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Sling TV raises price of live TV streaming to $25 per month

Bad news, cord cutters: The cheapest way to watch SportsCenter just got 25 percent more expensive. For three and a half years Sling TV has let you watch 20-odd live TV channels including ESPN, AMC, TNT, CNN and Disney, without subscribing to cable, for $20 a month. It now costs $5 more. The new price …

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AT&T could launch another video streaming service after buying Otter Media

AT&T may be preparing to launch another video streaming service after acquiring all of Otter Media, a report suggests. The company’s plan to take full control of the streaming video venture, first reported last week, will give it a streaming distribution platform — Otter Media owns VRV, which hosts anime service Crunchyroll and digital star network Fullscreen. VRV has also …

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Roku reportedly plans Amazon Channels

Roku may soon make the need to constantly log into different subscriptions go away. Roku plans to launch a video subscription marketplace that can handle payments for different channels and services, Variety reported Monday. The feature will allow multiple subscription channels to run within a single app on Roku, which it also calls a channel. The bundling of different channels …

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Apple TV 4K gets Dolby Atmos sound: Three reasons it matters

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The Apple TV 4K and iTunes are getting support for Dolby Atmos. Should you care? If you’re an AV enthusiast with an Apple TV 4K, or the desire to get one eventually, the answer is a solid “maybe.” But if you’re not, perhaps you’re …

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Apple TV 4K finally gets Dolby Atmos sound

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The latest sound technology will finally come to the best high-end streaming TV box. This fall as part of the upgrade to TVOS 12, Apple TV 4K will support Dolby Atmos object-based surround sound with iTunes titles, Apple announced on Monday at WWDC.  It also …

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Apple TV can replace your Charter Spectrum cable box later this year

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The Apple TV streaming-television device can replace the clunky cable box for Charter Spectrum cable subscribers later this year, Apple said Monday at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose. WWDC is the event at which Apple details the newest software that will hit its devices …

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Best Memorial Day sales and deals: Up to $350 off MacBooks, $22 wireless headphones and more

Memorial Day weekend is here, and the unofficial start of summer brings plenty of tech deals. We’ve poked around a bit, sifted through the bargain bin (so to speak) and come up with a few sales worthy of your attention. Huge sale at Best Buy: The electronics superstore has a wide range of discounts on TVs, MacBook laptops, smart home …

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Nvidia Shield updates to Android TV Oreo 8.0 with custom menus

The expensive, geek-friendly Nvidia Shield TV streamer can pretty much do it all, but until now its menu system hasn’t been as customizable as those of competitors Apple TV and Roku. That changes with the latest software update, which brings the new version of Google’s Android TV operating system, 8.0 aka Oreo, and with it a revamped home page. Gone …

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Twitter is ending support for Xbox, Roku and Android TV on May 24

Perhaps Twitter isn’t meant for your TV. Twitter announced that it’s ending support for its Xbox, Roku and Android TV apps on May 24. The social media company suggests you use Twitter on your computer or device instead. These versions of Twitter all use a streamer or console to run on your TV. There are other ways to get Twitter …

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Roku devices hit with massive channel outage

Roku streaming players and TVs suffered a service outage Tuesday afternoon, with many users reporting they couldn’t access Netflix, YouTube and other channels. As of early Wednesday morning, however, Roku’s support on twitter said the issue had been fixed, and that apps for Netflix and YouTube, among others, were back online. We’re back! Netflix and YouTube are working along with …

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