Users of Peacock TV, one of the only places in the US where fans can watch Premier League soccer matches, reported widespread disruptions trying to stream games live on the service on Saturday. The live-video playback appeared to start resuming service within about an hour, but not before viewers missed much of the first halves of most …
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Locast, a small, nonprofit service that streamed over-the-air channels free online to more than 3 million US viewers, is suspending operations immediately, the company said Thursday, after suffering a legal setback in its copyright battle with the country’s biggest media companies earlier this week. The decision comes one day after Locast vowed to remain “committed to its mission” of delivering …
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Amazon Prime Video will exclusively stream live-action movies from Universal’s film studios about eight months after they hit theaters and four months after they stream exclusively on rival service Peacock first, according to a complex new licensing deal between Amazon and NBCUniversal announced Thursday. The deal joins others confirming how the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed big-screen movie release cycles, …
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The Stanley Cup Finals continue tonight as the Montreal Canadiens battle the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5. The Lightning took the first three games before the Canadiens made it a series by winning Game 4 in Montreal. Now the action moves back to Tampa Bay where the Canadiens hope to build momentum (and stave off elimination) with a second win. …
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Eight horses will run in the final leg of the Triple Crown on Saturday at the Belmont Stakes. Noticeably absent from the field is Medina Spirit, who failed a drug test after winning the Kentucky Derby and whose trainer, Bob Baffert, is banned from entering horses at both Belmont Park and Churchill Downs. Preakness winner Rombauer is racing in the …
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Today the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 took place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. If watching this high-octane race is your idea of the perfect way to spend a Sunday, you are not alone — and we have all the information you need to watch it. Scott Dixon captured the pole position in qualifying with an average speed of 231.685 miles …
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Twitter unveiled a slate of new video programming for its social network on Wednesday, announcing deals to make live and on-demand shows with partners including Billboard, NBC, Tastemade, the WNBA and others. The shows are fodder for its Amplify advertising program, which runs ads before free videos like these on Twitter. The announcement was part of the so-called NewFronts, a …
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Peacock, the partly free streaming service that kicked off this year as the new home to stream The Office, has 35 million signups, Comcast’s NBCUniversal — its parent company — said Monday in a presentation for advertisers. That’s up from the 33 million signups the company reported at the end of last year. Signups, as a metric, includes both free …
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Amazon Prime Video has locked up the national rights to the NFL’s Thursday Night Football games, the biggest sports deal with a streaming service so far. Amazon‘s deal is part of a complex matrix of licensing arrangements the NFL unveiled Thursday. As a whole, the deals meaningfully broaden the online availability of many of the NFL’s games while still largely keeping …
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Even if you’re suffering from streaming-service overload, this is a deal that deserves a look. For a limited time, you can get four months of NBC’s Peacock Premium for just $10. That works out to $2.50 a month, or half the regular price (which was already a pretty solid deal). See it at Peacock As always with promotions like this, …
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