Case in point is this week’s column. A bunch you have told me that after cutting the cord, you’ve missed having access to the Music Choice channels that come with many cable and satellite packages. And I get it; even in a world of boundless streaming music options, there’s something to be said for just setting the TV to a musical genre you enjoy and letting it play, especially with a nice soundbar or surround-sound system hooked up.

That’s why I was excited to discover an app called Dash Radio. It’s available on Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV devices, and it comes with 88 genre-based stations and no extended commercial breaks. It’s the closest equivalent to Music Choice on streaming devices, and it’s completely free. You’ll find more info on that, along with a bunch of other free streaming music options for your TV, in my full column on TechHive.

There’s a catch, though: For now, both services are only available on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 cable box and Xfinity Flex streaming box, but FierceVideo reports that AMC is in talks with other distributors as well.

If this sounds familiar, AMC previously offered an ad-free streaming service called AMC Premiere, which AMC+ is now replacing. The old service, however, was only available if you received AMC as part of a pay TV bundle, making it more of an ad-free upgrade than standalone service. That’s not the case with AMC+, as Comcast’s Flex streaming box is specifically for folks who’ve cut cable TV already. With pay TV bundles in steady decline, AMC is finally starting to look for an escape plan.

HBO Max’s catalog confusion: WarnerMedia confirmed this week that 15 DC Comics movies will be leaving HBO Max on July 1, including Wonder Woman, Justice League, and the Burton-Schumacher Batman films from the late 80s and 90s. It’s unclear where those movies are going, but WarnerMedia says they’ll be back at some point, and in the meantime it has “a collection of DC films that will rotate on the platform.”

I usually try not to get too mired in the comings and goings content from different streaming services, but these departures stand out for showing a lack of guts on WarnerMedia’s part. If the movies are shifting over the company’s DC Universe streaming service, that amounts to either greed or a lack of confidence in HBO Max. And if they’re heading to some other service, it suggests that WarnerMedia lacked the wherewithal or foresight to buy up long-term streaming rights. (This wasn’t a problem for Disney, which managed to get Star Wars rights back from Turner for Disney+ last year.) The HBO Max launch was already confusing enough, yet WarnerMedia and its corporate parent AT&T are already finding new ways to undermine it.

If you’re a sufficiently big fan of NBC shows like Parks & Recreation, 30 Rock, and Law & Order, or want to see some of its exclusives (like an adaptation of Brave New World), you can pre-order a one-year Peacock subscription for $20 off. That brings the first-year price to $30 for the ad-supported version and $80 for the ad-free version.

The offer is good until July 14, so take some time to think about it, and keep in mind that both the Summer Olympics and most of NBC’s originals have been delayed until 2021 due to the coronavirus, taking some value out of the first-year offering.