TV TIME APP SHUTTING DOWN AS WHIP MEDIA PIVOTS TO AI
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TV Time, a popular app for tracking TV shows and ratings, will shut down on July 15. Parent company Whip Media is discontinuing the consumer product to focus on enterprise AI solutions.
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