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Verizon prepaid service Visible rolls out 5G, eSIM support
Verizon's prepaid service Visible now supports eSIM, 5G and referral codes, the company announced on Tuesday.
Under Biden, DOJ drops challenge to California’s net neutrality rules
The Department of Justice has withdrawn its federal legal challenge to California's network neutrality framework.
Sling TV offers new customers promotional price of $10 for first month
Dish Network's streaming TV service Sling TV is celebrating its sixth anniversary by offering new customers a deep discount on its base subscription.
Pluto TV expands into France
Free streaming television service Pluto TV launched in France on Monday, bringing around four dozen French-language linear streams to the country for the first time.
Cox Media, AT&T reach Super Bowl compromise
Cox Media Group and telecom giant AT&T reached a last-minute deal on Sunday to restore dozens of local broadcast stations.
Locast brings free streaming local TV service to Sacramento
Free streaming local television service Locast has finally launched in the Sacramento broadcast market.
CNN president Jeff Zucker will stay through end of year
CNN's worldwide president Jeffrey Zucker has finally laid to rest rumors about his fate at the news network: He's not going anywhere. At least not for a little while.
T-Mobile exec who helped build TVision leaves for Canadian company
A T-Mobile executive who helped put together the company's fledgling streaming television service TVision has departed the telecom.
SiriusXM comes close to adding 1 million subscribers in 2020
SiriusXM Pandora added more than 909,000 subscribers to its flagship satellite radio and streaming service last year, the company announced on Wednesday.
Verizon to shut down 3G network by 2023
Executives at Verizon said this week the mobile phone company expects to have its 3G wireless network completely shut down by 2023.
Cox Media local stations go dark on DirecTV, AT&T TV
Cox Media on Tuesday pulled around two dozen local stations from AT&T-owned pay television platforms, including satellite service DirecTV and Internet-based service AT&T TV.
No ultra-HD stream of Super Bowl this year, CBS confirms
ViacomCBS will not offer an ultra-high definition stream of the Super Bowl when it airs on the CBS broadcast network on Sunday, the media company confirmed over the weekend.