Category: All News
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Disney, FOX, & Warner Bros. Discovery May Have Just Killed Cable TV
This week Disney, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a partnership that would see a new sports-focused TV streaming service launch this fall. This service would offer 14 live channels of sports, including ESPN, BTN, FOX Sports, and sports from TNT—to name a few. This would address one of the main complaints of streaming services—the…
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Shout! TV Celebrates the Best in Black Entertainment For Black History Month
Shout! TV presents a curated list of titles for Black History Month to honor the best in Black music, performances, comedy, and sports. The collection features entertainment icons such as Aretha Franklin and Whoopi Goldberg, spanning multiple industries, and is available to stream starting this month. The Celebrating Black Voices watchlist includes sketch shows, talk…
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Paramount+ Releases First Trailer For Live-Action Sonic The Hedgehog Spinoff Series
The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise is speeding towards Paramount+ this April. The streamer released a trailer for the debut season of Knuckles, the franchise’s first live-action TV series. The series reunites Jeff Fowler, Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, and Toru Nakahara, the team behind the films. The first season consists of six episodes that follow…
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Free Streaming Service STIRR Gets a Second Life With Plans For New Content and AI-Powered Search
STIRR, the free ad-supported streaming service that broadcasting giant Sinclair unloaded last month, is getting a second lease on life thanks to new parent Thinking Media. Thinking Media has some new plans for STIRR, including tripling the on-demand content library and implementing artificial intelligence to aid in searches, according to TechCrunch. The streamer has cut…
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Disney Reportedly Paid Taylor Swift More Than $75 Million For the ‘Eras Tour’ Rights
Walt Disney made waves when it announced that Disney+ would be the exclusive home of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. The company appears to have paid a rich sum for the privilege. Disney will pay pop singer sensation and entrepreneur more than $75 billion to the rights of the concert film, according to Puck News,…
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Anker’s New 200W USB-C Power Bank is On Sale & Will Keep Your Laptop & Phone Running At This New All Time Low Price
Do you need to make sure your laptop, phone, switch, and more won’t lose power as you travel? Ankers 200W laptop can charge two 100W laptops at once or charge your 100W Macbook and iPhone 15 at the same time. This is a must have for anyone who really needs to make sure their laptop…
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‘WWE Speed’ Series Coming to X As the Social Media Network Leans Into Entertainment
Wrestling fans can check out a new World Wrestling Entertainment show on X, formerly Twitter, this spring. WWE Speed will feature matches set to last five minutes or less. So far, the X-exclusive live show will feature numerous wrestling superstars with new episodes every week. “Tune in for these fast-paced, action-packed faceoffs, coming in April,”…
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Philo Customers Will Get Ad-Supported AMC+ For Free
Philo subscribers on Friday got some surprising good news courtesy of AMC Networks. While reporting its fourth-quarter results, AMC Networks also announced that it had struck a deal to include the ad-based version of AMC+ for free for all Philo subscribers. The surprise announcement means Philo customers will get a service that normally costs $4.99…
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Cord Cutting is Hitting Canada Hard
Several TV newscasts will shut down, and thousands of employees will be laid off as Canada’s largest media and telecom company cuts news stations, dozens of regional radio sites, and programs. Bell Media sent employees an internal memo on February 8, which said news stations, including CTV and BNN Bloomberg, would shut down effective immediately.…
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Funimation Users Are Losing Their “Forever” Digital Purchases After Getting Folded Into Crunchyroll
A price hike isn’t the only drawback to anime streaming service Funimation shutting down and combining with fellow provider Crunchyroll on April 2. While most of Funimation’s catalog will be available on Crunchyroll, digital purchases made by Funimation subscribers won’t make the transition. “Please note that Crunchyroll does not currently support Funimation Digital copies, which…