Topic: streaming services
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California Bans Loud Ads on Netflix and YouTube
California has passed a law requiring streaming platforms to maintain consistent audio levels between programming and ads, effective July 2026, to address viewer complaints about loud commercials. The legislation, Bill 576, was inspired by personal stories of disrupted sleep and aims to protect f...
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ESPN & Fox Hit 1 Million Sign-Ups in Just Two Weeks
Live sports content significantly drives subscriber growth, with ESPN and Fox One collectively attracting over one million new sign-ups in their first ten days. The NFL season kickoff played a key role in this growth, with ESPN likely capturing the majority of early adopters, while Fox One offers...
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HBO Max hikes prices for third consecutive year
HBO Max is increasing prices for the third consecutive year across all subscription tiers, affecting both monthly and annual plans. Specific price hikes include the Basic with Ads plan rising by $1 to $10.99 monthly, the Standard ad-free plan increasing to $18.49, and the Premium 4K plan going up...
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Vimeo & NPAW Launch Advanced Video Analytics for Creators
Vimeo has partnered with NPAW to launch an integrated analytics suite for creators and media businesses, offering insights into user behavior and content performance to support data-driven decisions and revenue growth. The collaboration simplifies analytics by embedding NPAW's technology directly...
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David Zaslav: HBO Max Is 'Way Underpriced'
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav believes HBO Max is significantly undervalued and plans to increase subscription prices, citing its premium content as justification. Zaslav stated that HBO Max is "way underpriced" compared to the value it delivers, despite its current pricing aligning wit...
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TiVo Won the Legal War But Lost the Streaming Battle
TiVo popularized the DVR and introduced now-standard features like pausing live TV, though it didn't invent the technology, and its innovations were protected by the Time Warp patent. The company aggressively defended its patents through successful lawsuits against major industry players, generat...
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Save $5 on Hulu + Live TV - Now Just $64.99/Month
Hulu + Live TV is available at a discounted rate of $64.99 per month until November 5, offering over $45 in savings over three months compared to the standard $89.99 price. Subscribers gain access to over 95 live channels, unlimited DVR, and bundled streaming services including Hulu, Disney Plus,...
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TiVo Ends DVR Production After Decades
TiVo has permanently ended production and sales of its standalone DVR hardware, with the TiVo Edge from 2019 being its final release, following its 2020 merger with Xperi. The shift away from hardware was driven by the rise of on-demand streaming services and integrated recording features in cabl...
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Rebecca Blumenstein Takes on Expanded Role in NBC News Executive Shake-Up
Rebecca Blumenstein now oversees "NBC Nightly News" and NBC News Now, consolidating leadership under two executives to enhance editorial supervision across platforms. The reorganization aims to strengthen a "story-centric" model, synchronizing broadcast, streaming, digital, and audio newsrooms to...
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Alexa Plus Frees You From Your Phone on TV
Alexa Plus enhances TV viewing by providing intuitive, context-aware responses that reduce the need for phone checks, keeping viewers immersed in their entertainment. It expands Prime Video's X-Ray feature, allowing users to ask about actors, filming locations, trivia, and skip directly to specif...
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OpenWav's New App Is Fixing the Broken Music Industry
Wyclef Jean criticizes the current music industry as broken, citing unsustainable revenue from streaming services that offer minimal payouts to artists. OpenWav, a new platform, aims to empower artists by providing direct-to-fan monetization tools for releases, merchandise, and events, allowing t...
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Relive Classic Sesame Street Episodes Now on YouTube
Classic Sesame Street episodes will debut on YouTube in January 2026, creating the largest digital collection of the series online. New episodes of Sesame Street will begin streaming on Netflix starting November 10th, featuring a refreshed 11-minute story format per episode. This redistribution f...
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Get NFL+ Premium with the New ESPN and Disney+ Bundle
ESPN has launched a new streaming bundle for $39.99 per month that includes Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Unlimited, and NFL+ Premium, offering extensive sports and entertainment content ahead of the 2025 NFL season. The bundle provides access to Monday Night Football, NFL Network, NFL RedZone, and full ga...
