Category: News
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Live Boxing is Back on ESPN for June
Live boxing is back on ESPN, kicking things off Tuesday, June 9 with times and how to watch yet to be confirmed. Top Rank on ESPN will showcase the first in a full June lineup of events starting with WBO featherweight world champion Shakur Stevenson taking on Felix “La Sombra” Caraballo in a 10-round super featherweight…
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HBO Max Won’t Count Toward AT&T Mobile Data Caps
AT&T, the parent company of HBO Max, says that the streaming service won’t affect AT&T mobile data caps. The question about whether AT&T customers could hit thei data cap by streaming HBO Max was asked on Vergecast, a podcast from The Verge, in a conversation with AT&T exec Tony Goncalves. While Goncalves didn’t have a…
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Apple TV is Getting the Peloton Workout App
Today Peloton subscribers were notified that the company’s app will be available on Apple TV. This means Peloton subscribers everywhere will be able to use their Apple TV as a screen to stream fitness classes. This news comes just after Peloton recently added Chromecast airplay capabilities for Smart TVs and released an Amazon Fire TV…
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TiVo and Xperi Finalize Their Merger
In December 2019, TiVo and Xperi, a company that sells tech products for home, auto, and mobile, announced that they had agreed to a merger. This week the merger was finalized with TiVo and Xperi creating a new media technology company and IP licensing platform. “Together, we will be able to integrate TiVo’s leading content…
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T-Mobile Will be the First Wireless Carrier to Offer 5G in All 50 States
T-Mobile has announced a new partnership that will allow T-Mobile customers with 5G smartphones in Anchorage, Alaska to access its 5G network. This will make T-Mobile the first wireless provider to offer 5G coverage in all 50 states. “The massive nationwide 5G network we’re building and expanding by the day – paired with important partnerships…
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The Roku Channel Expands Free TV Lineup to Include Over 100 Channels & Adds Live Channel Guide
Roku announced today that it is expanding its free live/linear channel lineup on The Roku Channel in the US beginning today. The Roku Channel will now include over 100 channels. Roku is also introducing a Live TV Channel Guide to make finding and watching free content even easier. “Now more than ever it’s important for…
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Sling TV Replaces Schlichting as President After Subscriber Losses
Warren Schlichting is leaving his role as group president of Sling TV after subscriber losses in the last quarter. Sling TV launched in 2015 and saw significant growth until 2019. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the streaming service began losing subscribers. That loss continued through the most recent quarter. At the end of March…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime the Week of June 1
Here’s everything coming to Netflix this week June 1 Cardcaptor Sakura—Season 1 Dear My Friends—Season 1 Juwanna Mann My Shy Boss—Season 1 Priest Revolutionary Love—Season 1 The Disaster Artist The Healer The Help The Show The Stolen June 2 Fuller House—Season 5b (Netflix original series) True: Rainbow Rescue (Netflix original series) June 3 Lady Bird Killing…
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XUMO Launches Black News Channel
Free streaming service XUMO has announced the launch of the Black News Channel, now available on XUMO as well as on cable and on The Roku Channel. Black News Channel launched in February, with a mission to provide intelligent programming that is informative, educational, entertaining, inspiring and empowering to the African American audience. BNC joins…
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WarnerMedia Appoints New CTO Richard Tom
Today WarnerMedia announced Richard Tom as its new Chief Technology Officer. In this new position, Tom will spearhead the company’s tech and operations organization spanning across all shared services of WarnerMedia. This includes data strategy, content delivery systems, broadcast engineering and the technology platform for the newly launched HBO Max streaming service. “Richard is a…