Tag: ABC
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As Cord Cutting Grows Disney Starts Laying Off More Staff
For years now cord cutting has slowly chipped away at the subscriber numbers for traditional pay-TV outlets. This seems to finally be having an effect as earlier ESPN cut some staff. Now we are learning that Disney plans to cut as many as 200 more staff this year. The layoffs will impact all of the…
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DIRECTV NOW Is Now Offering Locals in 75% of the United States
If you struggle to get locals with an antenna, DIRECTV NOW may be an option you should check out. Earlier this week we reported that DIRECTV NOW was adding locals but at the time there was no official list. Now AT&T has officially announced it added 13 new local affiliates including ones from ABC, FOX,…
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DIRECTV NOW Today is Adding More ABC & NBC Affiliates
This morning DIRECTV NOW started to add more ABC and NBC affiliates. A few weeks ago DIRECTV NOW announced plans to add 40 more locals from ABC, NBC, and FOX. In its press release about the new locals DIRECTV NOW said, “When we add these and other affiliates in the coming weeks, we’ll offer over 170 live local…
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Here is Every Local Sling TV Currently Offers (Updated September 2017)
For many Americans, locals are as easy as putting up an antenna for free local content but many Americans struggle to get some or all of the major broadcast networks and two years ago they had no legal options. Now with live streaming services, such as Sling TV, you can legally watch local channels streamed…
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DIRECTV NOW Just Added More ABC Affiliates
AT&T’s DIRECTV NOW has had a very busy 24 hours recently. First, they added CBS to their lineup late yesterday followed more people being invited to test their DVR. Now we are getting reports that DIRECTV NOW has started to add more ABC affiliates including ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Alabama. This is a Sinclair Broadcast…
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DIRECTV NOW Announces Plans to Add 40 More Locals
Yesterday DIRECTV NOW announced that it had recently added 25 more ABC, NBC, and FOX affiliates across the United States; however, AT&T didn’t stop there. It announced some future plans for DIRECTV NOW. In its press release about the new locals DIRECTV NOW said, “When we add these and other affiliates in the coming weeks,…
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In The Face of Cord Cutting Disney Plans to Cut 10% of ABC Staff
Cord cutting has been hitting all television owners hard recently. Now according to The Wall Street Journal, Disney plans to cut 10% of their ABC Television Group work force in an effort to reduce cost. According to reports most of the cuts are expected to take place at the ABC Broadcast network, its television production…
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DIRECTV NOW Just Added 25 ABC, NBC, and Fox Affiliates
Today AT&T announced that they have added 25 new local, ABC, NBC, and FOX affiliates. “We’re giving DIRECTV NOW customers more live local channels to stay connected, with more channels coming,” said Daniel York, senior executive vice president, and chief content officer – AT&T Entertainment Group. “DIRECTV NOW is the best live streaming service and…
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Here Are All The Locals PlayStation Vue Added This Week
Yesterday we reported that PlayStation Vue was adding more ABC and NBC locals. Now they have announced a full list of all the locals they added. In total they have announced 15 new ABC and NBC affiliates across the United States. Here are all the locals that PlayStation Vue added this week: NBC Cincinnati: WLWT-…
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PlayStation Vue is Adding More NBC and ABC Affiliates Today
Last week PlayStation Vue added 15 more ABC and NBC affiliates. Now it looks like they are adding even more. Today we can confirm that PlayStation Vue has started to add more ABC Stations owned by Hubbard and NBC Stations owned by Tegna. Hubbard owns a total of 6 ABC affiliates but it looks like…