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Top Student Discounts 2025: Save on Tech, Software & More
Student discounts provide significant financial relief on expenses like tech, streaming services, and daily essentials, accessible through a valid .edu email or verification platforms like Unidays. Major tech brands including Apple, Dell, and Microsoft offer education pricing, with savings rangin...
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Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue Accelerates Broadcast TV's Decline
Sinclair and Nexstar, two major ABC affiliate owners, pulled Jimmy Kimmel's show due to a joke with contested facts, following perceived threats from the FCC chair. The FCC's power to revoke broadcast licenses, based on outdated public interest rules, remains a potent regulatory threat despite mo...
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Roku's Massive Upgrade: All the New Features Revealed
Roku's platform upgrade introduces AI-powered voice search for more natural, conversational queries and enhanced content discovery tools to streamline entertainment access. New features include a "Ways to Watch" button for instant viewing from trailers and real-time sports alerts with customizabl...
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Meta Connect 2025: Top 6 Reveals You Can't Miss
Meta launched new smart glasses, including the Ray-Ban Display with a full-color screen and camera, and the upgraded second-generation Ray-Ban glasses with extended battery life and enhanced features. The company introduced the Oakley Meta Vanguard, a sports-focused smart glasses model with durab...
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NBCUniversal's New Deal Brings YouTube TV, Peacock and Sports Together
NBCUniversal and YouTube TV have formed a multi-year partnership to bundle live sports, entertainment, and streaming services, ensuring subscribers retain access to NBCUniversal's channels and expanding content reach across Google's platforms. The agreement includes the revival of NBC Sports Netw...
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How CTV Ads Boost Your Search Traffic
Connected TV advertising builds brand awareness that creates consumer demand, which naturally translates into increased search behavior, influencing the entire customer journey from exposure to conversion. CTV enables precise programmatic ad targeting similar to digital channels, supports various...
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ChatGPT Apps Are Here: Try the First Wave Now
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT-integrated applications, enabling users to control services like Spotify and Zillow directly within the chat interface without interrupting their conversation. Initial integrations include Spotify for music playlists, Canva and Figma for design tasks, Zillow for real e...
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Amazon Prime Ends Free Shipping for Non-Household Members
Amazon is ending external Prime benefit sharing as of October 1, 2025, requiring non-household members to buy their own subscription or lose free shipping. The new Amazon Family program restricts sharing to members at the same primary address, aligning with similar moves by streaming services to ...
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An Audio Expert's Daily Music Device Will Surprise You
But I don't think the Bose soundbar I've got is a flop. I've got one of the more affordable Bose soundbars: the Bose Smart Soundbar. However, the Bose Smart Soundbar is my guilty pleasure, and I listen to music on it every single day...Bose Smart Soundbar: was $549 now $399 at Bose.com US The Bose Smart Soundbar (2024) is my personal soundbar and the device I use to listen to music at home. And, when you really think about it, when I'm cooking or cleaning, I'm not in the right head...
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Spotify's New AI Policy: Labeling AI Music & Fighting Spam
Spotify is introducing new policies for greater transparency and against platform manipulation, including labeling AI-generated content and explicitly banning unauthorized voice cloning. The platform will use the DDEX industry standard for detailed AI disclosures in song credits and is developing...
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Meta's Hyperscape Transforms Real-World Spaces Into VR
Meta's Hyperscape is now in Early Access, allowing Quest users to scan and create realistic digital replicas of their physical spaces. The tool uses advanced techniques like Gaussian Splatting and cloud rendering, with plans to enable private sharing of these environments in the future. Meta also...
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Top Labor Day 2025 Sales: Save Up to 50% on Apple, Dyson, Sony & More
Labor Day sales offer significant discounts on tech products like laptops, tablets, smart home devices, and streaming services, making it an ideal time for back-to-school shopping or personal upgrades. Notable deals include the Apple MacBook Air M4 at $799, the iPad with A16 chip for $299, and th...
