late February 2020. This information is supported by the fact that AT&T TV beta accounts are now giving users a message…
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The President & CEO of The Hallmark Channel is Leaving Crown Media
Hallmark Cards, Inc. announced Wednesday that Bill Abbott will be leaving Crown Media Family Networks. Abbott’s last day at the company will be Friday. “After 11 years, Bill Abbott, president and CEO of Crown Media is leaving the company,” said Mike Perry, president and CEO of Hallmark Cards, Inc. in a press release. “I want…
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AT&T TV NOW is Currently Down for Some Users
This morning, some AT&T TV NOW subscribers are finding that they can’t login to the app to watch content. If you’re receiving an error message this morning, it’s likely part of a widespread issue with the streaming service. Update: AT&T TV NOW on most devices is working again. If you are still having trouble logging…
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AT&T is Racing to Prevent a DIRECTV Satellite from Exploding After a Malfunction
Recently it was reported that AT&T would not be launching new satellites into space for DIRECTV. Now a backup DIRECTV satellite has suffered a battery malfunction that AT&T warns could cause the satellite to explode according to to a report from Space News. In December, AT&T says an unexplained anomaly caused “significant and irreversible thermal…
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