Tag: TV
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Sonos Is Reportedly Releasing a New Android TV Streaming Box This Year
Sonos is rumored to be cooking up a swath of new hardware and expanding into a brand-new market: TV and video. The company is planning to release a TV set-top box that would run streaming services by the end of the year or early 2025, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The device, code-named…
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These New TVs Will Use Thermal Cameras to Make It Easier for You To Buy Stuff You See in Ads
In the future, you might be able to buy something from a commercial straight through your TV. Startup company Displace is demoing two unreleased wireless TVs at CES 2024 — the Displace Flex and the Displace Mini — that will incorporate artificial intelligence, advanced thermal cameras, and NFC payment readers “to deliver a seamless shopping…
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More People Are Considering Buying an Antenna To Watch News, Sports, TV Shows, and Movies
Even as cord cutters embrace streaming and a move away from old-fashioned cable TV plans, they’re also increasingly looking at something even older: an over-the-air TV antenna. Twenty percent of U.S. internet households own a TV antenna, according to research firm Parks Associates’ ATSC 3.0: Impact and Opportunity for Video Services industry report. It also found…
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Cord Cutters Will Outnumber Cable TV Subscribers By The End of The Year
For the first time, the number of cord cutters is expected to surpass the number of viewers paying for traditional TV services like cable and satellite. By the end of 2023, the number of pay TV customers in the U.S. is expected to drop 10.2% to 121.1 million while non-pay TV customers will climb 12.5%…
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Beware of Antennas Claiming To Give You ‘Free’ Cable TV Networks Like CNN, ESPN, and Nickelodeon
If you’re shopping for TV antennas this holiday season, make sure the seller isn’t promising access to cable TV networks. Multiple Amazon listings for antennas falsely claim to offer customers channels that are only available with a subscription from a cable TV provider. Cord Cutters News spotted several product pages for antennas claiming customers can…
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Hollywood is Running Out of Time to End the Strike and Save the Fall TV Season, Dooming Us With Reality TV & Reruns
There’s seemingly no end in sight for the actors or writers strikes even as the fall TV season — the window for when networks premiere their biggest shows — approaches fast. The Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) need to find common ground by October…
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Entertainment Industry Loses 17,000 Jobs in August As Strike Continues
The Hollywood writers’ strike has surpassed 120 days and the U.S’s labor market is starting to feel the effects. The motion picture and sound recording industries lost 17,000 jobs “reflecting strike activity,” according to an employment report from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Writers Guild America and SAG-AFTRA are demanding concessions like increased…
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Scammers Are Targeting Cord Cutters. Know How To Keep Yourself Safe
It’s difficult enough to cancel a service when companies are trying their hardest to keep you subscribed with tricky wording, barely visible unsubscribe buttons and troublesome cancellation processes. The last thing you need is a scammer sneaking into the middle of the process to drain your bank account. If you’re ready to call it quits…
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TCL’s New 98-Inch S5 TV Is Available With NFL Sunday Ticket Deal
If you’re in the market to go big on a new television set, TCL’s new Smart S5 TV is available for preorder for $5,000. The new model boasts features like a 120Hz native panel refresh rate, high brightness LED backlight, HDR ULTRA with Dolby Vision IQ and hands-free voice control. The new model joins TCL’s…
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MeTV Might Expand Cartoon Content With Toon TV Trademark Grab
Weigel Broadcasting, owners of MeTV, has filed for a trademark on Toon TV. It’s possible Weigel Broadcasting intends to create a new programming block or cartoon-focused TV network. MeTV currently includes an anthology series called Toon in with Me. The show runs shorts from classic cartoons like Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry and Popeye. The…