Author: Jess Barnes
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Gray Television Acquires 17 Meredith Local Channels for $2.7 Billion
Gray Television announced Monday that it has acquired Meredith’s Local Media Group. The deal for 17 stations cost Gray $2.7 billion. WGCL (CBS) / WPCH (Independent), Atlanta, Georgia (DMA 7) KPHO (CBS) / KTVK (Independent), Phoenix, Arizona (DMA 11) KPTV (FOX) / KPDX (MyNetwork), Portland, Oregon (DMA 21) KMOV (CBS), St. Louis, Missouri (DMA 23)…
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FilmRise is Launching a New Classic TV Channel and App
FilmRise announced today that it will launch a FilmRise Classic TV AVOD channel and app with a new licensing deal for several popular classic TV titles. “These programs continue to resonate with audiences from generation to generation. They have stood the test of time and have become the foundation for the sitcoms that are created…
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Amazon Will Stream NFL Thursday Night Football in 2022, One Year Early
Amazon Prime Video will begin streaming Thursday Night Football games in 2022, a year ahead of schedule, the company announced Monday. When this year’s NFL season begins, Thursday night games will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. The NFL will continue airing games on local broadcast stations in each team’s home market. The NFL announced…
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IMDb TV Renews Lebron James Produced Series ‘Top Class’ for Season 2
Amazon’s free streaming service IMDb TV announced today that it will renew original docuseries Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers for a second season. The series is executive produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter and follows a high school team from outside of LA. In season one, viewers watched…
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Locast Launches in Tri-Cities Bordering Tennessee, Kentucky & Virginia
Locast has launched in its 32nd market. The free streaming service is delivering over two dozen local channels to residents of the northeastern Tennessee cities of Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport, as well as the surrounding rural area bordering Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia. Locast offers local broadcast TV via the internet for free, though the…
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What’s Coming to Plex in May 2021
Plex is updating its free content collection for May. New additions include Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson in 2004’s The Perfect Score and the 2011 thriller I Melt with You starring Rob Lowe, Thomas Jane, and Jeremy Piven. Stay up to date on everything streaming on Plex with their blog, The Gist. Here’s the full list…
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Weekend Wrap Up: Cable Numbers Drop, Roku Drops YouTube TV & More
With Q1 earnings calls underway, this week we’re seeing the impact that cord cutting is having on the cable industry. In yet another disagreement between a streaming service and streaming platform, Roku dropped YouTube TV from its Channel Store. We also finally got updates about HBO Max pricing and the Locast case. Here’s what happened…
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SpaceX Launches 60 More Starlink Satellites
SpaceX launched the next batch of 60 Starlink satellites this week, bringing the total to over 1500 satellites launched and over 1400 still in orbit. This week’s launch took place on Wednesday at 11:44 pm ET from Cape Canaveral in Florida. SpaceX is now taking preorders for its internet service. Starlink is available in limited areas and…
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Hulu Adds Nine ViacomCBS Channels to Live Lineup
Hulu announced today that it is adding nine more ViacomCBS channels to the Hulu with Live channel lineup. The price of Hulu with Live TV will remain at $64.99/month. Hulu with Live will now include Comedy Central, BET, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, VH1, CMT, MTV, TV Land, and Paramount Network. Along with the live channels, subscribers…
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Charter Lost 138,000 Video Customers in Q1 2021
In its Q1 2021 earnings report Friday morning, Charter reported a loss of 138,000 pay TV customers. That number includes 156,000 residential customers and 18,000 business customers. As of March 31, 2021, Charter had 15.5 million residential video customers. The company saw growth in its broadband business, though that growth has slowed down in 2021.…