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YouTube TV launches today. It has some cool features and some big drawbacks
YouTube TV, Google's new streaming package of about 40 television channels, is the tech industry's latest bid to get cable-shunning millennials to pay for live TV over the Internet.
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Over 90% of College Students Today Regularly Use Netflix
New numbers show that an incredible number of today’s college students, more than 90%, have access to a Netflix account they regularly use. In a new survey from LendEDU, only only 8% college students that responded to the survey said they don’t have a Netflix account. That actually goes right in line with numbers from Piper Jaffray that showed almost 40% of teens watch Netflix every single day. Their closest competitors, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu, each came in at just 3% each for daily use.
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Comcast Is Planning a Netflix Rival Using NBC Shows
Comcast Corp. plans to introduce an online video service offering hit shows from its NBCUniversal TV networks in the next 12 to 18 months, an effort to compete with rivals Netflix Inc. and CBS Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.
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Babylon 5 finally available for online streaming
At last, the 1990s show is available.
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Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99 per month, sources say
The pricing for Hulu’s live TV service, a competitor with cable television – as well as a host of other streaming TV services like Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, DirecTV NOW, and YouTube TV – will likely be $39.99 per month, with ads and access to Hulu’s on-demand library, according to sources with knowledge of Hulu’s plans. That’s in line with Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins’ previous statement that its new service would cost “under $40” per month.
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Analyst: The Cord-Cutting Future Has Arrived
With most results now in, the U.S. pay TV industry lost about 762,000 video subs in the first quarter of 2017, a worst-ever result for the period, according to a new report from MoffettNathanson. “For the better part of fifteen years, pundits have predicted that cord-cutting was the future. Well, the future has arrived,” MoffetNathanson’s Craig Moffett declared in his Q1 2017 Cord-Cutting Monitor. He noted that video losses from Q1 was more than five times as large as last year’s loss of 141,000.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group Has Deal To Buy Tribune Media's TV Stations
Sinclair's holdings are already vast and the deal, which needs federal approval, would give it stations in seven of the top 10 markets. It would further propel consolidation in the industry.
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49% of Pay TV Subscribers May Leave Current Providers in Next 6 Months
High prices, poor customer service, and an increase in streaming services are causing more consumers than ever to think about ditching or switching their cable or satellite TV service. According to a new report from TiVo, a whopping 48.9% of pay TV customers are thinking about leaving their current providers within the next 6 months.
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Netflix has finally surpassed cable TV in the US
The streaming service now has a larger US audience than cable.
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'Stranger Things' Sets Season 2 Premiere Date, Reveals New Teaser
The second season of the hit series will launch Oct. 27 on Netflix.
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Netflix is carrying $20 billion in debt. Can it keep borrowing its way to success?
The digital streaming giant plans to continue burning cash to fuel original productions and subscriber growth. When Netflix was founded, the Internet was young, DVDs were popular and no one considered watching a movie streamed online. Twenty years later, Netflix’s transformation from an underdog DVD-by-mail service to Hollywood powerhouse — one that has redefined how TV and movies are produced and consumed — has been remarkable.
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Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: the Antenna
Cord-cutters accustomed to watching shows online are often shocked that $20 ‘rabbit ears’ pluck signals from the air. Is this legal?
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Disney will pull its movies from Netflix and start its own streaming services
The mouse wants to break out on its own, including standalone ESPN and branded services.
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Disney to offer two streaming services and end its movie distribution agreement with Netflix
Walt Disney Co. is ending its distribution agreement with Netflix for new releases in one of the boldest moves a traditional studio has taken against the leading digital platform.
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Mayweather-McGregor outages expose limitations of streaming tech
Showtime and UFC Fight Pass both had major issues with their streams of the Mayweather-McGregor fight. And those issues demonstrate a larger problem with the promise of streaming technology.
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All the Netflix New Releases for September 2017
Want to know what's new on Netflix? Here are all the Netflix new releases for movies and TV shows this month.
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How to watch the NFL on the internet in 2017
Are you ready for some internet football?
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Nvidia’s Shield TV now sells for $179 to compete with the Apple TV 4K
The 4K version of the Apple TV comes out tomorrow. So to get a jump on prospective buyers, Nvidia is making an announcement about its own 4K streaming box today: it’s introducing a new configuration of the Shield TV that will sell for $179, the same price as Apple’s latest streaming box.
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Comcast, Charter can't stop cord cutting
It's getting ugly out there for pay-TV operators. Comcast (CMCSA) and Charter Communications (CHTR) added to the tally of third-quarter cord cutting in Thursday earnings reports. Comcast lost 125,000 video subscribers while Charter's pay-TV rolls declined by 105,000, reflecting the broader trend of Netflix (NFLX) and other streaming companies luring away traditional cable customers.
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Millions of Britons have ditched their TV licences
Millions of Britons have ditched their TV licences in favour of streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Figures show 788,605 people cancelled their licence in 2017 as they shunned the BBC and tuned in via their smart TVs and tablets. Netflix surpassed 100 million global subscribers in July, with nearly 5million signing up during the first three months of the year.
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