Category: News
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A New Hawkeye Series is Being Developed for Disney+
Last week, Disney hosted an event where we learned more about their new streaming service, Disney+. Along with all the details about pricing, device support, and app design that we got during the announcement, we also learned about some of the original content that Disney+ is working on. One series we’re hearing a lot about…
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Pluto TV Adds CONtv
Today Pluto TV announced they are adding CONtv to their lineup. With CONtv you will find an extensive library of genre films, classic television series, and original programming carefully curated for the growing community of film, television, and pop culture enthusiasts. This month on CONtv you will find a huge collection of programming including Hey Vern,…
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Charter Reportedly Is Threatening to Drop Fox Regional Sports Networks Over the Disney Sale
This week the Big3 Network, a three-on-three professional basketball league, filed a complaint with the FCC and DOJ about the sale of the Fox Sports Networks. The Big3 Network is one of the groups bidding on the Fox Regional Sports networks. According to the Big3 Network, Charter’s Spectrum TV is threating to “preemptively drop” Fox…
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The FCC Is Cracking Down on Sellers of Streaming Players Not Approved By the FCC
The number of small set-top boxes popping up for sale online is getting attention from the FCC. Often these boxes are not approved by FCC rules. For example, they may have Wi-Fi chips that can interfere with other Wi-Fi networks. Now the FCC is warning the makers and users of streaming players that are not…
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5 Tips to Save Money on Home Internet After You Cut The Cord
I get asked all the time how to lower Internet costs. From talking with many of our readers we are finding that most are overpaying for Internet. The good news is I have a few tricks that help us save money on our home Internet. #1 Shop Around Shopping around is most important when you…
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DIRECTV NOW & U-verse TV Are Dropping The NFL Network on All New & Grandfathered Package
Today AT&T announced that they are dropping the NFL Network from all DIRECTV NOW and U-verse packages. This includes both the new and grandfathered DIRECTV NOW packages. This news comes as DIRECTV NOW added the NFL Network just last August. Now according to AT&T their deal with the NFL Network has ended. Important: AT&T has…
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CBS & Viacom Are Once Again Talking About a Possible Merger
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge according to a report from Fox Business. The two companies use to be one but broke up into two companies in 2006, at the request of both boards. It is important to remember that both Viacom…
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Hulu Buys AT&T’s 9.5% Share of Hulu For $1.43 Billion
Today it was announced that Hulu has purchased AT&T’s 9.5% minority stake in Hulu for $1.43 billion. AT&T’s recent purchase of Time Warner gave them 10% ownership of Hulu but had no board seats. Now AT&T has agreed to sell that 9.5% share of Hulu back to Hulu for $1.43 billion. According to AT&T and…
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Plex Adds A Traditional Grid Guide for OTA TV to Roku & The Apple TV
Last week Plex a popular media center app rolled out an updated user interface for Roku and Apple TV users. With this update, Plex rolled out an update adding a long asked for feature a traditional grid guide. This means now when you access your antenna through Plex on Roku and the Apple TV you…
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The ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Premiere Was the Most Streamed Show in The History of HBO
It looks like Game of Thrones final season premiere was a big hit for HBO. Reports are in that the HBO NOW’s App was downloaded 300,000 times in just one weekend leading up to the premiere of Game of Thrones. HBO GO the app for cable subscriber was reportedly downloading 400,000 times over the same…