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TEGNA Renews Its Affiliation Agreement with FOX For 6 Markets
Today TEGNA announced a multi-year deal with FOX Corporation renewing station affiliation in six markets. This includes three stations recently acquired from Nextstar Media Group This deal means TEGNA will continue full coverage of Fox Broadcast network, including The Masked Singer, 9-1-1, the NFL on FOX, and other popular programming. “We are pleased to expand our relationship…
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Comcast’s Roku Like Xfinity Flex Streaming Player is Now Free For Comcast Internet Customers Even if You Don’t Rent a Modem
Back in March, Comcast announced that they are launching a $5 a month streaming device. In September Comcast made the Flex free to all Comcast Internet customers if you rented a Comcast Modem. Now Comcast internet customers can get a free Flex even if they don’t rent a Comcast modem. This device will aggregate streaming…
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The FCC Officially Approves The Sprint & T-Mobile Merger
Today the FCC voted to officially approve of the Sprint and T-Mobile Merger. This paves the way for the merger to be finalized as the DOJ has already approved of the merger. “The Commission found that the transaction will help close the digital divide and advance United States leadership in 5G, the next generation of…
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Disney+ and ESPN+ Will Show Starz Ads After Disney Buys Back Rights to Disney Movies
Disney is running into some trouble with previous licensing deals which would give other networks and streaming services rights to Disney films that would then need to be removed from Disney+. In an effort to maintain rights to some of their films, Disney has reportedly made a deal with Starz. The deal would allow Disney…
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Hulu’s New 14-Day Grid Guide For Live TV is Now Rolling Out on iOS
Hulu has just started rolling out the new grid guide to iOS devices including the iPad and iPhone. Note that the new feature seems to be slowly rolling out which likely means Hulu is doing A/B testing of this new feature, so don’t be surprised if you don’t see the guide right now. You’ll get…
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The Free Streaming Service XUMO Adds Five New Channels
XUMO TV has added even more free content that viewers can watch without a subscription. Here are the five new channels you can watch online or with the XUMO app. Sterling Drama (Channel 260) Tune into this new channel to watch dramas from the UK, including Prisoner’s Wives, Murphy’s Law, and Hamish Macbeth. Atmosphere TV…
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AT&T Agrees to Pay $60 Million to The FTC to Resolve Allegations it Mislead Consumers with ‘Unlimited Data’ Promises
Today the Federal Trade Commission announced a deal with AT&T to resolve allegations that AT&T misled consumers with unlimited data promises. As part of this deal, AT&T will pay $60 million to the FTC. “AT&T promised unlimited data—without qualification—and failed to deliver on that promise,” said Andrew Smith, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer…
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Netflix is Ending Support for Older Roku Players, Vizio TVs, & Now Samsung Smart TVs
Recently, we’ve shared news that Netflix is ending support for older Vizio TVs and older Roku players. Now, we can add some Samsung smart TVs to the list of devices that will no longer have Netflix support. A notice on the Samsung website is letting Samsung TV users know that at the end of this…
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The Free Streaming Service Kanopy Adds Sesame Street
Today the free streaming services Kanopy announced a new partnership to bring 24 episodes of Sesame Street to Kanopy Kids. “For the last 50 years, ‘Sesame Street’ has influenced generations around the world by leading educational growth and social change,” says Kanopy CEO Kevin Sayar. “We are elated to work with Sesame Workshop and reach…
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AT&T Officially Launches NBA TV as An A La Carte TV Channel
A few weeks ago NBA TV was made available as a stand-alone live TV streaming service. Today AT&T’s WarnerMedia made the launch offical as the first sports league network to go direct-to-consumer subscription service. “Innovation has always been at the core of our NBA Digital partnership and the launch of this direct to consumer product,…
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Verizon’s Visible Introduces Party Pay with Group Discounts With Unlimited Data Starting at Just $25 a Month
Visible has announced the launch of Party Pay, a new way to manage your phone plan with friends and family with flexibility and savings for everyone. Visible members can now invite friends, family, roommates, or anyone, really to be part of a Party of up to four members. After a Party is formed: Parties of…
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Roku Is the Most Popular Streaming Player in the United States According to a New Study
Today eMarketer released its Over-the-Top study looking at US video viewers and connected TV users. According to that new study, Roku is still the most popular streaming player in the United States. According to eMarketer, 86.2 million Americans have streamed a show or movie using a Roku compared to 64.6 million Americans who used an…
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Pluto TV Adds 5 New Channels
Today Pluto TV added five new channels to their free streaming service. These channels include Pluto TV Election 2020, Leverage, Pluto TV Winter Sports, Curiosity to Inspire, and Naruto. Here are the new Channels Pluto TV added today: Channel 223 Pluto TV Election 2020 Pluto TV Elections offers 24/7 coverage of the 2020 election. Channel…
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Locast’s CEO Wants to Expand Its Free Streaming Service Into Rural America
While ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC are fighting to have Locast shut down, the free streaming service run by nonprofit Sports Fan Coalition has no intention of slowing down. Since the lawsuit started in July, Locast has continued to expand, bringing their service to Atlanta and Phoenix in mid-October, then Seattle at the end of…
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AT&T TV NOW is Down For Many Subscribers
If you are trying to watch AT&T TV NOW and keep getting a blue screen asking you to upgrade, you are not alone. Right now, AT&T TV NOW is down for many subscribers. For now, all you can do is wait for AT&T to address this outage. You do not need to upgrade your package…
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