Category: News
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QVC+ & HSN+ Are Launching Their First Reality TV Show & Will Air An Original Christmas Movie on Black Friday
QVC+, channels typically associated with pushing goods for you to buy, is once again releasing a Christmas movie – on Black Friday. The new film, The Recipe Files, is a mystery directed by soap opera veteran Lindsay Hartley (Passions, All My Children, Days of Our Lives) and stars singer-songwriter Ashlee Simpson, Morgan Bradley, and Doug…
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Spectrum Had to Pay $68 Million in Customer Credits Related to The Loss of Disney Programming
Back in September, Spectrum saw Disney-owned channels go dark on its TV service. Now, according to Charter Spectrums’ parent company’s earnings, it had to give away $68 million in customer credits because of that blackout. Spectrum says that negatively impacted their overall revenue and possibly impacted the number of Americans who have canceled Spectrum TV.…
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Spectrum Lost Over 320,000 TV Customers in The 3rd Quarter of 2023 as Cord Cutting Continues to Grow
Today we learned that Charter Communications, the parent company of Spectrum, has once again lost 320,000 TV customers in the 3rd quarter of 2023. Spectrum also reported that they lost over 288,000 voice customers as many Americans turned away from traditional phone lines and TV services. Spectrum did add 63,000 internet customers during that time…
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Apple Watch Faces Import Ban After US Ruling That It Violated Patents
Apple faces a scenario where it may not be able to bring Apple Watches into the U.S. after the International Trade Commission ruled on Thursday that the company’s wearable infringed on patents owned by medical technology company Masimo. Masimo claims that the Apple Watch violates its patents related to light-based technology for reading blood-oxygen levels,…
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Amazon Will Charge $2.99 a Month For Ad-Free Prime Video Service
Amazon CEO Andy Jassey unveiled how much Prime subscribers will have to pay to eliminate the commercials that are expected to arrive early next year. By default, all Prime customers will see ads starting in 2024. Customers who want to eliminate those ads can pay $2.99 a month. Jassey noted that Prime Video aims to…
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Amazon Alexa Is Killing IFTTT Support on October 31
Amazon will discontinue Alexa support for its IFTTT (If This, Then That) service as of October 31. Starting November 1, users will no longer be able to use Alexa commands to trigger applets with specific phrases or questions, according to the IFTTT team. In addition, applets that use other Alexa phrases, asks, or queries will…
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YouTube TV Adds Multiview Support to NBA League Pass
Good news for fans of the NBA starting today, YouTube TV has added support to watch up to 4 games at once with NBA League Pass. According to YouTube TV, you can now watch multiview on select NBA League Pass games if you subscribe. This will give you access to watch games outside of your…
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Amazon’s Profit More Than Tripled to $9.9 Billion As Online Sales Rebounded Sharply
Amazon posted a third-quarter profit of nearly $10 billion as it was able to wring more earnings out of its online store business in North America. The online retail giant posted a profit of $9.9 billion, or 94 cents a share, in the period, compared with year-ago earnings of $2.9 billion, or 28 cents a…
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Fubo Brings Back Its Popular Premier Plan But Stops Offering Its More Expensive Ultimate Package
Today Fubo confirmed to Cord Cutters News that it is bringing back its popular Premier plan that has not been available for the last few months. This $94.99 Fubo Premier plan includes everything the Ultimate package had but no NFL Redzone. Sadly if you wanted the more expensive $99.99 Ultimate package, it is no longer…
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The NFL Reportedly Not Interested in Selling Individual Games ‘À la Carte’
The NFL isn’t likely to start offering football fans the option of buying individual out-of-market games or a broadcast season ticket for single team, according to Sports Illustrated. “We’ve never liked that model,” NFL chief media officer Brian Rolapp told Sports Illustrated‘s Monday Morning Quarterback. “We haven’t heard a ton of that in our fan research that they…