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NBC’s Jennifer Salke to Head Amazon Studios

The former entertainment president of NBC is now heading to Amazon Studios. This could be good news for the streaming service provider. Last week, Amazon Prime Video announced its hiring of Jennifer Salke. She replaces…



I hate it when Jake Buckler is right

In Saturday’s edition of his long-running column, the intrepid Jake Buckler tells the whole world that he fell asleep trying to review Netflix’s latest sci-fi series, Altered Carbon. Pretty brave of him, admitting that he gets…


Netflix’s Altered Carbon is a Snooze, Literally

Netflix’s Altered Carbon combines Blade Runner, Demolition Man, and True Detective.  Add it up and you get a boring sci-fi-action-thriller-noir detective series, whatever that is. Altered Carbon has a story to tell. Too bad it’s…



AT&T doing more fixed wireless trials

AT&T’s new fixed wireless plans may not make sense to you, but they will… in the future. The company announced that they are operating trials of fixed wireless service to parts of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,…


DIRECTV brings 4K Olympics like crazy

If you’re looking for the best Olympics coverage, AT&T wants you to know that there’s only one place to get it — DIRECTV. The satellite service is rolling out more 4K and HDR coverage than…



Sprint says it’s going to have 5G next year

Look, I’m not saying that I doubt them but… I guess the real question is what you’re going to have to give up in order to make it work. Our friends over at DSLReports bring us news…



Windstream changes from DISH to DIRECTV

It’s ok of you haven’t heard of Windstream. As an internet service provider, they’re not as big as Comcast or Charter, but they are very big in the southeast. In the past they’ve offered DISH…


Windows 10 S is no more, and I told you so

Last year I first introduced you to Windows 10 S, a deliberately crippled version of Windows designed to make school computers more secure. It seemed like a total waste of time to me, especially since…


In Depth: Is DIRECTV Satellite Going Away?

The web is abuzz with articles like this one at FierceCable after AT&T reported earnings for the fourth quarter. There have been a lot of naysayers out there who assume that satellite TV is a “dead…