HBO Max, the latest Netflix rival that will cost $14.99 a month and launch in May 2020, will have pantsloads of TV shows and movies. Ten thousand hours worth, parent company AT&T said Tuesday, including exclusive new shows like the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, new episodes from HBO shows such as Westworld and …
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AT&T’s unlimited plans are getting a refresh. One day after showing off HBO Max, the wireless giant has announced that on Nov. 3 it will begin offering two new unlimited plans: AT&T Unlimited Starter and AT&T Unlimited Extra. Unlimited Starter — which replaces the company’s current Unlimited &More plan — lowers the starting monthly price for a family of four …
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HBO Max, the new HBO-anchored streaming service coming from AT&T’s WarnerMedia, will cost $15 a month and launch in May in the US. It will have 10,000 hours of programming: everything on HBO, plus exclusive originals and a deeper catalog of licensed shows and movies. Existing members of HBO Now — also $15 a month — can switch over to HBO Max …
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Are you a PlayStation Vue subscriber? Sorry to break it to you: Not anymore, you’re not. After trying (and failing) to find a buyer for the streaming-TV service, Sony abruptly announced plans to shutter Vue at the end of January 2020. That means you’ve got just about three months to decide on a replacement. Thankfully, there are plenty of options, …
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Sony is leaving the live TV streaming market. The company announced on Tuesday that it will be shuttering its PlayStation Vue service on Jan. 30, 2020. In a blog post, John Kodera, deputy president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, blamed the increasingly competitive live TV market. “Unfortunately, the highly competitive Pay TV industry, with expensive content and network deals, has been …
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AT&T’s chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson will get to keep his job at least another year, the company announced Monday as part of a major announcement around the company’s corporate governance. The telecom giant, which is in the midst of a massive transformation into a media and entertainment powerhouse, is responding to a challenge from an activist hedge fund, Elliot …
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T-Mobile is joining AT&T and Verizon with a new plan designed to give discounts to first responders and their families. Called Magenta First Responder, the new plan launches on Friday, Nov. 1, and will offer a 50% discount on family plans for “state and local law enforcement officers, firefighters and EMS personnel.” As part of the new offering, four lines …
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Verizon is turning on its 5G service in Dallas and Omaha. The wireless carrier said Friday that it’s expanding to the two new cities, bringing its 5G network count to 15. “Customers in Dallas and Omaha become the latest to experience the super-fast download speeds delivered by our 5G Ultra Wideband service,” Kyle Malady, Verizon’s chief technology officer, said in …
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Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint said Thursday they’ve formed a joint project to “transform messaging.” In a rare move, all four big US carriers are working together on the Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative, which will use the Rich Communications Service standard to make text messages as smart as iMessage — and it will work on Android phones. The service will …
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Wireless is where it’s at for Verizon. Just look at its most recent quarterly results. The company continues to rack up new wireless customers as it goes city by city to roll out 5G. But all this growth is coming from its traditional 4G LTE service, the tried-and-true service Verizon’s still working to promote. Meanwhile, the company sees its traditional …
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