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YouTube Wants to Help You Customize Your Feed of Suggested Videos
One of the best and worst things about YouTube is its recommendations feed. Now, the video streaming giant wants you to help customize your own feed with content you actually want to watch. To offer better recommendations, YouTube is asking viewers to give feedback on what videos they like. If you agree to give feedback,…
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Cord Cutting is Squeezing Spectrum’s Cable TV Business, and Even Wall Street is Noticing
The cracks are starting to show with Spectrum and its parent, Charter Communications, and Wall Street is starting to sound the alarm. On Monday, Wells Fargo and JP Morgan analysts both downgraded the investment rating of Charter’s stock, according to Investing.com. Both financial institutions cited the company’s financial and customer-based losses, slow growth, high costs,…
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Amazon’s Echo Show 15 With Built-In Fire TV & Remote Is On Sale For Just $199.99
Do you want a TV for you kitchen, office, etc? Also want a smart speaker and display? Once again, Amazon has the Echo Show 15 a full Alexa smart display that comes with a Fire TV built-in, and a Fire TV remote is on sale for Valentines Day. This is a great all-in-one device that…
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ATSC 3.0 Expands to Chicago With Five Stations Upgrading to NextGen TV
ATSC 3.0, the newest standard of over-the-air TV that brings higher quality picture and sound, on Monday arrived in Chicago, with five local stations upgrading to the technology. The local CBS (WBBM-TV), FOX (WFLD-TV), NBC (WMAQ-TV), WGN and Univision (WGBO-TV) are all broadcasting on the new standard. Users with an antenna can re-scan their channels…
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Frndly TV Rolls Out its New App with an Updated Home Screen to More Devices
A few weeks ago, Frndly TV launched a new app with a dedicated home screen. It’s now starting to roll out to more devices as it slowly rolls out new channels to its affordable live TV streaming service. The wider roll out began this weekend and feature a new home screen, which is also available…
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Eurovision Sports Launches a Free Live Streaming Service Available Worldwide
The European Broadcasting Union, an alliance of more than a hundred public service media organizations, on Monday launched Eurovision Sports, its first direct-to-consumer streaming service hosting free coverage of live sporting events that anyone can access. Eurovision Sport will work with the EBU’s network of public service members to provide audiences with complete coverage of…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson is Launching a New Free Channel On Pluto TV
Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is taking his media network, StarTalk, and turning it into a new 24/7 channel on Pluto TV. The StarTalk channel will feature Tyson, the director of Hayden Planetarium with a huge social media following, as the host, but will also tap guests such as Mayim Bialik, Jason Sudekis, and Jack…
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Disney Reportedly Chopped More Than 100 Movies From Its European Streaming Catalog
Disney+ subscribers in Europe may notice a number of titles missing from the streamer’s catalog. Movies like The Sandlot, The Shaggy Dog, Brink, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Hello Dolly, and more have suddenly disappeared. While subscribers will likely be able to find certain titles, like The Sandlot, on other services, Disney Channel Original…
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Netflix Will Charge Viewers in This State More Starting This Month
Netflix subscribers in Florida may soon notice changes to their monthly streaming bill. The Sunshine State’s new Communication Service Tax, which includes video and music streaming services, will add a 5.07% tax to resident subscribers’ Netflix bills. “We’ve notified our members in Florida that they will start to see state services tax applied to their…
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AT&T Has a New Plan to Fight Spam and it Includes More Company Logos
AT&T is cracking down on spam calls by letting companies use their logos to ensure the calls are legitimate. The new display is powered by Neustar and prominently shows a company’s brand name and logo on the receiver’s phone. The TruContact Branded Call Display is an optional program companies can use to verify their information.…