Tag: Fox
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Sling TV & Dish Have Reportedly Agreed to a Temporary Extension With Disney For Fox RSNs, FX, & National Geographic
Last night Sling TV and Dish’s contract with Fox Regional Sports Networks, FX, and the National Geographic network came to an end. Now it is being reported that Sling TV and Dish have agreed to a temporary extension with Disney as the talks continue. It had been reported that Disney was looking for a temporary…
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PlayStation Vue Just Added 16 ABC and FOX Affiliates
Recently PlayStation Vue added 16 new ABC and FOX affiliates to their lineup. Here are the ABC affiliates that PlayStation Vue recently added: Altoona & State College, PA (WATM ABC 23) Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, AK (KYUR) Capital District, NY (WTEN News 10) Central Wisconsin (WAOW ABC 9) Coastal North Carolina (WCTI ABC 12) Eastern West…
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FOX & Four Tech Companies Push For Better ATSC 3.0 OTA Emergency Alerts
One of the biggest selling points of ATSC 3.0 is not the 4K picture, improved sound, and better coverage but the new emergency alerts. This includes the ability to turn your TV into a weather radio that, if you set it up, can turn on and play weather information if there is a tornado in…
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The New Streaming Service Fox Nation is Reportedly Seeing Strong Growth According to Fox News
Fox Nation is a streaming service for fans of Fox News that launched back in November of 2018. The Service costs $5.99 a month or $64.99 a year and according to reports has been doing well. Now we are getting an idea of how well it is doing from John Finley the Executive VP of…
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The NFL Is Cutting The Number of Commercial Breaks During The Super Bowl
Recently we learned that FOX had planned to cut the number of commercial breaks during its next Super Bowl game. Now the NFL has announced that as a league they are capping the number of commercial breaks per quarter to four down from five in recent years. This will result in at least 4 fewer…
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After The Disney Sale Fox Sports App Splits Into Two Different Apps
In the past, Fox Sports and the Fox Sports Go apps would give you the same content from both FS1 and Fox Regional Sports Networks. Now that Disney and soon Sinclair owns the Fox Regional Sports Networks has resulted in two Fox Sports apps. The Fox Sports app now includes content from places like FS1…
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FOX RSN Network Games May Be Coming to Sinclair’s Free Streaming Service STIRR
Today Disney held its 1st Quarter 2019 earnings call and was joined by Sinclair who will soon own the FOX Regional Sports Network. During that call, it was announced that Sinclair is looking at bringing some FOX RSN games and content to its free streaming service STIRR. When asked about FOX RSN and STIRR Sinclair…
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Fox Is Cutting the Number of Commercial Breaks in the Next Years Super Bowl
Good and bad news for football fans. After growing push back from fans, Fox and the National Football League have agreed to cut the number of commercial breaks, but they will be longer. Overall the number of ads will be the same but there won’t be as many interruptions in the game. The question now…
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The XFL Will Be Cord Cutting Friendly As It Teams Up With ABC, ESPN, & FOX Sports
The XFL wants to do something many have failed to do by taking on the NFL. Most recently the AAF tried just this year at a spring football league but failed as funding fell through. Now the XFL has announced that they have signed a multi-year deal with ABC, ESPN, and Fox Sports. This means…
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Sinclair Officially Buys Most Fox Regional Sports Networks
Yesterday it was reported that Sinclair would be buying most of the Fox Regional Sports Networks from Disney. Today that deal was made official as Sinclair spent $10.6 billion to buy the networks. It had been reported that Disney wanted $20 billion for the networks but Sinclair won with a bid of $10.6 billion showing…