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YouTube Premium Lite gets offline downloads, background streaming
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (204+ words) Streamers can now watch videos offline and content in the background with a YouTube Premium Lite subscription. YouTube Premium Lite gets offline downloads, background streaming Google-owned online video platform YouTube has introduced two new premium features within its lower-cost subscription…...
Broadband disconnects continue at Optimum during Q4
1+ week, 5+ day ago (211+ words) Broadband disconnects continue at Optimum during Q4TheDesk.net Broadband disconnects continue at Optimum during Q4 - Q4 Net income: -$71.2 million (vs. -$54.1 million) Optimum, the broadband and pay television provider formerly known as Altice USA, followed in the footsteps of some of its peers with…...
Sky to include Netflix, Disney Plus in TV plans
1+ week, 5+ day ago (208+ words) Comcast's pay television service Sky is refreshing its traditional TV plans to include access to four premium streaming services at no extra cost. Starting next month, new customers of Sky's satellite or streaming TV services with eligible plans will have…...
Parks Associates: Cost is biggest driver of streaming churn in 2025
1+ week, 5+ day ago (404+ words) American consumers say cost is becoming a bigger consideration when it comes to whether to maintain a streaming subscription or churn out of a service, according to a new report released by Parks Associates this week. The report, rooted in…...
Philo adds more free channels from Paramount, brings West to premium plan
1+ week, 6+ day ago (210+ words) Streaming service Philo has increased the amount of free channels offered on its platform thanks to a broader distribution deal with investor-owner Paramount. Starting this week, streamers on Philo's free service and its premium $33 per month offering have access to…...
YouTube TV won't get ESPN Unlimited until fall, exec confirms
2+ week, 1+ day ago (265+ words) February 9, 2026 - YouTube TV subscribers will have to wait several more months before they can access ESPN Unlimited as part of their streaming TV plan. YouTube TV won't get ESPN Unlimited until fall, exec confirms On Monday, YouTube executives confirmed the…...
Versant inks Free TV Networks distribution deal with Paramount, Sling
2+ week, 3+ day ago (220+ words) Versant-owned multicast business Free TV Networks has inked new distribution agreements with Paramount and Dish Network's Sling TV for three of its networks, the company announced on Friday. Two networks "365BLK and Outlaw "are now available on Paramount-owned CBS television stations…...
Paramount ends Fave TV, replaces feeds with Versant multicast networks
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (373+ words) Paramount has quietly pulled the plug on Fave TV, its multicast network that served as a barker channel for programming found on its streaming apps Paramount Plus and Pluto TV. The network went off the air early Sunday morning, according…...
Second Circuit rejects Nexstar appeal in DIRECTV lawsuit over sidecar stations
3+ week, 5+ day ago (472+ words) A federal appellate court has rejected a request by Nexstar Media Group for a reconsideration of an earlier order that reinstated a lawsuit filed by DIRECTV over the broadcaster's so-called "sidecar" arrangements with Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting. In…...
SiriusXM says prison cellphone jammers may prevent emergency alerts
3+ week, 6+ day ago (386+ words) Satellite radio broadcaster SiriusXM has opposed a plan backed by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr that would allow federal and state law enforcement to use radio jammers to combat contraband cell phones in jails and prisons. In a…...