Category: News
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Everything New on Amazon’s Freevee in February 2024
February is here, and Amazon is adding a ton of free movies to the service. Freevee is owned by Amazon and offers over 400 live TV channels and thousands of movies and TV episodes. Amazon’s Freevee is available on Roku, Fire TV, the web, iOS, Android, and more. *Note Amazon has announced more live TV…
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Roku is Going All In On Super Bowl LVIII
Roku is bringing the Big Game to streaming, complete with highlight reels, clips, and Super Bowl LVIII coverage from NFL Zone and The Rich Eisen Show. Roku will treat sports fans to a slew of uninterrupted Super Bowl content, with the NFL Zone starting February 11. The platform will offer watch options from CBS Sports,…
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Disney+ Warns Customers About Its New Password Sharing Crackdown
This morning in an email to Disney+ subscribers, Disney warned subscribers that “We’re adding limitations on sharing your account outside of your household, and explaining how we may assess your compliance with these limitations.” This comes as early this week, Disney warned Hulu subscribers about an updated subscriber agreement that specifically pointed to new “limitations…
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Spectrum Lost Over 257,000 TV Customers & 61,000 Internet Customers in The 4th Quarter of 2023 as Cord Cutting Continues to Grow
Today we learned that Charter Communications, the parent company of Spectrum, has once again lost 320,000 TV customers in the 4th quarter of 2023. This is on top of the 320,000 TV customers it lost in the 3rd quarter of 2023. Spectrum also reported that they lost over 251,000 voice customers as many Americans turned…
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Disney is Selling a Controlling Stake in its India Business, Including Disney+ Hotstar
Disney has reached a deal to sell its 60% stake of Indian assets, including Disney Star and its Disney+ Hotstar streaming service, but it’s taking a major loss, according to The Wall Street Journal (a paywalled publication). Under the new deal, the Indian media business is valued at $3.9 billion, according to The Wall Street…
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Bally Sports Might Keep Guardians, Rangers, and Twins Broadcasts for 2024 MLB Season
The Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers are expected to stay with Bally Sports for the 2024 season. The three MLB teams will remain with Bally on one-year deals, according to MLB Trade Rumors via The Athletic (a paywalled publication). League sources told The Athletic that no contracts have been finalized yet. While the…
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Apple’s iPhone Sales Offset Weaker Performance From iPads and Wearables
Apple fanboys aren’t buying iPads, AirPods, Apple TV boxes, or Apple Watches at the same rate as before. The company posted results driven largely by increased sales of its iPhone family and services like Apple TV Plus, Apple Music, and iCloud. Sales of iPhones, in particular, rose 6% to $69.7 billion, driven by the debut…
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Amazon Says the Audience for Thursday Night Football on Prime Video Grew 24% As Earnings Surged
Amazon said that the total viewership for NFL Thursday Night Football rose by 24% over the previous season, with the November 30 game between the Seattle Seahawks and Dallas Cowboys marking a high point with 15.3 million viewers. The numbers came out of Amazon’s fourth-quarter earnings report, in which the company posted a profit of…
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Comcast To Stop ‘Misleading’ 10G Internet Claims After Cable TV Company Loses Appeal
Comcast will stop using “10G” to describe its network following the latest recommendation from the National Advertising Review Board. Comcast said it “strongly disagrees with NARB’s analysis and approach,” but will modify its advertising to comply with the decision, according to a release from the BBB National Programs. This comes after Comcast rebranded its internet network…
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Netflix’s Squid Game Gets Short Teaser Hinting at Season 2 Action
Another round of deadly Squid Game is heading to Netflix. The teaser trailer for season two of the Korean hit thriller dropped today, and it’s looking to up the antics and “finally have some fun.” Gi-Hun, played by Lee Jung-Jae, is back in the games and has a quest to figure out the origins of…