Tag: Fox
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Disney Agrees to Sell Fox Sports in Brazil
Today Disney announced that they have agreed to sell the local rights for the Fox Sports channel in Brazil to get approval for their merger with Fox. This comes as Disney already agreed to sell off the Fox Regional Sports Networks in the United States. As part of the deal to get U.S. Department of…
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How to Watch the Daytona 500 on Roku, Fire TV, & Apple TV
On Sunday, February 17, 2019, at 2:30 PM Eastern Daytona 500 gets underway. This year there are more options than ever for cord cutters to stream the big race. The Daytona 500 will air in on FOX, and there are many great options to stream the game on Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV. How…
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Your Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Station May Have a New Owner Today as Gray & Raycom Merge
Last week Gray Television closed their deal to buy Raycom Media and has become the third-largest owner of broadcast TV stations. With this deal, the new company will own 142 full-power television stations in 92 markets. The deal is worth $3.46 billion, and Wells Fargo financed $2.525 billion of the deal. “Today we announce the…
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Amazon Is in Talks to Buy The Yes Sports Network
For some time now, we have heard about Amazon’s plans to get into sports. Amazon has recently purchased the rights to NFL Thursday Night Football and other sporting events. Now it looks like Amazon wants to get into 24/7 sports networks. As part of the deal to get Department of Justice approval for the Disney…
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Disney Plans to Sell FOX’s RSN One Network At a Time
As part of the deal to get Department of Justice approval for the Disney and Fox merger there was a requirement that the Fox Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) would be sold off. According to the deal, when Disney closes on the sale of most of 21st Century Fox they would sell off the regional sports networks…
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Disney May Soon Have 100% Ownership of Hulu
Today it was reported that AT&T may be willing to sell their 10% share of Hulu to Disney. Right, now Disney already owns 30% of Hulu and a deal is already in place to buy FOX’s 30% share of Hulu. This will give Disney 60% ownership of Hulu likely in 2019. Comcast owns the last…
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DIRECTV NOW & FOX Renew Their Distribution Deal
Over the weekend, FOX and AT&T announced that they have renewed their distribution deal to bring FOX-owned networks to DIRECTV NOW. This deal means there will be no blackout for FS1, FS2, FX, FXX, FXM, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, BabyTV, and Spanish language services Fox Deportes, Nat Geo Mundo, and Fox Life or…
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MLB & FOX Agree to Expanded Streaming Rights
This week FOX Sports and Major League Baseball agreed to renew their $4 billion TV deal through 2021. Full details have not been announced, but according to MLB expanded streaming, social media, and highlight rights are included. What exactly this means for cord cutters is still unknown, but hopefully, this means FOX’s 52 regular season…
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PlayStation Vue Removes DVR Restrictions on Some FOX Programming
For some time now select FOX-owned networks on PlayStation Vue forced on-demand versions on viewers in place of DVR recordings. When you used PlayStation Vue to DVR something on FX you may end up with an on-demand version with unescapable ads. According to PlayStation Vue’s website, these are all the restrictions on FOX programming: Fast-forwarding…
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How to Watch The 2018 MLB World Series on Roku, Apple TV, & Fire TV
This week the 2018 MLB World Series gets underway on FOX. The good news is it is now easier than ever to watch the World Series on your Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV. Starting Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 on Fox Los Angeles will play at Boston to start the 2018 World Series. Here is…