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Break Up Disney? One Activist Investor Wants to Split Up the Media Giant
The battle over Walt Disney’s future has gotten even more complicated, with another activist investor jumping in with his own proposal to break up the media giant in smaller businesses. The proposal comes from Blackwells Capital, a second investor looking to shake up the company with its own candidates to serve on the board. In…
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DIRECTV STREAM Adds Three New The CW Affiliates to its Lineup
DIRECTV on Tuesday said it added three new The CW affiliates to its live-TV streaming service, DIRECTV STREAM. The channels are KGCW-CW in Quad Cities, Iowa, WWLP-CW in Springfield-Holyoke, Massachusetts, and KXMA-CW in Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson, North Dakota. The three channels are just the latest affiliates to be added to DIRECTV STREAM’s lineup as the company works…
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ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery Team Up For Sports Streaming Bundle to Launch in Fall
Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday said they were forming a joint venture to create a new sports-centric streaming service that would bundle together the three media giant’s content. The joint venture will have its own leadership, and the three companies will each one a one-third stake in the business, which…
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This is How Verizon is Reducing the Lag Time in its 5G Network For Wireless and Home Internet Service
Verizon is working towards reducing the lag time time of its network to offer consumers a faster and more responsive experience on 5G. The carrier, working alongside telecommunications equipment provider Ericsson, completed trials of the advanced Low-Latency, Low-Loss, Scalable Throughput (L4S). The mouthful of jargon means it’s trying to reduce the so-called latency of the…
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Google Fiber Is Coming to Nevada
Nevada residents are now in line to receive GFiber, Google’s fiber internet service, by mid-2025. “Earlier today, the Clark County Commission approved a franchise agreement with GFiber, which will allow us to bring fast, reliable internet to our first community in the Silver State,” GFiber’s West Region General Manager Ashley Church said in a blog…
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Disney+ Joins Hulu in Password Sharing Crackdown
It appears the era of sharing passwords to access Walt Disney services is coming to an end. Disney+ began emailing customers this morning alerting them of new policies related to sharing. The language is identical to what users of sister service Hulu received last week, noting that the service is adding limitations on sharing outside…
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Amazon Freevee is Adding 18 New Channels, Including TMZ & Local News
February is here, and Amazon is adding a ton of free movies to the service. Freevee is owned by the online retail and offers over 400 live TV channels and thousands of movies and TV episodes. Amazon’s Freevee is available on Roku, Fire TV, the web, iOS, Android, and more, and no Prime account is…
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Two Local Gray Television Stations in Wyoming and Nebraska Have New Owners
Local TV viewers in the Cheyenne-Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and Casper, Wyoming are in for a shake up as the parent company of the two stations, Gray Television, has sold them to a rival broadcaster in an asset swap. Gray will sell KGWN Scottsbluff, known as NBC Nebraska, and KCWY, a local station in Casper known as…
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The New Echo Show 8 is At a New Lowest Price Ever of Just $89.99 Its Lowest Price Ever
Are you looking for a new Echo Show 8? The 2023 Echo Show 8 is a huge step up from the older Echo Show 8. Now it is at its lowest price ever and even lower than its Black Friday price it was just at. Right now, you can get the Echo Show 8 for…
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Halo Showrunner Teases a ‘Darker, Grittier, and Relentless’ Season
The first season of Paramount+’s Halo took big swings – even if they didn’t always connect. The show created the epic look and feel of the video games, and nailed the Master Chief’s iconic Mjolnir armor. But it made some head-turning decisions, from unlikable characters that seemed detached from the main story to revealing not…
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YouTube TV’s 8 Million Customers Means You’re Now More Willing to Pay For Google Services
YouTube and parent Alphabet are known for how much money they make on ads that pop up on its service. But the company is also seeing success getting people to pay for its services. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on Tuesday disclosed that its YouTube TV live streaming service now has 8 million subscribers. This comes…
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Sling TV’s New Contest Will Pay You to Watch Television
Sling TV on Tuesday introduced a new “Watch & Win” Rewards program that increases the chances that you’ll win prize money the more you watch television. The Rewards program is set to pay out $25,000 in total cash prizes, with a grand prize winner taking home $5,000. You enter the sweepstakes by watching 30 minutes…
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Pluto TV is Adding 14 New Channels From NBCUniversal
Today Pluto TV and NBCUniversal announced a partnership to bring 14 new channels to Pluto TV. With this deal many fan favorite entertainment, news, and sports. These channels will join a growing number of channels already on Pluto TV from NBCUniversal and others. Pluto TV is one of the older free ad-supported streaming services. Owned…
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Frndly TV is Adding a New Channel
Today Frndly TV announced that it will be adding Bounce to its live TV service. This is the 3rd live TV channel joining Frndly TV in 2024 after adding Laff and Court TV. Bounce TV offers shows like Sherri, Karamo, NCIS New Orleans, In The Cut, Family Time, and more. You can find more about…
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CNN Revamps Flagship Morning Show As the News Network Continues Digital Overhaul
CNN’s CEO is pushing forward with his aggressive overhaul strategy to bring the veteran news network into the digital age. The latest phase of chief executive Mark Thompson’s plan is changing up the network’s morning show, CNN This Morning. The program, hosted by Poppy Harlow and Phil Mattingly launched in 2022 under former station head…
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