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NY's Alec Baldwin Says Americans 'Very Uninformed' About Important Issues
Actor Alec Baldwin – no stranger to controversy – is once again drawing the internet’s ire after recent comments on Americans’ intelligence. The 66-year-old New York native is facing backlash after suggesting that US citizens are ignorant about important world events and that watching films is the remedy to bridge the information gap. “Americans are very uninformed about reality, what’s really going on – with climate change, Ukraine, Israel, you name it, all the biggest topics in the world. Americans have an appetite for a little bit of information,” the Beetlejuice star told reporters at a…
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Hulu, Disney+ To Raise Prices
Another year, another streaming service price hike. Disney+, the streaming video platform that boasts more than 150 million users, is raising the price of its monthly subscriptions beginning Thursday, Oct. 17, the company said. The spike comes as Disney said it will crack down on password-sharing, Variety reported. The House of the Mouse announced earlier this year that prices for its most basic package with advertisements will climb from $8 to $10 monthly. Disney+ Premium will also rise by $2 to $16 monthly. Yearly plans will jump up $20 to $160 a year, the company said. Hulu,…
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Netflix Hikes Prices Ahead Of Holiday Season — Here's What It Will Cost
Netflix is raising its prices — again. The streaming giant announced last month that it would raise rates, and the company made good on that promise Tuesday, Nov. 7, for new subscribers. The hike for existing customers will take effect next month. Netflix said it would email existing customers soon about the new subscription costs, reports said. So, what are those prices? The Standard tier — which includes ads — will remain $7 a month. The Basic option will cost $12 a month, and the Premium package will now cost $23 monthly. That's a $2 rise for the top two t…
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CNN Layoffs Include Well-Known Correspondents, Network Slashes HLN Programming
Some familiar faces are leaving CNN amid a series of layoffs and cost-cutting measures being implemented by the network, Variety reports. Among those being let go are Chris Cillizza, a political commentator who joined the network in 2017, and longtime reporter Martin Savidge, according to the outlet. Earlier Report: CNN To Shut Down Streaming Service One Month After Debut Also getting the chop are CNN correspondents Alison Kosik, Alex Field, and Mary Ann Fox, Variety reports. Perhaps the most visible changes will occur on CNN’s sister network HLN, which will stop producing live programmi…
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Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password
Sharing your Netflix password will soon come with a price. Starting in early 2023, Netflix will allow only one "home account" and charge for every "sub account" added to that account — up to five, the company announced. The new payment plan was rolled out as an experiment in Argentina, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, where customers paid $2.99 to add a sub account. Netflix did not immediately say how much sub accounts will cost Americans.
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New Discovery+ Series To Follow Luxury Real Estate Brokers In The Hamptons
A new Discovery+ series will follow a group of luxury real estate agents on Long Island. Selling the Hamptons will be available to stream on Thursday, Jan. 20, according to an announcement from the streaming service. The docu-series spans eight episodes. The show will follow six real estate agents from Nest Seekers International: Bianca D’Alessio, J.B. Andreassi, Michael Fulfree, Peggy Zabakolas, Kenny Arias and Mia Calabrese. “We are a game-changing brokerage," D'Alessio said in a statement. "We are innovative, fierce and cutting-edge. It is our job to stand out in the H…
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Netflix Increases Subscription Price
Netflix subscribers can soon expect to see a different kind of Stranger Things on their upcoming bills as the company announced a price hike for new subscriptions that will soon impact existing members. In the US, the company said that Netflix’s basic plan, which allows for one stream on one screen at a time and does not have HD streaming, will now be charged $9.99 a month, up from $8.99. Standard plans — which allow for users to stream on two screens at the same time — now cost $15.49 per month, an increase from $13.99, while premium plans have been pushed up to $19.99 a month. Those ra…
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Here's Why Netflix Bills Are Getting Higher For NYers
Netflix subscribers in New York can expect to see an increase in their upcoming bills. The video streaming giant won’t be raising its monthly fee for all users, but it will begin adding in state and local sales tax for New Yorkers for the first time beginning this month when monthly bills are applied on Wednesday, Dec. 15. The change comes as Netflix prepares to add games to their package, so while streaming services are exempt from those taxes, games are not, prompting the price hike. Netflix’s standard subscription plan costs $13.99 monthly. The state sales tax is 4 percent, and most co…
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CEO At Center Of $43 Billion Deal To Merge Discovery, WarnerMedia Is Hudson Valley HS Grad
The mastermind set to take over what would be one of the world’s largest entertainment conglomerates got his start as a high school graduate of New York's Hudson Valley. On Monday, May 17, AT&T and Discovery announced an agreement to combine WarnerMedia’s assets with Discovery’s businesses to create a standalone entertainment company that will be led by Discovery CEO David Zaslav, a graduate of Ramapo High School in Rockland County. Born in Brooklyn in 1960, Zaslav moved to the Hudson Valley at the age of 8. He was a captain of the Ramapo High School varsity tennis team. He …
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Here's How Netflix Is Now Cracking Down On Password Sharing
