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How to Watch 2024 Oscars Best Picture Nominees on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and More
Award season has arrived and the biggest names will be recognized during the 96th Academy Awards on March 10. Jimmy Kimmell will serve as host, for the fourth time, live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Heading into the ceremony, Netflix leads all studios with 18 total nominations. Streaming services have come a long way…
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Spectrum Is Closing Nine Stores in the East Coast and Midwest
Spectrum is closing nine stores tomorrow, Cord Cutters News has confirmed. The stores are located on the East Coast and Midwest, ranging from New York to as far south as Missouri. The closures are a sign — albeit a small one — that more customers are relying on Spectrum’s website to sign up for services,…
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YouTube TV Now Lets You Reduce Your Broadcast Delay Permanently — Just in Time For the Super Bowl
With the Super Bowl coming up, having a video stream with lower lag is going to be clutch. YouTube TV on Thursday said you’ll be to permanently reduce that broadcast delay that once plagued your video stream. YouTube TV originally introduced this feature in November, but it only allowed you to reduce the delay for…
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Plex Adds Four New Free Channels This Week Including Curiosity Now
Free live TV streaming service Plex reached a deal to expand its content lineup with the addition of four new live channels. This comes after it recently added 20 new channels, including multiple channels from the BBC. Plex now offers more than 50,000 on-demand titles and hundreds of live channels and has slowly grown into…
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T-Mobile Says it Added 541,000 5G Home Internet Customers the Same Day Comcast Posted Broadband Losses
T-Mobile continued to be on a tear on the broadband front, adding 541,000 5G home internet subscribers in the fourth quarter, which has a good chance of exceeding all other broadband providers — combined. The results were part of the fourth-quarter results the company reported on Thursday. Earlier that morning, Comcast reported losing 34,000 broadband…
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Verizon’s Legacy Price Hike is Coming, But it Also Brings One Benefit
Verizon Wireless has begun alerting customers on some of its older plans that they’ll be seeing a $4 price increase starting in March. But the rate hike isn’t coming without one benefit: More hotspot data. Verizon will give all customers on legacy plans who are seeing a price increase an extra 5 GB of mobile…
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FCC to Improve Wireless 911 Call Routing and Network Reliability During Disasters
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday passed rules that will help cut down on the time it takes to connect a wireless 911 call and improve the reliability and resilience of communications networks during disasters and outages. The FCC adopted rules to route wireless 911 calls and real-time texts to 911 call centers more precisely…
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Google Wants to Take On SpaceX and Starlink in Space
Google is joining the space race. The tech giant has thrown its financial support behind Starlink competitor, AST SpaceMobile, to help the company with product development, testing, and implementation. Google is the latest Big Tech player drawn into the area of delivering space-based internet and phone service. SpaceX’s Starlink is working with T-Mobile on tests…
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The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills Made NFL History
The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills made NFL history last Sunday, which became the most-watched NFL Divisional Playoff game ever. More than 50 million fans tuned in to watch the Chiefs narrowly secure their spot in the AFC Championship. The game aired on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. It peaked at 56 million viewers.…
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NBCUniversal Buying Warner Bros. Discovery or Paramount? Comcast CEO Denies Interest in Any Deals
The media industry is abuzz with chatter about potential mergers between the major players. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts is having one of it. “While there may be speculation on what we could do next, I’d like you to hear it directly from me,” Roberts said on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings conference call. “I love the…