Category: News
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Bally Sports May Lose All NBA Teams if It Fails To Reach a Deal With Spectrum
Earlier this week, Bally Sports and the NBA announced a deal that will keep NBA games on the RSNs. This deal will avoid what could have resulted in multiple NBA teams leaving Bally Sports midseason. One part of this deal that was not widely reported at the time is that each of the 15 NBA…
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Verizon Has a Newly Updated App to Stop Spam Calls That Can Stop 42 Billion Unwanted Calls
Today, Verizon announced a newly upgraded Call Filter app that will help cut back on the amount of spam calls. According to Verizon, this app already stopped more than 42 billion unwanted calls. The Call Filter app can be downloaded for free for basic features like Spam Detection, Spam Filter, Spam and blocked call logs,…
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Roku Announces Its Black Friday Deals Including A Roku Ultra For Just $69.99 Along With AMC+, Hallmark Movies NOW, Starz & More Starting at Just $0.99
Today, Roku announced its Black Friday deals that will include deals on streaming players, including the Roku Ultra for just $69.99 and streaming services for jut $0.99 on select services. According to Roku, these deals will start November 12, 2023, and run through December 2, 2023. As soon as they are live we will have…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Wants to Bundle Max With Cable TV So It Can Get More Paying Customers
Today, during Warner Bros. Discovery’s earnings call CEO David Zaslav talked about the Spectrum and Disney deal that will force every cable TV subscriber to pay for Disney+ as a great success. He also suggested Warner Bros. Discovery also wants a similar deal that will result in every cable TV subscriber to pay for Max,…
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Amazon Wants to Be Your Doctor With 24/7 On-Demand Healthcare For Just $9 a Month or $99 A Year For Prime Members
Want anytime access to on-demand virtual health care nationwide? Or the ability to schedule in-person visits at hundreds of One Medical offices for just $9 a month or $99 a year? Now you can do just that thanks to a new program from Amazon for Amazon Prime Members. Now, not only can you stream shows…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Lost 700,000 Max & Discovery+ Customers In The 3rd Quarter of 2023 But There is Good News
Today, Warner Bros. Discovery reported that it lost 700,000 MAX and Discovery+ during the 3rd quarter of 2023. Yet the good news was that Warner Bros. Discovery’s stream services earned $111 million with adjusted EBITDA. Over all, it is hoped that Max will soon break even or become profitable soon. This all comes as MAX…
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Update: DIRECTV STREAM is Not Adding Fees But Leaves the Option to Add a Two-Year Contract, RSN Fee, Activation Fee, and ETF, According to Updated Help Page
DIRECTV this week alerted customers of its DIRECTV Stream service to an updated terms of service, bringing to light a new set of potential fees to cover regional sports network, service activation, and early termination with a two-year term commitment. While the page isn’t new and DIRECTV does not plan to charge these fees or…
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ATSC 3.0 Nextgen OTA TV Has a Major DRM Problem That Makes It Hard For Cord Cutters to Enjoy Free OTA TV
ATSC 3.0 Nextgen TV has a ton of promise and many great features like better range and the possibility of free 4K TV with your antenna. But ATSC 3.0 Nextgen TV also comes with digital rights management also known as DRM. This has resulted in many cord cutters not being able to enjoy free OTA…
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AI is the Biggest Reason the Hollywood Actors Strike Isn’t Ending
SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating committee on Sunday said it formally responded to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ “last, best and final offer,” noting that the two sides remain far apart on some issues. “There are several essential items on which we still do not have an agreement, including AI,” the committee said in a…
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Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate, & More Team Up to Launch a Free Streaming & Live OTA TV Network
Today, Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate, and Gray Television announced a partnership with a new company owned by Jonathan Katz called Free TV Networks. This partnership will see the companies work together to create free networks offered both over-the-air TV and through streaming. The first of these networks, called The365, will offer 24/7 feeds of African-American…