Category: News
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In the Changing TV Market, Nielsen Struggles to Find a Buyer
Nielsen Holdings, the company known for its TV ratings reports, cannot find a buyer and is reportedly considering selling the company in pieces. Private equity group Blackstone had been in talks with Nielsen about potentially buying the consumer research firm for months before backing out in March. Another potential buyer, Apollo Global Management, also lost…
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Apple TV+ Will Likely Charge a Fee, Even for Apple TV Users
Comments during Apple’s fiscal third quarter call suggest that Apple will be charging a fee for Apple TV+ rather than offering it as a free service for those with an Apple TV device. During the call, Apple CFO Luca Maestri mentioned that there would be trial periods available, nothing that “the road to monetization takes…
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YouTube TV Updates Its App to Improve “New in Your Library”
One of the main complaints about the YouTube TV app has been the fact that the New in Your Library area had a few issues. One of the main issues with the New in Your Library area was that unless you watched the full show or movie it would stay in that area. This means…
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Amazon’s 2nd Gen Fire TV Box is Once Again For Sale From Amazon
Officially the Fire TV box was discontinued back in 2017 when the Fire TV pendant version was released. Now though it seems Amazon has a few of these boxes lying around as Amazon is once again selling the 2nd Gen Fire TV Box with 4K for $89.99. This box comes with a 2 GHz dual-core…
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Scammers Are Targeting Roku Owners, Especially New Roku Owners
For years now we have been warning Roku owners that scammers have been trying to target them. One of these scams has been targeting new Roku owners and, for some reason, in the last week scammers have once again been focusing on new Roku owners. We have been getting a growing number of complaints from…
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EXPIRED: Best Buy’s $14.99 Fire TV Stick Sale Ends Today!
Did you miss out on Amazon Prime Day? Good news Right now Best Buy has the Fire TV Stick on sale for its Black Friday pricing! Right now you can get the Fire TV Stick on sale for just $14.99 down from $39.99. Want the Fire TV Stick 4K? The Fire TV Stick 4K is…
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Cord Cutting This Week #111 – HOA’s Illegally Try to Block Antennas, IPTV Lawsuits, Locast, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also…
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CBS All Access Plans to Release a Dozen Originals in 2020
CBS wants to air at least 12 original series next year on CBS All Access and Marc DeBevoise, president and chief operating officer of CBS Interactive, says there maybe even more, as reported by Broadcasting + Cable. During the Television Critics Association (TCA) press event, DeBevoise said that original programming is a “tremendous driver” for…
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Amazon Now Allows You to Disable Human Review of Alexa Recording from the Fire TV & More
Since Amazon launched Alexa-powered voice search, privacy has been a major concern. Earlier this year, it was revealed that Amazon had employees listen to Alexa recordings as part of its development to ensure Alexa was properly identifying what you asked it to do. Now Bloomberg has reported that Amazon has added an option to tell…
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Here is Everything We Know About AT&T TV, AT&T TV NOW, & AT&T Watch TV
On Tuesday, AT&T launched a website for the AT&T TV streaming service. With the site launch, emails from AT&T to customers, press releases, and interviews, we’ve gathered a lot of information about all of AT&T’s streaming services. These are the key points that we’ll dive into detail about below: DIRECTV NOW is rebranding as AT&T…