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Verizon Opens Up its Phone Protection Plan
Verizon Wireless on Wednesday opened enrollment to its “Mobile Protect” plan, which covers you in case you lose or damage your device or it gets stolen. The program costs $14 to $17 a month, depending on the device and whether you’re part of a larger account. The warranty covers loss, theft, damage (including liquid) and…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Valentine’s Day Sale Is Now Live Starting at Just $24.99
Need a new Fire TV? Great news: Amazon is having a Valentine’s Day sale on its Fire TV devices. This includes the new Fire TV Stick 4K Max that has 16GB of storage, WiFi 6E, and a quad-core 2GHz processor. The biggest improvement any will notice is the remote, which is the same one the…
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Cineverse taps Google For a New AI Search Tool and Virtual “Video Advisor”
Cineverse has partnered with Google to employ artificial intelligence in a new search tool and a digital movie buff named Ava. The streamer’s new AI-powered search and discovery tool, cineSearch, will help users find new films and television series. Cineverse developed cineSearch using Google Cloud’s Vertex AI Search to create a chatbot specializing in finding…
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A Major Cable TV Internet Provider’s Bid to Stop Smaller Rivals From Using its Fiber Network Got Rejected
Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has rejected BCE Inc.’s request to pause the Canada Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s decision to allow independent companies to sell internet services using fiber networks run by some of the country’s biggest providers. The decision cements Canada’s commitment to expand internet options and drive competition. The decision comes a day…
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Spectrum Cable TV Needs to Renew Its Contract With Paramount-Owned TV Channels & Bally Sports RSNs Soon
Are you a Spectrum cable TV customer? Unless Spectrum reaches a new deal you could lose some Paramount and RSN channels this spring. Charter Communications, Spectrum’s parent company, has a renewal coming up with Bally Sports and Paramount. If they fail to reach deals, we could see a second and third round of massive channel…
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Hulu Adds FOX Weather To Its Live TV Service
Today, Hulu + Live TV quietly added FOX Weather to its lineup of TV channels. FOX Weather is a 24/7 live weather network taking on the Weather Channel. The service is free and ad-supported and has been available on Verizon Fios, The Roku Channel, fuboTV, YouTubeTV, DIRECTV STREAM, Xumo Play, WOW!, Sling TV, Sling Freestream,…
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DIRECTV STREAM Adds Five More The CW Stations to its Lineup
DIRECTV said on Tuesday that it added five more The CW stations to its DIRECTV STREAM service. The stations range from WOTV-CW in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to KELO-CW in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. DIRECTV has been busy adding more The CW affiliates to its lineup as it works to create more parity between its core…
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Could the ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports JV Get Snagged By Regulators?
While the joint venture between Walt Disney Company’s ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery to launch a new sports-centric streaming service may not be blocked by Congress nor the Federal Communications Commission, there are enough vocal companies affected by the deal that it could see some hurdles. That’s the opinion of Blair Levin, a former…
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Super Bowl is the Most-Watched U.S. Program Ever With 123.7 Million Viewers
Super Bowl LVIII was the most-watched U.S. program ever after racking up 123.7 million viewers on Sunday, according to audience measurement firm Nielsen. The CBS broadcast averaged 120.3 million viewers, while 2.3 million viewers tuned in for the Spanish-language broadcast on Univision. Another 1.2 million tuned in to watch a kid-friendly broadcast on Nickelodeon and…
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Walmart May Buy TV Maker Vizio
Walmart may get into the television business personally. The retail giant is in talks to buy TV maker Vizio in a deal that could be valued at more than $2 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The publication noted that the discussions were still ongoing, and that a deal may not happen. Vizio would…