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Deal Alert! Amazon’s Fire TV Stick is Half Off & You Get 6 Months of MGM+ Free
Are you looking for a new cheap fire TV? Right now, Amazon has its Fire TV Stick with Alexa HD on sale for just $19.99, which is half off the list price of $39.99. Not only will this get you a Fire TV Stick but also six months of MGM+ free from Amazon. You can…
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AT&T Says Net Neutrality is Not Needed
Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it would attempt to bring back the Obama-era net neutrality regulations. AT&T CEO John Stankey on Thursday came out swinging against the FCC. When asked about FCC’s plans to bring net neutrality back to internet service providers, he made it clear that net neutrality was not…
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AT&T Says DIRECTV is Out Performing Expectations But Didn’t Rule Out Selling It
Back in 2021, AT&T completed its plan to spin off DIRECTV into an independent company, with 70% of it being owned by AT&T and 30% by TPG Captial. Now, during AT&T’s earnings call today, AT&T said that they are very happy with DIRECTV right now, but if something came along, they would evaluate it. This…
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The Tennis Channel Will Launch a Streaming Service With a Live Feed Of Its Cable Channel
Love Tennis but sick of having to pay for a ton of cable TV channels just to get the Tennis Channel? Today, The Tennis Channel announced that in 2024 it will launch a new streaming service with a live feed of the Tennis Channel. This will let fans of Tennis enjoy the sport they love…
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Major Studios Target 47 Illegal IPTV Services to Shut Down
Anti-piracy group FACT, a group of major Hollywood studios dedicated to stopping piracy and British telecom company Sky identified almost 50 illegal IPTV services in the United Kingdom with the help of regional law enforcement. The operators had been providing its users illegal access to premium TV and movies — some from Sky, according to…
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Why Are Netflix, Disney+, Hulu and More Raising Their Prices? Skyrocketing Production Costs and Inflation Are Hitting Streaming Hard
Disney+, Hulu, Netflix and ESPN+ all raised their prices this month. This likely won’t be the end as the price of entertainment continues to ebb higher and higher. The companies all blame higher production costs. But it’s more complicated than that with an industry that had to contend with inflation, a boom and bust of…
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The Death of The Home Phone? AT&T Lost 356,000 Home Phone Customers In Just 3 Months
Today, AT&T reported results for the third quarter 2023 and announced that in just three months, it lost 365,00 home phone customers from both voice internet protocol services and its traditional phone service. AT&T also lost 28,000 DSL customers as it transitions away to fiber and 5G home internet. This all comes as AT&T plans…
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T-Mobile is Now Calling Forced Migration a ‘Small-Scale Test’ That Hasn’t Kicked Off Yet
T-Mobile’s plans to forcibly move subscribers on legacy plans to newer, more expensive offerings has another wrinkle, with the company now calling it a “small-scale test” that hasn’t kicked off yet. Word of the migration efforts leaked on Reddit, and was later confirmed by several outlets, including Cord Cutters News. The leaks included a breakdown…
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This is How Much ESPN Makes For Disney
ESPN has long been considered the golden goose for Disney. Thanks to a new disclosure from the media giant, we know just how lucrative the sports network really is. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Disney restated its financial results in line with a new method of reporting it plans to…
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Netflix Isn’t Done With its Password-Sharing Crackdown
Netflix expects to continue to flip password sharers into new customers over the next several quarters, with hundreds of millions of house holds still untouched by the sharing crackdown. “We’re staging this out,” Co-CEO Greg Peters said on an investor video interview following the release of its third-quarter results. He noted that there remains customers…