I’m not a Warriors fan, but I like Cleveland even less. And I always enjoy watching the kind of exciting, team-oriented basketball Golden State employed when it summarily dismantled the Cavaliers last night to claim the NBA title. And even though I watched most of the game via live TV streaming over the internet, it …
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LeBron James vs. Kevin Durant. Steph Curry vs. Kyrie Irving. Kevin Love vs. Draymond Green. This one’s going to be fun to watch. Let’s hope it goes a full seven games. The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors are meeting in the NBA Finals for the third straight year. The Warriors won the title two years ago. The Cavs …
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AT&T is betting you want some video to go with your unlimited data plan. The Dallas telecommunications giant said Thursday that its Unlimited Choice data plan is now eligible for a promotion that adds the DirecTV Now streaming service for an extra $10. The promotion was previously only available to Unlimited Plus customers. Unlimited data is the latest bait offered …
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New options for cutting the cable TV cord just keep coming, and some of the most intriguing use a good old broadcast antenna. Plex, the media service best known for allowing easy access to your video, music and photos from just about anywhere, has a new capability that should further enhance its stature among people loath to pay for TV. …
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Roku owners who cut the cable TV cord, you now have another live TV option to consider. AT&T’s DirecTV Now service, which offers live TV channels streaming over the internet starting at $35 per month, is now available on Roku devices. Owners of Roku boxes, sticks and TVs can download the DirecTV Now app in Roku’s channel store starting today. …
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Hunting for a streaming TV option that doesn’t make you pay for ESPN? Viacom may be aiming to deliver. The TV company, which owns networks like Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon, is talking with rival programmers AMC and Discovery about a possible digital-TV bundle that could cost as little as $10 a month, according to a report late Monday in …
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With T-Mobile tearing up the wireless industry, what’s a carrier to do? If you’re AT&T, start looking outside the wireless business. AT&T doesn’t want to be known as just a telecom company anymore. It’s using its DirecTV Now streaming service to take control of what you watch and of how you watch it. AT&T owns one of the key services …
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What will TV look like in the future? Will it be streaming? Will it have sports? Will it be a-la-cart, one big package, or some workaround that heads to the courts? Bad rhymes aside, the only thing that’s clear about the future of TV is that we don’t have any idea where it’s going. Hulu, for example, is readying a …
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In the wireless war to win you over, AT&T may have just found its nuclear weapon: free access to “Game of Thrones.” The carrier said Wednesday that customers who subscribe to its “Unlimited Plus” plan will get HBO thrown in at no extra cost. Customers with an AT&T DirecTV or U-Verse TV account will get the premium channel added to …
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With a new live TV service, YouTube is wagering young people are as hooked on their phones for a full TV meal as they are for video snacks. YouTube TV launches Wednesday, offering a “skinny bundle” of about 50 live TV networks online for $35 a month, starting in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and the San Francisco. The …
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