Category: News
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YouTube Premium is Offering Free Video Games as Google Wades Back Into Gaming
After axing Stadia in January, Google is trying a different approach to video games – YouTube. Premium subscribers got a notification last week about a new feature users could enable called Playables, according to Droid Life. Once it’s turned on, you can find it in YouTube’s Explore tab for Android, iOS, and desktop. The Playables…
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Pluto TV & Paramount+ Get New Heads of Programming
Paramount Global’s streaming division is promoting two executives to new roles at Paramount+ and Pluto TV. The changes include Jeff Grossman, who will serve as the new executive vice president of programming for Paramount+, and Amy Kuessner, who will take on the same position at Pluto TV. Grossman’s previous role was executive vice president of…
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Walmart’s New Onn $14.99 Google TV Streaming Player vs Its $19.88 Streaming Player – Which One Should You Buy?
This week Walmart quietly released a new $14.99 Google TV powered streaming player. This comes after it released earlier this year a $19.88 Google TV powered streaming player. So, which one should you buy? Is it worth spending the roughly $5 extra to get the more expensive player? Today we are going to look at…
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DIRECTV STREAM is Added 2 New CW Affiliates Today
Today, DIRECTV confirmed to Cord Cutters News that it added two new The CW affiliates today to DIRECTV STREAM. This comes as DIRECTV added five other local The CW affinities earlier this month. These channels will also go live on DIRECTV via Internet if you pay for the streaming version of the satellite service. These…
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Bally Sports Asks For An Extension Until May 2024 to Find a Way Out of Bankruptcy
On November 15th a federal judge approved Bally Sports’ request for more time to file its plan to reorganize and re-emerge from bankruptcy, even as the troubled company indicated it would seek to file a third extension down the line, according to a person familiar with the situation. Now Bally Sports has asked for that…
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Deal Alert! Get Disney+, Hulu, & STARZ for $3.98 a Month for 6 Months (Ends Tonight)
Hulu’s Black Friday deal is still going, and Hulu has one of the best deals of the year. From now until Tuesday, November 28, customers can sign up for Hulu (Ad-Supported) for $0.99 per month for the first year. This deal is a better offer than last year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions. You…
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Fire TV Refreshes Home Screen to Make it Easier To Find What You’re Binging
Amazon has refreshed the Fire TV interface to make it easier for users to pick up content from where they left off with its new Continue Watching feature. The Continue Watching feature loads the top row with your recently watched list, bringing what you’re currently binging to the top of the home screen. What makes…
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The Squid Game Reality Show Dominated Netflix, and Even Revived the Popularity of the Original
“Squid Game: The Challenge,” the reality show version of the blockbuster original Korean suspense show, dominated Netflix’s viewing during the Thanksgiving break. The show, which pits 456 contestants against each other in surreal and sadistic games inspired by the original Squid Game for $4.56 million, drew the most views for an English show at 20.1…
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ESPN Has Lost Almost 4 Million Subscribers and MLB Network Has Lost Over 11 Million Subscribers in the Last Year as Cord Cutting Grows
Cord cutting in 2023 has continued to grow, hitting some of the most popular networks hard. According to a new report from Nielsen, some of the most popular cable TV networks have lost millions of paying customers in the last 12 months. ESPN has lost 4 million subscribers since December of 2022, according to a…
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Denies ABC, Cable Networks, and ESPN Are For Sale
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger backtracked on his prior suggestion that some assets, whether it’s ESPN or its ABC network, might be for sale, saying that was “not the case.” “I did not think everyone would run with a story that everything is being sold, which is not the case,” Iger told Disney employees at…