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    Bit Rate Errors - causes and fixes?

    You may have to upgrade your antenna. Do you have an amplifier on your antenna?
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    Disney+ / Hulu / Etc...+ to rein in Password Sharing

    Bruce, why do you think HULU live will fail? Price? youtube competition?
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    Disney+ / Hulu / Etc...+ to rein in Password Sharing

    Another link if you get WSJ paywall. https://cordcuttersnews.com/disney-hulu-become-profitable-for-the-first-time-ever-disney-added-6-million-subscribers/
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    Traditional Providers Losses, 1st Quarter 2024 Edition

    On my street in CT there are 2 fiber companies plus Cox cable.
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    Buyout bid for Paramount

    Looks like Sony, Apollo want to make a move on Paramount. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/paramount-jumps-report-sony-pictures-092905964.html
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    Received email from Netflix about household sharing

    Also saw this article that Netflix is going to stop quarterly reporting in 2025. https://www.reuters.com/technology/netflix-crushes-subscriber-forecasts-second-straight-quarter-2024-04-18/#:~:text=Netflix%20said%20it%20will%20stop,when%20major%20milestones%20are%20reached.
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    checking out Hulu. Comments?

    Now that UCONN Women's Basketball is over I am looking at streaming services. I want them to carry SNY, a local NY sports network. SNY carries some UCONN women's games. I see that Hulu has SNY for my CT zip code as well as the locals. I would stream via my existing Amazon firestick. Cox TV...
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    Streaming services using linear TV to help with income

    Interest article. It seems like a good way to help the bottom line. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-03-14/why-your-favorite-streaming-shows-are-showing-up-on-old-fashioned-tv#:~:text=Original%20series%20created%20to%20drive,to%20keep%20pace%20with%20Netflix.
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    Traditional Providers Losses, the entire year of 2023 Edition

    And ESPN has a plan. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/espn-executives-plan-survive-demise-cable-tv-rcna144416
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    Warner, Fox, Disney to Launch Streaming Sports Joint Venture

    I won't put down streaming, in fact I have a Firestick. I will give a positive to cable because I can hand the cable remote to my wife and she can find the UCONN women's basketball game by hitting the cable number for any one of the five channels they appear on. Well worth the money.
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    Roku Black Friday deals

    69 for me on that link. Chrome browser. This is strange.
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    HBO Max/Discovery+ Merger

    Thank you Bruce, I hope this really ends this.
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    Apple TV + price increase

    Looks like a new price increase. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-raises-prices-on-some-subscription-services-including-apple-tv-155224791.html
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    Spectrum goes all streaming

    Is this a new trend? https://www.thelcn.com/news/local/spectrum-launches-new-device-option-to-replace-cable-box-xumo-tv/article_5259d16b-f033-5528-913c-6bc4b06499de.html#:~:text=Spectrum%20Cable%20customers%20have%20the,streaming%20and%20traditional%20TV%20landscape.
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    Phoenix Suns go OTA

    Here's a switch. The Suns are giving away free antennas so folks can see the games. Made a deal with off air TV. https://cordcuttersnews.com/phoenix-suns-give-away-free-tv-antennas-to-fans-after-walking-away-from-cable/
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    Locals want a piece $ of the streaming action

    Saw this today. Local channels want streaming to be classified like cable so they can get more income. https://cordcuttersnews.com/local-abc-cbs-fox-nbc-owners-demand-the-fcc-reclassify-youtube-tv-fubo-directv-stream-more-as-cable-tv-companies/
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    Now I can have a fiber cord

    First I'm back to cable so my wife can see UCONN women's basketball. Easy for her to operate. Today I recieved an ad from GoNetspeed which is on my street. They offer a good price for 500 Mbps up and down. Next they have tied in with Directv which is offering four levels of TV starting at 75+...
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    Yet another opinion

    https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiO2h0dHBzOi8vY2hyb21ldW5ib3hlZC5jb20veW91dHViZS10di1zdWJzY3JpYmVyLWdyb3d0aC0yMDIz0gEA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
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    Interesting article

    Saw this today on Cord Cutters news. https://cordcuttersnews.com/what-is-the-future-of-cord-cutting-as-sling-tv-fubo-lose-subscribers-is-cable-tv-winning-ask-luke/
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    NBC Universal to wind down LX News in mid, 23...

    I'm sorry to hear this. I have a TV in my home workshop and usually have this on in the background. My local NBC station has this on a sub channel. My backup is PBS Create so guess that will be my new daytime station.
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    Looking for a VHF/UHF Combiner

    Got it. Posted wrong link. Thanks for catching that.
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    Looking for a VHF/UHF Combiner

    Mike I'm a little confused. What I posted was from the ratings section of your link. It's the 7th rating listed. "Copied from An Antennas Tech from St Louis, MO (Antenna Professional, Business Owner, Hobbyist) http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103923 Comments about...
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    Looking for a VHF/UHF Combiner

    I'm not so sure about that. Here's some old specs taken from an Amazon comment. It also states there is a DC connection on the UHF port. Copied from An Antennas Tech from St Louis, MO (Antenna Professional, Business Owner, Hobbyist) http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103923...
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    Looking for a VHF/UHF Combiner

    Would this work...