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Inside Tim Draper's 'Meet the Drapers' Pitch Show Experience
"Meet the Drapers," a business competition show featuring Tim Draper, offers startups significant exposure and a chance to win a $1 million investment, touring cities to highlight diverse entrepreneurs. The show blends entertainment with entrepreneurship, allowing founders to share their stories ...
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The iPhone You Should Buy This Year
Choosing the right iPhone involves balancing performance, longevity, and value, with many users waiting three to four years between upgrades to appreciate significant technological advances. Personal organization and app usage, such as minimal home screens and purpose-driven tools like Superhuman...
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Netflix, Amazon, Apple Eye Warner Bros. Acquisition
Warner Bros. Discovery is undergoing a strategic review for potential acquisition, with major tech firms like Netflix, Amazon, and Apple showing interest in buying the company or its key assets. The company is sharing confidential financial details with interested parties, including media giants ...
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Redbox's Next Move: Piracy Lawsuits
Grove Street Partners has offered $100 million to acquire the IP litigation assets of Redbox and Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, shifting focus from revival to copyright enforcement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The assets grant the right to sue third parties, including Int...
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Harmonic Powers NESN's Next-Gen Sports Streaming
NESN has partnered with Harmonic to deploy a new primary distribution solution, enhancing video quality and enabling advanced advertising features for live sports broadcasts. The system uses Harmonic's XOS media processor and AI-driven encoding to reduce bitrates by up to 50% while supporting 4K ...
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Samsung's Android XR Headset Leaks Ahead of Launch
Samsung's upcoming Android XR headset, codenamed Project Moohan, features a 4K micro-OLED display with 4,032 PPI, surpassing Apple's Vision Pro in pixel density for sharp visuals. It is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2 Plus Gen 2 processor and includes sensors for hand gesture, eye tracking, ...
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Fubo Shareholders Approve Hulu Live TV Acquisition
Fubo shareholders have approved its acquisition by Disney, merging with Hulu Live TV to challenge market leader YouTube TV in the live streaming sector. The merger aims to narrow the subscriber gap with YouTube TV by combining approximately six million subscribers and exploring bundled offerings ...
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Larry Ellison's Global Ambition: TikTok's Role in His Empire
Larry Ellison has transitioned from a low-profile tech leader at Oracle to a dominant media titan, with Oracle providing foundational cloud and database services to major corporations. He has aggressively expanded his media empire through personal investments, debt settlements, and major acquisit...
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Xbox Gaming Coming to Cars via LG & Microsoft
Xbox Cloud Gaming is launching in cars with LG's Automotive Content Platform, allowing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to play cloud games directly from their vehicle's display. The integration uses LG's webOS platform, enabling users to easily switch between gaming, streaming services, and o...
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Prime Day Price on AirPods Max Still Available
The AirPods Max with USB-C are currently available at a $120 discount, priced at $429.99 from major retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, matching the lowest price since July. These headphones now support 24-bit/48kHz Lossless Audio via USB-C, requiring a compatible cable, and feature sea...
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LG's $1,800 Senior TV Misses the Mark
LG's Easy TV is a high-priced ($1,800) television aimed at seniors, but its complex features may contradict the need for simplicity and affordability. The TV includes a senior-friendly remote with a numeric keypad, large fonts, and dedicated buttons for essential functions to improve ease of use....
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Cozy New Backbone Controller Colors Are Here
Backbone has released two limited-edition mobile gaming controllers in pink and purple, available exclusively at Target starting October 5 online and October 6 in-store. The Backbone Pro (Pink) offers premium features like enhanced ergonomics, Hall Effect triggers, and remappable buttons, while t...
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Save 30% on 8BitDo's Wireless N64-Style Controller
The Analogue 3D N64 console has been delayed, but the 8BitDo Wireless N64-Style Controller is now available at a discount and offers modern features like Hall effect sensors and wireless compatibility with Nintendo Switch and PC. The Asus Prime RTX 5070 Ti graphics card is currently discounted, p...
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