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CBS ousts general managers at Los Angeles, Chicago stations

CBS has dismissed the general managers at two of its owned-and-operated local broadcast stations.

July 23, 2021

Locast has expanded to a 35th market, making local broadcast channels available to viewers served by the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.

July 23, 2021

The bundle costs $65 a month and includes three "free" months of HBO Max.

July 22, 2021

AT&T has agreed to sell its DirecTV subsidy in Latin America to Grupo Wetherin, the company announced on Wednesday.

July 22, 2021

Verizon is bringing its Fios TV app to users of Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV devices, starting this week.

July 22, 2021

An unknown technical error prevented customers of wallet-friendly streaming TV service Philo from accessing their favorite shows and movies.

July 21, 2021

Dish Network's streaming TV service Sling TV is rolling out a new look-and-feel for users of Roku Ultra devices.

July 21, 2021

Starting next month, Disney will raise the price of ESPN Plus to $7 a month or $70 a year.

July 13, 2021

Federal regulators are seeking a half-million dollar fine against Gray Television over its ownership of two television stations in Alaska.

July 7, 2021

Pluto TV is now streaming classic episodes of "South Park" in more than a dozen Latin American countries.

July 7, 2021

Peacock will become the exclusive home of current and new films from Universal Pictures starting in 2022.

July 6, 2021

T-Mobile says it will soon offer the cheapest 5G-capable smartphone in the United States.

July 6, 2021