Decades ago, there were dozens of different media companies in the United States. Now, we’re down to mainly five large media conglomerates.
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Tag: CBS
Survey: Binge-watching preferred over weekly episodes
A recent survey reveals that binge-watching is now the preferred viewing format over traditional weekly episodic airings by most Americans.
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5 favorite TV station identifications
A list of seven interesting TV station identifications, from stations in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Seattle.
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How to live stream the election results
I’ve written a list of multiple ways to follow the election results for cord cutters, or those that don’t want to watch on TV.
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Netflix and Amazon combined outspend CBS, Turner on programming
A recent study by research firm IHS Markit states that Amazon and Netflix spent a combined total of $7.5 billion on programming in 2015. $4.9 billion of that was by Netflix, while $2.6 billion was by Amazon.
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How to stream the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
Cord-cutters who also happen to be into politics (or just following whatever Donald Trump will say or do next) will be happy to know that a cable subscription won’t be necessary to follow the Democrats’ and Republicans’ national conventions next week. Below, I’ve listed a few ways to view streaming coverage of the conventions online.
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Package shows: “The Skatebirds”
It’s time for another package show look. This time, it’s the short-lived 1977 series “The Skatebirds,” an hour-long show that aired[…]
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Super Bowl 50 and online viewing options
Super Bowl 50 takes place on Sunday, February 7, 2016. American football’s championship game is being held at Levi’s Stadium,[…]
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“Star Trek” returns to TV, but only on CBS’ streaming service
For awhile, “Star Trek”‘s been a dormant property as far as TV’s concerned. Since “Enterprise” left the air 10 years[…]
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In 1982, ABC debuted the first video game-based TV cartoon, “Pac-Man.” This was successful, and soon others got in on the video[…]
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