February 27th, 2015
Dish’s new offering, the first fully legal over-the-web TV service with ESPN, Sling TV, has finally been launched this month and it’s making quite the stir. While DISH will no doubt be adding features left and right (ESPN3 access was just added, and there are reportedly channels on the way like AMC and EPIX movie channels), let’s take a look at what’s available now. Read more
Categories: DISH & TV news
February 25th, 2015
FCC chairman Tom Wheeler’s plan will go before the FCC board on Thursday for a vote on the “net neutrality” measures that have been proposed this month. Wheeler’s plan has been praised as relatively nonpartisan, and it has the support of the Obama administration, in the FCC’s attempt to “reclassify” broadband internet as a Class II utility under the Communications Act, bringing some measures of utility-like oversight by the federal government for broadband networks. Read more
Categories: DISH & TV news
February 23rd, 2015
Rarely does Comcast go a week without some sort of negative news, but one bit of press has been consciously absent from the headlines recently, especially when considering how huge of a story this was just 365 days ago: That little merger between Time Warner and Comcast. With the deal clearly stalled in the FCC, and other issues even taking precedence over the deal (Net Neutrality vote this month). Read more
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February 20th, 2015
1. Boardwalk Empire (HBO, Sept. 7)
Once positioned as the heir apparent to The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire has never quite managed to match the quality or acclaim of that legendary series — but it has carved out a quality niche of its own. Picking up after last year’s tragic, gruesome season finale, this final season follows Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) as he continues to build a criminal empire in 1920s Atlantic City. Read more
Categories: Episode Recaps & Show Reviews
February 17th, 2015
How bad is it? The Verge was recently quoted saying “These companies should stop smoking weed behind the bleachers” after a string of poorly run (and designed) CES 2015 displays.
The 2015 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) was supposed to be a major turning point for the general public toward 4k, but if anything that looks to have backfired as even the big boys like Samsung, Netflix and ISPs like Comcast failed to push through anything that truly interested consumers…at least in terms of pulling their wallets out this season. Read more
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February 16th, 2015
It’s not the world cup you’re used to, but Cricket is certainly huge worldwide, and has been making it to America through British and Indian immigration more and more in recent years. Read more
Categories: Sports Previews, Analysis & Guides
February 13th, 2015
In perhaps the biggest global sporting news of the year, it’s looking like FOX will will continue to hold onto one of ESPN’s top golden gooses, as the News Corp-owned station was awarded the 2026 World Cup this past Wednesday (FOX already held rights to the women’s and men’s cups through 2022). Read more
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February 11th, 2015
Just when you thought we had run out of these stories — we’ve tried — Comcast outdoes itself once again.
This time, the culprit wasn’t so much an employee but the relative of one.
Their mother. Read more
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February 10th, 2015
The 2015 World Cup of Cricket starts Feb 13th and DISH Network has your back, just in time for the entire tournament. In fact, DISH Network is offering the entire tournament for just .99 cents, a savings of over $99 dollars.
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Categories: DISH & TV news • Sports Previews, Analysis & Guides
February 4th, 2015
It has been reported this week that DISH Network has been making massive overtures to large chunk of wireless spectrum recently set to auction by the US government. Wireless spectrum, the signals mass media companies use to get their products to consumers (there’s only so much), is one of the gateways to businesses like ISPs and Dish use to get to web markets. Read more
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