Category: News
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Mayim Bialik Has Been Fired From Jeopardy!
Today, Mayim Bialik announced she was fired by Sony as one of the hosts of Jeopardy! “As the holiday break begins in Hollywood, I have some ‘Jeopardy!’ news. Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of ‘Jeopardy!’” Mayim Bialik wrote in a post on Instagram. “I am incredibly…
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You Might Be Owed Money From Apple’s $25 Million Class Action Settlement
Apple on Friday agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over its Family Sharing feature for $25 million. The suit, originally filed in 2019, alleged that Apple “misrepresented the ability to use its Family Sharing feature to share subscriptions to apps,” according to a page set up to alert plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit. …
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Bally Sports Gets Reprieve on Sinclair Payment, MLB Deal, as it Deals With Bankruptcy
Bally Sports, which is still working on a plan to get out of bankruptcy, got a bit of a reprieve on Friday after a judge denied former parent Sinclair Broadcasting’s motion to for the regional sports network to immediately pay it for management services, according to a spokeswoman for Bally Sports. The judge also pushed…
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Plex Adds Over 20 New Free Channels This Week
Free live TV streaming service Plex reached a deal to expand its content lineup with the addition of 20 new live channels. These include 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 one of the largest free ad-supported streaming services…
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YouTube Will Start Showing Fewer Ads, but There’s a Catch
YouTube is changing up how it shows ads in videos. The video-sharing app will now group ads together for longer ad breaks, instead of multiple short ad breaks during your video. In addition, viewers will see a countdown of how much time is left in the ad break instead of the number of ads they’ll…
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Pac-12 TV Network is at Death’s Door With Layoffs Coming
The Pac-12 network’s time is almost up with the Pac-12 Conference planning to lay off 141 employees starting January 5, 2024. Cord Cutters News independently confirmed that the layoffs were happening, but future plans for the impacted production facility in San Ramon are yet undetermined. The layoffs will continue through June 28, according to the…
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Are Phones and Smart Speakers Listening to You? Cox Media Group Claims They Can
The idea of smartphones and smart speakers listening to everything you say and then sending you targeted advertisements has been around for years, and has largely been debunked by privacy experts. But the marketing unit of Cox Media Group, which owns newspapers and local radio and TV stations around the country, says it can do…
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The NBA Could Double What They Charge for TV Rights and Streaming Services
The NBA has its pick of partners for the 2025-2026 season with ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery, Amazon, and NBCUniversal all wanting rights to the league’s next broadcast package. With sports increasingly dominating TV, and streaming services taking a keen interest in the area, the NBA wants to grow its broadcast rights revenue. While the league…
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Barbie is Now Streaming on Max
A tidal wave of pink swept Max today as Barbie made its streaming debut. The platform is now the exclusive home of Barbie Land, complete with pink menus, customizable avatars, and Barbie with ASL, featuring ASL performer Leila Hanaumi. Barbie lands on Max after shattering records at the box office. The Warner Bros. Picture film,…
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Pluto TV is Adding 16 New Free Live Channels & A Ton of On-Demand Content in December 2023
Today, Pluto TV announced everything new on the free streaming service in December 2023. We already knew about some of this, but there is still a ton of new content to come this month. Here is everything new on Pluto TV in December. Sherlock Holmes Now Cracking Cases on Pluto TV Stream BBC’s Sherlock throughout…