Randy Harward
Randy Harward is a Senior Staff Writer at CableTV.com with 25+ years of experience covering music, film, and TV. A former editor for HARP, Blurt, and Salt Lake City Weekly, Randy has contributed to more than 20 publications, including Guitar World, Salt Lake Magazine, and CMJ New Music Monthly. He currently curates CableTV.com’s "What to Watch This Week" column and serves as the site’s resident horror expert—a specialized guide for fellow "couch creatures" looking for their next binge-watch (or a good scare).
Peacock Streaming News and Major Streaming Service Updates
by Randy Harward | Jun 6, 2023 | Entertainment, Streaming
In this week’s streaming TV news roundup: Renfield hits Peacock, Max scores 70% conversions, and Cineverse announces a Sid & Marty Krofft FAST channel.
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Best Horror Movies to Stream
by Randy Harward | Jun 6, 2023 | Best of the Best, Entertainment, Horror
Well, hello—or greetings, or some other salutation that sounds creepy when you wear a black cape and try to affect an English accent. The horror hosts are CableTV.com have compiled a scary movie watchlist for you to watch late at night when your air conditioner’s on the fritz and you can’t sleep.
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How To Program a DISH Remote
by Randy Harward | Jun 2, 2023 | Equipment, TV
So you’ve got a DISH universal remote, and you want to get it set up to control your entire home theater, rather than just your Hopper or Joey receiver. Piece of cake!
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Hey, Free TV (From Telly)!
by Randy Harward | May 25, 2023 | Channel Guide, Entertainment, Streaming, TV
What would you do for a free 55” 4K HDR smart TV with a built-in soundbar? Would you take a six-minute marketing survey, agree to make the Telly TV your main television, and watch nonintrusive ads on the Telly’s smaller secondary smart screen (that also shows news updates, sports scores, stock prices, and weather)?
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What Is FAST TV?
by Randy Harward | May 19, 2023 | Channel Guide, Entertainment, Streaming, TV
The late writer/director John Hughes, writing as Ferris Bueller, said, “Life moves pretty fast.“ So does streaming TV technology. We had broadcast TV, then cable TV, then satellite TV. Now we have streaming TV and it’s evolved offshoots, like FAST services. In this article, we’ll explain FAST and several other streaming TV terms.
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What Is IPTV?
by Randy Harward | Apr 26, 2023 | Equipment, TV
You may have heard tales of IPTV (internet protocol TV), a magical way to have every TV show and movie at your fingertips—and possibly even for free. IPTV is real—but you should know a few things about it before you try to catch that golden TV goose. Read on for answers to popular questions about IPTV.
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TV Customer Satisfaction Survey 2023
by Randy Harward | Apr 11, 2023 | Best of the Best, Featured, Reviews, TV
Throughout the year, CableTV.com experts research and test TV services to help support our readers in their search for a TV provider. But to get the most accurate picture of TV providers’ overall value, we conduct an annual customer satisfaction survey. That way, we can add real-life, daily experience to our experts’ opinions and produce the highest-resolution image of a TV provider’s overall value.
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People Love Ad-Based Streaming TV
by Randy Harward | Mar 30, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News, Outreach, Streaming
People say ad-based streaming TV solves first-world problems like choice paralysis and loneliness—and they even watch the ads. What does it mean?
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fuboTV is Now Called Fubo, and (Maybe Someday) Cable
by Randy Harward | Mar 23, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News, Sports, Streaming
So fuboTV has a new name. No, the sportsball-focused live TV streaming service partly owned by Deadpool actor and biz whiz Ryan Reynolds didn’t add “+” to its name (as streaming services are wont to do). Instead, fuboTV laid off “TV” and promoted the “f” to “F” for a simple moniker: “Fubo.”
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What is HBO FAST?
by Randy Harward | Feb 20, 2023 | Entertainment, Streaming
The appeal of premium TV networks like HBO is uninterrupted language, sex, and violence. Yet, HBO Max™ and other premium streaming services have ad-supported plans—and Warner Bros. Discovery jettisoned some HBO movies and shows to free, ad-supported TV (FAST) channels on Tubi and the Roku Channel.
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