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Could Disney part ways with ESPN? This is a concept broached recently in a piece by Front Office Sports. The thinking behind the piece is that Disney wants to focus more solely on streaming content and take focus away from legacy media such as ESPN’s family of cable channels of which there are at least…
At the height of the short-lived drama between Comcast and Google, it was reported that YouTube TV was going to encourage users to sign up for Peacock. Why? The perception was that the $4.99 a month service essentially offered everything that would be lost by not having a dozen channels including the flagship, NBC. Is…
Sling TV is probably having a good chuckle right now. The streaming service that offers cable TV channels and internet-based content in a package does not offer broadcast networks, meaning that they avoid the tense negotiations that go along with network contract renewals and affiliates battles. While it does offer Comcast-owned channels nothing hangs over…
Roku has been on the scene as long as cord-cutting has been a thing. It may have even played a part in making the idea of not having cable mainstream. Long before there was a Fire TV, Google Chromecast, Android TV OS, Apple TV with an app store or streaming on XBOX and Playstation Roku…
Hulu has original content. Not lots of it, but it’s there. Hulu will not let you forget for instance that it is the home of the feel-good comedy The Hand Maids tale for instance. But take a look at what is being promoted heavily right now on Hulu. It is not the latest original series….
