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DALLAS, Texas – Subscribers to DIRECTV and AT&T TV NOW can stand to lose access to their local stations. The original intention was for the networks to go off the air on January 1, Wednesday, but thanks to a negotiation,...

LOS GATOS, Calif. - Roku named the best performing stock for the technology sector in 2019, according to reports from CNBC. Based on the same report, the share price of Roku went up the previous year by around 355%, recording...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - FuboTV drops Fox RSNs (Regional Sports Networks) as of January 1, 2020, as well as other channels, including National Geographic, FX, FXM, and FXX. With the official dropping of Sports RSNs and others from their channel...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania – Free streaming service Xumo is reportedly being eyed by Comcast NBCUniversal for an acquisition; the latter had begun talks with Xumo's owners, Panasonic and Meredith Corporation, in late December of 2019. Primarily ad-supported, Xumo provides its users...

NEW YORK CITY, New York – The AirTV 2 had recently been launched, and with it came several questions from curious prospective buyers. Mitch Weinraub, director for the AirTV product, addressed several of these concerns. First, Weinraub talked about the...

CULVER CITY, Calif. - Sony plans new programming and entertainment blocks, which will start showing up on GetTV starting next year. Streamers of the OTA TV network GetTV will notice some new programming starting in 2020. Based on the announcement,...

NEW YORK CITY, New York – fuboTV has just announced that their Adventure Plus add-on will be free for all subscribers until the 21st of May, 2020. This add-on includes the World Fishing Network, Mav TV, Outside TV, the Outdoor...

PHILADELPHIA, Pen. - According to recent reports, Comcast is buying Xumo TV, in line with its Comcast Vision 2020 plan. Based on a feature at The Wall Street Journal yesterday, Comcast is said to be under exclusive and advanced negotiations...

SAN FRANCISCO, California – Philo has announced recently that subscribers who prepay their next 6 months of coverage will be rewarded with a free Fire TV Stick 4K. The Fire TV Stick 4K is usually sold for $49.99 amounting to...

RALEIGH, N.C. - The Cordie Awards 2019 has chosen; Mohu topped the best antenna list for cord-cutters. There are a lot of streaming choices for cord-cutters, but when it comes to free access to live and local channels, antennas are...

DALLAS, Texas – The AT&T stock price has risen beyond the 35% mark at present date; something that investors and analysts alike agree are promising results for the brand. This success has been attributed by many to be due to...

SAN BRUNO, Calif. - With all the available live TV streaming services right now, the most common question has been the best in the market, and the Cordie Awards 2019 named YouTube TV as the king of cord-cutters for this...

CUPERTINO, California – Bloomberg’s report came in today on the latest developments on Apple’s R&D efforts. It would seem that Apple has assembled a team of engineers for the purpose of establishing Apple’s very own internet service. Twelve engineers were...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - AT&T warns subscribers that DIRECTV could lose access to local channels once the STELA (Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act) expires. The STELA is what provides access to local channels to satellite services including AT&T and...

LOS GATOS, Calif. - As many stock analysts reported, Roku stocks appeared to be on its way to a crash back in 1Q 2019, stemming from a downturn in 4Q of the previous year. Following record highs in October 2018,...

HAWTHORN, Calif. - Early in 2019, SpaceX has already secured approval for its plan to launch new 12,000 satellites into space as it aims to build a network of satellites that is much closer to the earth, which will ultimately...

STAINES-UPON-THAMES, United Kingdom – Synamedia’s Chief Product Officer, Jean-Marc Racine, gave several predictions recently on the state of the TV industry in the year 2020. The primary thing Racine stressed in his predictions were that cross-service TV bundles will play...

PHILADEPHIA, Pen. - New Comcast packages aim to fight cord-cutting as the new year comes, offering more affordable streaming options. With the recent price hikes surrounding a lot of streaming services and providers recently, it seems that Comcast has heard...

TORONTO, Canada – In June of 2019, StackTV was released by Corus Entertainment, much to the delight of Canadian cord cutters. Now, at the end of the year, Corus has made another move with the intent to help an even...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - The DIRECTV price hike has been going on throughout 2019, and as the year ends, the service fee now looks towards a hefty $20 per month. Like other streaming platforms, AT&T has slowly increased the cost...

STAMFORD, Connecticut – To combat cord-cutting, Spectrum has recently introduced its own version of the concept. This a la carte-esque service, the Spectrum TV Choice, offers a customizable, low-cost cable TV package to Spectrum’s viewers, containing 10 channels of their...

LOS GATOS, Calif. - Based on reports from Bloomberg, streaming services such as Netflix lose 10% subscribers every month once their offer of free trial ends. According to the report, only around one-third of streamers continue with the streaming service...

STAMFORD, Connecticut – Spectrum TV owners who primarily view the Outdoor Channel, MLB StrikeZone, and NFL Redzone will soon find themselves paying extra to watch their favorite shows. These channels will soon be packaged in a separate subscription known as...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A+E TV Networks launches Lively Place channel, a new OTT channel, which is now available to  be accessed by streamers in Samsung TV Plus. A+E Networks just announced its new OTT Lively Place channel which is...

BURBANK, California – The Mandalorian premiered recently on Disney Plus, amidst much anticipation from new and old fans alike. After the first few episodes, showrunner Jon Favreau was touted by critics to have done an exemplary job. The Mandalorian takes...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Cord cutters are expecting a new TV price hike for AT&T, Comcast, and Spectrum streaming services real soon. According to a statement from the website of AT&T, they will be raising their rates, which is scheduled...

NEW YORK, NY - Several years of mergers and acquisitions between big names in the media industry were finally punctuated by Viacom and CBS merging into ViacomCBS. After this, many market analysts expect that such transactions are to take a...

SEATTLE, Wa. - Companies have been planning to push the market further by bringing broadband into much larger portions of the world, and the Amazon Home Internet Service is one of what is coming soon. Previously, Amazon’s CEO has explained...

LOS GATOS, California -- In a turn of events that elicited surprise from many Roku users, Roku has banned any and all browser apps from all Roku devices. This comes soon after the release of the first browser app to...

LOS GATOS, Calif. - In the SpotX Vision report for 2020, it cited data, which was gathered by Samsung, that 61% of streamers prefer to use free ad-supported services or advertising-based video on demand (AVOD), while 40% of the streaming...