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MyFree DirecTV offers more than 70 subscription-free streaming channels within the DirecTV app for phones, tablets and smart TVs. (Courtesy image)

DirecTV this week officially debuted their free, ad-supported streaming television platform with a curated portfolio of more than 70 content channels.

The service, called MyFree DirecTV, exists within the same app as DirecTV’s subscription streaming service, which is widely available on smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and other devices.

At launch, MyFree DirecTV includes dozens of channels from programmers and distributors like the E. W. Scripps Company, Lionsgate, A+E Networks and more. In a statement, the company said channels from Fremantle are expected to launch within the next few weeks.

“DirecTV is excited to bring a successful history of premium content aggregation and an elevated user experience to free TV for the first time,” Kent Rees, the General Manager of MyFree DirecTV, said on Wednesday. “The availability of MyFree DirecTV is...

Anime is a diverse medium. It explores a variety of concepts and storylines spread across several unique genres, ranging from blood-pumping action to plucky adventures, satirical comedies to thought-provoking dramas, and everything in between. There's an anime series to suit everyone's taste.

Related: 15 Isekai Anime With Surprisingly Sad Endings

Some anime also include distressing moments that leave the audience reeling, while others have heartbreaking endings that stay with viewers long after the credits roll. There are also anime that end on uplifting notes, despite their characters going through painful moments, and these entries often become fan favorites.

Updated on May 18, 2023 by Ajay Aravind: Stories that begin on relatively high notes can often have devastating endings, as seen in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. At the same time, there are numerous heartbreaking narratives that conclude in happy ways. We've revamped this list of heartbreaking anime series with some more relevant information.

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Betty White turns 99 today, a life milestone that few people ever reach, let alone performers who are still in the public eye.

In September, White reflected on her 70 years in television in an interview with Variety.

She knew the medium was here to stay when she saw the impact of her first TV series, “Hollywood on Television.” In the early 1950s, she spent five hours a day on live TV, talking about the day’s headlines, interviewing guests, spinning records and doing commercials alongside popular L.A. deejay Al Jarvis.

“I think once people got used to entertainment coming right into their living rooms…Well, there we were, and we weren’t going anywhere,” White observed.

Earlier this month, White offered her observations on living nearly a century in an interview with People magazine.

“I am blessed with good health, so turning 99 is no different than turning 98,” White said. Another...

The distributor has acquired a quartet of titles including re-release of S&M fetish film The Pet and screwball comedy Such Good People.

Such Good People (pictured) follows a young gay couple that discovers a secret room filled with cash while house-sitting for friends.

Michael Urie, Randy Harrison, Ana Ortiz, Scott Wolf and Lance Bass star. The film will open on DVD and VOD on April 14.

Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff negotiated the deal with Jordan Yale Levine of Yale Productions.

The Pet tells of a young woman in dire financial straights who accepts an offer to be a wealthy aristocrat’s human “pet” for six months.

The film arrives on DVD and VOD on March 10 following a deal with Strath Hamilton of TriCoast World Wide.

Wolff negotiated a deal with Jay Paul Deratany of Permoveo Productions for worldwide rights to the gay family comedy Saugatuck Cures starring Max Adler. The film will...

Dark Horizon Pictures' reps dropped us a word about Rottenbury Drive , a new horror film they've got cookin' with Cyryl Koshyk making his directorial debut. They provided a few images from some footage that has already been shot. Here's what they sent over: The film synopsis and screenplay quickly received attention for its originality and horrifying plot that peeked the interest of various industry people (Jacek Pulanecki, Leon Melas, Kenneth C. Barrows, Dan Blanchett, Gary Barrett, Nitza, Vincent Labelle, Mark Petrie, B.J. Winslow), including actors such as: James J. Thomas ("Ice Men", "Flirting with Danger", "Blind Injustice"), Pierre Du Lat ("The Pet", "Donor" with David Carradine, "Red Ribbon"), Christie Campagna...