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New Roku Express 4K Bundle With Voice Remote Pro Just Appeared on Amazon as an Exclusive
Roku on Tuesday rolled out a new Roku Express 4K Bundle with the new Voice Remote Pro exclusively on Amazon for $49.99. The bundle comes with the upgraded Roku remote with hands-free control and the ability to have two programmable preset buttons. This Roku Express is the same model that has been for sale now…
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Ransomware Group Claims It Hacked ‘All of Sony’
A ransomware group named Ransomed.vc claimed it had succeeded in hacking into Sony’s systems and plans to sell the media company’s data. “We have successfully compromissed [sic] all of sony systems. We wont ransom them! we will sell the data. due to sony not wanting to pay. DATA IS FOR SALE. WE ARE SELLING IT,”…
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Local News Live Launches 24/7 Streaming Service For Free Across 500 Stations
Gray Television said its streaming news network, Local News Live, is now available on more than 500 Gray station websites, connected TV apps, and mobile apps. Local News Live offers community coverage from Gray’s 113 television markets. “Our viewers value both local news and the unique, local perspectives on national stories Local News Live provides,”…
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Amazon’s Freevee Adds Five New Live Free Channels, Including Halloween+ and Universal Monster
If you love free movies and TV shows, Amazon is adding more programming to Amazon Freevee. The service now had five new live channels, including Halloween+ just in time for October. Amazon Freevee is available on Fire TV, Fire Tablets, and as a free channel within Prime Video. Freevee is also available as an app…
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CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus Will Retire in April, With David Berson Taking the Reins
CBS Sports on Tuesday announced a leadership change with longtime Chairman Sean McManus set to retire in April, with current division president, David Berson, succeeding him as chairman and CEO. McManus is retiring after leading CBS Sports for 27 years. He played an instrumental role in re-acquiring the rights to NFL games in 1998, and…
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Free Services Like Pluto TV and Tubi Surge As Cord Cutters Cut Back
Today, Tivo released its second quarter Video Trends Report and gave us a look at what kind of services cord cutters are using. With costs rising, it makes sense that the average American now uses four free ad-supported streaming services such as Pluto TV, Tubi, Freevee, or The Roku Channel, up from just 3 during…
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FCC Wants To Revive Net Neutrality, Taking Back Authority Over ISPs Like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said rules that govern how internet service providers operate “are more important than ever,” as she made her case to bring back net neutrality rules. “I believe this repeal put the FCC on the wrong side of history, the wrong side of the law, and the wrong side of…
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Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Other Streamers Join Forces in Opposition to Government Regulation
The streaming service titans have banded together to launch the Streaming Innovation Alliance, or SIA, the industry’s first unified coalition. The trade group’s board includes big names like Netflix, Paramount’s Paramount+ and Pluto TV, Warner Bros. Discover’s Max, Comcast’s Peacock and Disney, which has Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+, according to Axios. TelevisaUnivision, Univision’s ViX, the…
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Google’s New Undersea Cable Will Boost Internet Speeds to Europe
Google on Monday released plans to develop a new transatlantic subsea cable system to connect Portugal, Bermuda, and South Carolina to expand the internet. Named after the Portuguese word for “cloud,” Nuvem aims to improve network resiliency across the Atlantic to meet growing demands for digital services. Adding another cable path will provide an alternative…
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Amazon Sued by FTC and 17 State AGs for ‘Maintaining Monopoly Power’
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general on Tuesday sued Amazon, claiming the online giant has abused its power and position as a retail platform to maintain an illegal monopoly. The lawsuit alleges that Amazon has used its popular platform to box out retailers that need to operate on the site to reach…