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Dish , the satellite TV provider, which, like its cable competitors, has generally offered new subscribers big discounts for pay-TV channels, will, effective on May 22, begin offering them an alternative choice: a free Apple iPad for use with its Hopper and Sling technology .

Time Warner today announced that the company's TBS and TNT channels would offer subscribers the option to stream live television on their tablets and iPads -- but only if you subscribe to traditional cable TV.

TBS and TNT are about to become the first national entertainment networks in the industry to stream on-air content live across multiple platforms 24/7, including through the networks' websites and a pair of newly created Watch TNT and Watch TBS apps.

Turner Broadcasting channels TNT and TBS held its upfront presentations today at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, and while the bulk of the show was about new programming, the impact of social and digital media permeated the presentation.

TBS and TNT will start offering live streaming of its cable channels, and offer mobile phone apps starting this summer, the Turner Broadcasting networks announced at their upfront presentation in New York today.

TBS and TNT will soon be the first national entertainment networks to stream on-air content live across multiple platforms 24/7. The Atlanta-based broadcasting giants announced the initiative Wednesday in New York.

Samsung's usual iPhone mockery has been toned down in its latest television spot, which advertises the new Galaxy S 4. Instead of focusing on what Apple's flagship phone can't do, Samsung shows off the Galaxy S 4's features in its 90-second commercial, which aired Thursday night during Conan on TBS, Mashable reported .

If you are a Cox customer, and an agreement isn't reached by Tuesday night , you could end up missing out on some of your favorite CBS programming - as well as your favorite weather forecasts from the WTKR Weather Team.