Netflix is testing ways to stop customers from sharing the service they purchased with people living outside the paying subscriber’s home. In some markets, including Australia, Netflix interrupts streaming on home televisions where there is no registered user. When Netflix detects this, the screen turns black with a couple of white print sentences including: “If you don’t live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching.” The streaming video service is offering new customers a free 30-day trial. For years streaming services such as Netflix and HBO Max hav…
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Alert Issued For Netflix 'Update Your Payment' Email Scam
A phishing scam is taking on new life as many use streaming services more frequently during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Forbes, the legitimate-looking email prompting users to update their Netflix payment information comes complete with Netflix logos and bypasses most email spam filters. The scam email, titled "Notice of Verification Failure", reportedly takes Netflix users that are fooled into clicking to a convincing CAPTCHA page, which also has Netflix branding. From there, victims of the scam are taken to a Netflix lookalike page, where they are prompted to enter their Ne…
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Alert Issued For Netflix 'Update Your Payment' Email Scam
A phishing scam is taking on new life as many use streaming services more frequently during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Forbes, the legitimate-looking email prompting users to update their Netflix payment information comes complete with Netflix logos and bypasses most email spam filters. The scam email, titled "Notice of Verification Failure", reportedly takes Netflix users that are fooled into clicking to a convincing CAPTCHA page, which also has Netflix branding. From there, victims of the scam are taken to a Netflix lookalike page, where they are prompted to enter their Ne…
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Covid-
19: YouTube Limits Video Quality To Ease Internet Traffic
With millions of people around the world confined to their homes due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, YouTube announced it will be adjusting its default video quality to ensure that there is sufficient bandwidth for all users. YouTube videos will automatically stream in standard definition for at least a month, as health officials work to curtail the spread of COVID-19, which has infected nearly 60,000 people in America alone. Other streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+ have taken similar steps overseas, though it is unclear if they will take effect stateside. “We continue to w…
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Three Cable Companies Hiking Prices For 2020
There may be a new batch of “cord cutters” coming around as three cable TV services announced their intention to increase costs for consumers. According to Consumer Reports, Comcast, AT&T, and Spectrum all have plans to hike prices for cable TV subscribers for 2020. The price hikes come as additional streaming options from networks have become more prevalent. Last month, Comcast raised prices for its Basic TV package from $30 to $35 monthly, with an increase for their Broadcast TV package rising 50 percent from $10 to $14.95 each month. “Rising programming costs — most notably for bro…
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Stephen King Apple TV Plus Miniseries 'Lisey’s Story' Films In Westchester
Filming for the latest Stephen King adaptation, “Lisey’s Story” made its way to the Hudson Valley, bringing Hollywood to a small Westchester village. Academy Award winner Julianne Moore was among the cast and crew to take over Tuckahoe Village Hall and the Public Library on Wednesday, Dec. 11, as filming for the much-anticipated Apple TV Plus miniseries based on the Stephen King novel continued in the tri-state area. Film equipment and production trucks could be seen lining Main Street and Columbus Avenue in Tuckahoe for several hours on Wednesday, as the crew filmed scenes for the miniser…
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$62.5 Million In Settlement Credits Start For Spectrum Customers In New York
Charter Communications and Spectrum Management have started to issue credits to New York consumers as part of its record-setting consumer fraud settlement that was reached last year. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that Spectrum has begun to issue $62.5 million in credits to customers after the company failed to deliver “the reliable and fast Internet service it had promised.” The settlement came following a lawsuit that was filed in 2017 alleging that Charter Communications and its predecessor, Time Warner Cable, “denied customers the reliable and fast internet service it…
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Netflix Hiking Prices For 58M US Subscribers
Streaming shows and movies are about to get more expensive for more than 55 million Americans. For the second time in two years, Netflix announced that it will be raising subscription prices in the United States, affecting an estimated 58 million customers. Netflix’s basic standard definition plan is going up from $8 to $9 a month, its standard HD plan is going up from $11 to $13 a month, and its premium 4K plan is going up from $14 to $16 a month. The basic plan lets users stream one show or movie on a single device at a time in standard definition; the standard plan allows users to…
Lifestyle
Streaming Services Top Broadcast Channels For First Time
The ways people choose to access and enjoy their media keeps evolving, and after being the longtime frontrunner, new research has shown that standard cable TV packages have finally been beaten out by their more affordable and accessible online streaming services, according to Deadline. The four streaming services mentioned are Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and Apple. FX executive John Landgraf predicted that there would be 520 scripted original shows from these providers this year, and with a total of 495 shows, his prediction wasn’t too far off. In fact, this total is still considered the “most te…
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