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Starlink Reportedly Has 1.5 Million Customers, Far Short of its Goal of 20 Million by 2022
When SpaceX launched Starlink, the company anticipated reaching 20 million users by 2022. However, by the end of last year, the satellite internet provider fell short of that goal, nabbing only 1 million customers. Its current base now stands at 1.5 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. Starlink’s revenue last year totaled $1.4 billion,…
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T-Mobile May Finally Get Valuable 5G Spectrum It Bought Thanks to Proposed Senate Bill
T-Mobile has been patiently waiting for $304 million worth of spectrum licenses that it purchased in last year’s Federal Communications Commission auction, radio airwaves it can’t get its hands on because of a political and technical battle raging in Washington D.C. A new proposed Senate bill may help the carrier get around the regulatory red…
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Bally Sports & The NHL LA Kings Agree To a New TV Deal In The Middle of Bankruptcy
Today Bally Sports’ parent company, Diamond Sports Group, announced a deal with the Los Angeles Kings for a multi-year renewal of its TV deal to air local LA Kings games. Fans of the LA Kings will find the games on Bally Sports or streaming through Bally Sports+ online. “We are thrilled to extend our longstanding…
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Is DIRECTV & AT&T Ending Free Max For Legacy Customers? Likely Just a Glitch
This afternoon DIRECTV mass emailed a massive number of DIRECTV customers to inform them that their legacy access to Max, formerly HBO Max was ending. According to the email, this is because the users made a change to their AT&T Wireless or Broadband Accounts that are resulting in them losing access to the accounts. As…
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Hulu Launches Top 15 Today To Let You Know The Best Shows To Watch Every Day
Today, Disney announced a new feature on Hulu called Top 15 Today. This new feature will update daily and show what is trending on Hulu. Disney says every day, Hulu will update the Top 15 Today at around 11 am to 12 pm Pacific with the newest list. Hulu hopes this new list will help…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Says It’s “Really Shut Down” As Writers Strike Continues
Warner Bros. Discovery continues to feel the impact of the ongoing writers and actors strike. Following last week’s news that the company could lose up to $500 million in adjusted earnings for 2023, executives are reiterating their desire to resolve the strikes and “get back to work,” according to Deadline. “From an operational/financial perspective, we’re…
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Sling Brings Back Disney Star, Adding 19 Channels To International Package
Sling on Thursday said that it was bringing Disney Star back to its lineup, which now includes 19 channels and 150 hours of on-demand South Asian programming. The line-up includes renowned premium channels such as Star Plus (Hindi), Vijay TV (Tamil), Asianet (Malayalam), Star Maa (Telugu), Star Jalsha (Bengali), Star Pravah (Marathi) & Star Suvarna (Kannada). U.S.…
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Roku Dominates Connected TV Platforms, With Fire TV a Distant Second
Roku continues to be the connected TV platform to beat, nabbing nearly 40% of all ad impressions in the first half. That’s according to a report from Beachfront, which sells software to help with the distribution of ads. Roku had 38.8% of connected TV ad impressions, while Amazon’s Fire TV came in second with 15.7%.…
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Plex Says Viewers of its Free Ad-Supported Channels Has Grown 54%
Plex is starting to see a return on its investment in free ad-supported streaming channels. The company, which started as a software company providing video server apps, in 2019 started adding free ad-supported channels. The company said the number of viewers to those channels has risen by 54% in the first half of this year…
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Netflix, Max, Disney+ or Hulu: Which Streaming Service Cancels the Most TV Shows?
Netflix has a reputation for axing TV shows after two or three seasons, often to the dismay of fans. But, surprisingly, the streaming service isn’t the worst offender — by a long shot. That’s according to a study conducted by research firm Luminate in partnership with Variety, which counted up the number of cancellations over…
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Tubi Launches New Ad Campaign After Its Super Bowl Success
Earlier this year Tubi found huge success with a hit TV commercial that many say won the 2023 Super Bowl. Now, Tubi is following up this effort with a new ad to help it keep growing. These new ads are part of Tubi’s “Just Keep Going” campaign that it hopes will help it stand out.…
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NFL Partners With TCL to Offer Fans a Chance to Win $1.5 Million in Big Screen TVs
NFL sportscaster Charissa Thomspon is teaming up with TCL to offer football fans a chance to win $1.5 million in big-screen televisions as part of the Ultimate Gameday Upgrade and Ultimate Room Makeover promotions. Throughout the NFL season, the campaigns aim to create “game day greatness” from the comfort of your home. Thompson will announce…
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What is The Most Popular Streaming Services For Apple Owners? YouTube TV vs Max vs Paramount+ & More
The question of what streaming services are best or most popular is a hot topic in cord cutting. Many streaming services hide their numbers for subscribers or viewing time. There are ways we can get an idea of just how popular a streaming service is and one of those ways is thanks to Apple’s top…
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Deal Alert! Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max is On Sale Ahead Of Amazon’s Big Device Event
Later this month, Amazon will have a big device event that is expected to include new Fire TVs. Now, Amazon has several Fire TV models on sale ahead of the big event, including the Fire TV Cube and Fire TV Stick 4K Max. You can learn more about what we expect from Amazon’s new Fire…
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Verizon CEO Expects to Reach 4 to 5 Million 5G Home Internet Customers by the End of 2025
During Verizon’s second quarter earnings call, the company announced some struggles. Verizon reported a decline in total revenue since the second quarter of 2022. The company also lost 69,000 Fios TV customers, though that’s in large part due to the Fios being discontinued so it’s not a shocking result. Even so, Verizon remains hopeful about…
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