cord cutting

Breezeline has stopped selling traditional cable TV outright. New customers who want video now get a DIRECTV streaming package instead, either through a DIRECTV Gemini box or just by signing into the DIRECTV app on whatever they already own. This isn't a sudden decision either. They began...

Cox Media Group takes over as the Magic's local TV partner from 2026-27, and games land on WRDQ-TV 27 in Orlando with some on WFTV Channel 9. Jacksonville gets Action Sports Jax TV on WJAX 47.2, plus a few on CBS47 and FOX30. Free with an antenna, no regional sports network bill. The Hornets did...

Anyone actually read their July DIRECTV bill line by line? The regional sports network fee used to sit at $3.99 for most eligible packages. It's now a range, topping out at $23.99 in some markets, with the average landing near $15. It took effect at the end of June, so July and August statements...

Disney talked about the free Disney+ tier again on the 5 August earnings call, and the framing is the interesting part. It is still only under consideration, no date, no implementation detail, and the stated purpose is explicitly an entry point - something to pull in price-sensitive viewers and...

Spectrum Sports Hawaii has shut down, and the reason is the interesting part. University of Hawaii athletics moved to Hawaii News Now from July 1 under a four year deal, with primary telecasts on K5. Free, over the air, statewide. The deal guarantees at least 110 home events a year, all...

A Counterpoint Research report going around this week says premium smartphones hit a record 29 percent of the global smartphone market in the first half of 2026, and that Apple and Samsung together took 84 percent of that premium slice. On its own that is a phone industry stat. What makes it a...