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https://www.wsj.com/business/media/disney-and-comcast-hit-impasse-in-final-lap-of-hulu-negotiations-eedcfc92?mod=hp_lead_pos3 Companies are discussing a Disney buyout of Comcast’s stake in streaming service; with a big valuation gap, the prospect of a court battle looms

And news and sports, which is really all my parents watch anymore.

Pretty similar, but it wasn't the programming costs that were killing them so much as it was the equipment fees (2 DVRs) and local broadcast fee: 2 Receivers @ $12.50 each ($25 total) 2 DVR Fee @ $20 Broadcast fee @ $25.75 Select channel package @ $89.99 The got a $10 bundle discount since...

Yeah, we liked it well enough, but we didn't like paying as much as we did for how little we used it. My parents on the other hand, really use theirs a lot, and it is saving them around $80/month compared to what they used to pay Spectrum.

I finally convinced my wife to try the Channels DVR I setup, and she liked it, so she cancelled YTTV. The only thing we were watching on it was local channels and that was local news that is available in apps anyway.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/23/media/charles-barkley-tnt-nba-reliable-sources/index.html

No one. Maybe AI will eliminate the need for copy editing since it isn't done anymore anyway, but I doubt it. The empire is falling, and this is just one symptom.

Honestly, no, but I did find etymology of the word somewhat amusing: venue (n.) c. 1300, "a coming for the purpose of attack," from Old French venue "coming" (12c.), from fem. past participle of venir "to come," from Latin venire "to come" (from PIE root *gwa- "to go, come").

It is like they were going to call it Venus, then decided not to name it after a women's razor brand, and did the lazy thing and dropped the "s".

I keep seeing reports like this: https://www.theverge.com/24152330/netflix-hulu-disney-plus-hbo-streaming-cable-video-verge While bundles are now available and ads are pervasive if you don't want to pay to avoid them, there is are significant differences: 1. You don't have to bundle streaming...

https://qz.com/warner-bros-discovery-q1-earnings-streaming-profit-hbo-1851465677

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51nz9d2w3ro

I actually have the Apple One Premier plan for my family of 5, so I was including the entire price of that. I actually get YT Premium annually as well. I use gift cards I get on sale at Target (Red Card and Target Circle discounts), Best Buy, and Sam's to save on everything except Prime, which...

So, here is how I look at it: I used to pay like $120/month for Dish/DirecTV for a whole home DVR and 4 rooms with a higher-end programming package with HBO or Showtime. I probably watched about 10% of the channels I had in a given week at best, but I still struggled to find things to watch at...

Insiders tell me Apple is playing a very long game with the TV service -- to the point that they aren't even calculating profitability yet. Well, I am sure some accountant is, but the execs don't even want to be told. They are also very interested in overall profitability of their services...