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Amazon’s New Search Features Make It Easier To Find What You Want
Amazon’s massive inventory of products can be overwhelming, and more stuff gets added each day. The online retail giant has rolled out some changes to its search capabilities to make shopping less daunting. The new search features will let you combine images and text to narrow down what you’re looking for. If you know what…
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Everything We Know About Warner Bros. Discovery’s New Free Streaming Service Called ‘WBTV’ & Why It is Taking So Long
Earlier this year, we learned that Warner Bros. Discovery has been planning a free streaming service. Since that announcement, Warner Bros. Discovery has gone dark on the service, focusing more on news about Max. So what should we expect from it? What will it offer? What is taking so long for the service to launch?…
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Should Spectrum Buy Fubo? Why Spectrum Needs a New Plan to Fight Cord Cutting- Ask Luke
Earlier this week, Spectrum and Disney ended their fight with Disney. Both sides agreed to bring back most Disney owned channels, but eight channels, including Disney Junior, Disney XD, Freeform, FXX, and more, are all being permanently removed from Spectrum cable TV. So this raises the question of what now. Yes, Spectrum will be able…
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Comcast Will Launch Its Own Wireless Network To Compete With T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T
Comcast has seen tremendous growth reselling wireless service through a wholesale partnership with Verizon. But now, it’s ready to launch its own network to augment that coverage. The company said on Tuesday that it will be utilizing a swath of radio airwaves called Citizens Broadband Radio Service to power the service, which launches in Philadelphia…
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The Owner Of The Weather Channel Wants To Buy ABC, FX, & National Geographic For $10 Billion
Earlier this year, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that he would be open to selling off some of the company’s cable networks and local ABC stations. Now Bloomberg is reporting that Byron Allen the owner of the Weather Channel, Local Now, and other companies, has made a $10 billion offer to buy FX, National Geographic,…
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AT&T Says It Isn’t Interested in Buying USCellular
Regional wireless carrier USCellular is looking at potential suitors. Don’t count AT&T as one of them. AT&T Chief Financial Officer Pascal Desroches was asked about the company’s appetite for acquiring USCellular, and he was clear with his response. “We really like our wireless business and I don’t think that particular asset would change anything demonstrable…
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Disney Denies Nexstar Talks For ABC Stations, Says “No Decision” Has Been Made
Disney may not be so eager to sell its ABC stations after all. The company issued a statement denying that there are talks with Nexstar about the sale of its eight ABC affiliate stations. “While we are open to considering a variety of strategic options for our linear businesses, at this time The Walt Disney…
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Disney+ is “Tens of Millions” Short Of Subscriber Goals As Streaming War Takes its Toll
Disney+ and the direct pipeline to consumers was supposed to be the future of the company. But its performance maybe even more disappointing than expected. The streaming service is expected to fall “tens of millions subscribers” short of its last publicly stated target for 2024, which was set a year ago by then-CEO Bob Chapek,…
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Starlink Reportedly Has 1.5 Million Customers, Far Short of its Goal of 20 Million by 2022
When SpaceX launched Starlink, the company anticipated reaching 20 million users by 2022. However, by the end of last year, the satellite internet provider fell short of that goal, nabbing only 1 million customers. Its current base now stands at 1.5 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. Starlink’s revenue last year totaled $1.4 billion,…
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T-Mobile May Finally Get Valuable 5G Spectrum It Bought Thanks to Proposed Senate Bill
T-Mobile has been patiently waiting for $304 million worth of spectrum licenses that it purchased in last year’s Federal Communications Commission auction, radio airwaves it can’t get its hands on because of a political and technical battle raging in Washington D.C. A new proposed Senate bill may help the carrier get around the regulatory red…