Category: News
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Discovery Hires Google Senior Director to Lead Streaming Strategy
Discovery has announced the hire of Google’s Neil Chugani to become its new Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy and Operations, Direct-to-Consumer. In the new role, Chugani will work closely with Peter Faricy, CEO, Global Direct-to-Consumer at Discovery and will lead the team responsible for the financial strategy of the rapidly growing direct-to-consumer business.…
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Your Local TV Station Maybe Up For Sale as Cord Cutting Grows
With the growth of cord cutting, local TV stations have become even more important. OTA TV has recently returned from the dead with sales of antennas skyrocketing. Now with the new next gen OTA ATSC 3.0 over the air TV standard coming online this year offering 4K they are even more important. Now it has…
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Cord Cutters Don’t Care About Live TV & Are Willing to Watch Ads, According to Nielsen
Will ad-supported and on-demand streaming services continue to become more popular with cord cutters, leaving live TV streaming services in the dust? That could be the case, according to a special “Streaming Wars” edition of the Nielsen Total Audience Report. In the study, Nielsen asked consumers about which attributes of streaming services are most important to…
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Disney+ vs Netflix – Which is More Popular Among Subscribers?
It’s been almost four months since Disney+ rocked our world of streaming service options, meaning there’s plenty of data by now to track how well its content is actually doing. Sure, the new streaming giant boasts more than $26 Million subscribers, but what are those viewers actually watching, and is all the beloved classic content…
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ESPN+ Scores Digital Rights to the PGA Tour
The PGA Tour has made a nine-year deal for broadcasting rights, with CBS and NBC getting TV rights and ESPN scoring digital rights to the golf tour. The deal, beginning in 2022, will look the same for TV. CBS and NBC will divide up events, with CBS airing about twice as many, as it has…
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Cox is Turning Your Home Internet into a Public Wi-Fi Unless You Stop Them
Do you use Cox Cable Internet for your home Internet? You will soon need to manually turn off a public hotspot mode or Cox will allow the public to access your home Internet. Recently Cox started to contact customers to inform them that their home Internet routers will soon be updated to automatically allow other…
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AT&T Now Has 5 Different TV Services: What They Are & How They Differ
Last year, AT&T made the decision to rebrand its television services, giving two of the services very similar names and making them available through one app. With the launch of those services, AT&T TV and AT&T TV NOW, and the upcoming launch of HBO MAX, we expected the company to drop its other TV services:…
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Prime Video Celebrates Women’s History Month with Women-Driven Stories
March is Women’s History Month and Amazon Prime is celebrating by highlighting a list of shows and movies featuring women-driven and women-made stories. The list includes Troop Zero (2020), directed by Bert & Bertie and starring Viola Davis and Allison Janney; seasons 1-2 of Fleabag, created by, written by, and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge; seasons 1-3…
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AT&T TV NOW Adds More Locals
Last week AT&T TV went nationwide and it looks like AT&T TV NOW also benefited from the launch. Over the weekend AT&T TV NOW added more locals and seems to have added most locals it was missing. AT&T also updated its Roku Channel late last week. Even though the AT&T TV Channel on Roku has…
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Cord Cutting This Week #286 – Cheaper Hulu With Live TV Plans? AT&T’s $15 TV Service, & More
Today in Cord Cutting This Week #286 we talk about: Cheaper Hulu With Live TV Plans? AT&T’s $15 TV Service, & More. Story #1 Sling TV is Free for New and Returning Customers Through March 15 https://cordcuttersnews.com/sling-tv-is-free-for-new-and-returning-customers-through-march-15/ Story #2 Hulu With Live TV Price Cut? Hulu is Working On New Cheaper Live TV Plans https://cordcuttersnews.com/hulu-with-live-tv-price-cut-hulu-is-working-on-a-new-cheaper-live-tv-plans/…