FUN FRIDAY: Rogue One on VHS
This popped up around April Fool’s Day and while I picked it up as an obvious trick, I have to really applaud the hard work put in here. Someone spent a lot of time creating an…
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Find out what’s happening to your local stations with this tool
A few days ago I dropped the bomb on antenna users when I told them that the FCC was reassigning about 1,000 stations. After a historic, three year process, the FCC will be re-allocating UHF channels 37-51…
Are streaming services taking us back to the days of “evil cable?”
Cards on the table, I was inspired to write this article after reading an essay at Cord Cutters News entitled, “Are Sling TV, DIRECTV NOW, and PlayStation Vue Going to Turn into Evil Cable 2.0?” It’s a good…
STREAMING SATURDAY: Amazon, Netflix Improvements
The springtime competition between Amazon Prime Video and Netflix is heating up, just like the weather. This is good news for fans of both streaming services. Good news, streamers! Amazon Prime Video and Netflix are working…
DIRECTV NOW gets NBC stations in major update
DIRECTV NOW, AT&T’s streaming service, continues to get better and better. Sure, there are competitors out there, and the first few months of the service were a little … difficult sometimes. But they’ve been updating with…
FCC concludes historic spectrum auction, 1,000 stations affected
At a glance: Over 1,000 stations move 33 stations go off the air $10 billion paid to broadcasters $20 billion collected in new spectrum licenses 15 TV channels (37-51) to be converted to cell data…
Prepaid phones aren’t just “burners” anymore
Burner phones. That’s what we used to call prepaid phones. So cheap you used them once and only good for voice or text. A burner phone was no way for a person to go through life,…
NOT the first 4K broadcast from space but still kind of neat
They’re calling it “the first 4K broadcast from space.” And it isn’t. That doesn’t mean it isn’t cool, but it’s not that. Let’s back up. On April 26, to cap off the meeting of the National…
AT&T acquiring Straight Path
In another sign that they’re serious about 5G AT&T has announced plans to acquire Straight Path Communications, according to a recent press release. Straight Path seems to be a holding company that was created to buy…
No phone calls on planes… for a long time to come
FCC Chair Ajit Pai laid it all out yesterday. He does not plan to pursue new rules that would have allowed people to talk on their phones while on planes. As we all know, the rule…
SOUND OFF: What would you change about DIRECTV 4K?
In the last 12 months, we’ve seen DIRECTV rise to be the only TV provider in the US with full-time live 4K content. There’s more coming too… although it’s up to content providers to start…
NOT-SO-STREAMING SATURDAY: A weekend without internet
Jake Buckler will be back next week with his normal dose of love and affection for streaming, don’t worry. This week I’m back with a … slightly different perspective. So, just before the start of the…
How long can a satellite last? Try 50 years
Most telecommunications satellites today have a usable life of 10-15 years. The usable life of a satellite depends not only on factors like it not burning out, not having hardware failure, not being hit by a…
Goodbye “CSN California,” Hello “NBC Sports”
Not that anything’s really changed but as of today, regional viewers in California have two new networks in their lineup. NBC Sports Bay Area replaces CSN Bay Area, and NBC Sports California replaces CSN Sports as…
STREAMING SATURDAY: Netflix Original Movies Highlight April
A handful of Netflix original films highlight the April titles set to debut on this streaming. When I usually write about Netflix, I’m singing the praises of its dynamic and ground-breaking original series. Some of…