Category: TV
10 TV Classics on Crackle
by Bill Frost | Jun 2, 2023 | Entertainment, Listicles, Streaming, TV
Crackle, formerly part of Sony but now owned by the Chicken Soup for the Soul media company, is one of the oldest streaming services out there—it technically launched a year before YouTube, if you can imagine that far back in time. The free on-demand streamer is known mostly as a destination for movies, but there’s also a treasure trove of obscure-but-awesome TV shows on Crackle.
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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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The Bear Season 2, Black Mirror, and the Biggest New Shows to Watch
by Bill Frost | Jun 1, 2023 | Entertainment, Streaming, TV, What to Watch
To paraphrase Martha & The Vandellas’ “Dancing In the Street,” “Summer’s here and the time is right for watching more TV!” (The joke lands better if you sing it.) June TV’s coming in hot with over 175 new and returning shows and movie premieres, so let’s start watching—and dancing, if you’re into it.
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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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How To Watch Court TV
by Bill Frost | May 2, 2023 | Channel Guide, Entertainment, TV
When long-running cable channel Court TV became truTV in 2008, law junkies lost their main source for courtroom coverage and true-crime content. But in 2018, Court TV relaunched as a digital broadcast network that’s now far easier to access than it was on cable.
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9-1-1 Canceled at FOX, Moving to ABC
by Alex Kerai | May 1, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News, TV
The long-running procedural 9-1-1 is moving from FOX to ABC after the season 6 finale in May. Fox’s decision to cancel and move the show was due to financial reasons and licensing fee costs for the network.
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Queen Charlotte, Silo, and the Biggest New and Returning Shows to Watch
by Bill Frost | May 1, 2023 | Entertainment, Streaming, TV, What to Watch
What has us excited TV-wise this month: The return of The Other Two on HBO Max (which will become just Max on May 23), the final season premieres of Fear the Walking Dead and Mayans M.C. (on AMC and FX, respectively), and Pete Davidson’s new Peacock series Bupkis (let’s see if he can carry his own Curb Your Enthusiasm-type show).
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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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