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Charter offers free movies for Black History Month
Charter is offering its Spectrum TV customers access to several movies for free as part of its Black History Month celebration.

Dish tries to seize house from former TV pirates
Dish Network is trying to collect on a $100 million civil judgment against a pirate TV operation by seizing a Texas home.

Dish wants to woo Newsmax fans from DirecTV
Dish Network is trying to convince DirecTV customers that they should switch services if they want Newsmax.

Charter reduces financial award in lawsuit over murdered customer
Charter will not have to pay a $7 billion award to the family of a woman who was murdered by one of its technicians several years ago.

GCI continues fiber buildout on Unalaska Island
GCI Communications is continuing to connect customers on Unalaska Island to its fiber-based Internet network, a company official confirmed.

Lumos to offer low-cost Internet through ACP
Lumos Networks says it is launching a new, low-cost Internet plan that will be subsidized through the federal Affordable Connectivity Program.

Paramount to consolidate Showtime into Paramount Plus
Paramount Global is consolidating its multiplex movie network Showtime with its cornerstone streaming service Paramount Plus, executives confirmed on Monday.

Fubo TV to swap local CBS affiliates with national feed
Fubo TV will drop live feeds of CBS affiliates in more than 160 television markets in favor of a national feed of CBS programming that doesn't include local news programming.

Fox shows will stay on Hulu under extended deal
Fox will continue allowing Disney's Hulu to stream programs like "Family Guy," "9-1-1" and "Bob's Burgers" one day after they air on broadcast television.

Frontier rolls out first 5 gigabit fiber Internet plan
Frontier Communications says it has launched the country's first 5 Gbps fiber-based Internet plan to customers.

FTC says AT&T customers can get payments for data throttling
Former AT&T customers are eligible to receive payment for unscrupulous data throttling that was the basis of a lawsuit filed by the FTC.

Former employee sues Fubo TV over parental leave
The ex-worker said Fubo TV violated a New York law that allows men to take paid leave following the birth of a child.