caption “The Office” source NBC NBCUniversal will launch its own ad-supported streaming service in 2020. NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke told The Wall Street Journal that the company could consider moving “The Office” from Netflix to the new service. “The Office” and NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” are two of Netflix’s most popular shows, according to data from analytics firm Jumpshot provided to Business Insider. Netflix has been investing heavily in original content as more companies enter the streaming war. When Netflix first launched its streaming platform over a decade ago, it used a big catalog of traditional TV shows to kickstart viewership. Now, as more media giants plan to launch their own streaming competitors, Netflix is in jeopardy of losing some of its most popular shows. NBCUniversal announced Monday that it plans to launch its own ad-supported streaming service in 2020 that would be free to … [Read more...] about NBC says it may eventually pull ‘The Office’ off Netflix to fuel its own streaming service, and other popular shows could follow
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New shows and movies coming to Hulu in September
Hello, September, and a big hearty "welcome back!" to all your favorite fall TV shows. From quirky comedies like The Good Place to reality powerhouses like The Voice, there's no shortage of series premieres to watch on Hulu. You can also check out the return of Hulu's original talk show I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman.Hulu packs a punch in the film department this month, with a number of Oscar-nominated films to check out, including There Will Be Blood, Adaptation and City of God. And a special call-out to The English Patient, which will remain one of my all-time favorite films no matter how many Seinfeld fans disagree.And it wouldn't be back-to-school season without the John Hughes classic Sixteen Candles. Check out the full list below. Anything marked with asterisks requires additional subscriptions beyond Hulu to view. Available on Hulu, September 2018Sept. 1Sept. 2Sept. 3Sept. 4Daphne & Velma (2018)Monochrome (2016)Women and Sometimes Men (2018)Sept. 6Sept. … [Read more...] about New shows and movies coming to Hulu in September
The 5 most anticipated TV shows returning in August
caption Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in HBO’s “Ballers.” source HBO With the summer TV season well underway, several fan-favorite shows are returning with new seasons next month. To find out which returning shows audiences are anticipating the most, the TV-tracking app TV Time analyzed data from its 12 million global users to see which upcoming TV shows viewers had followed the most frequently on its platform. The list includes the upcoming second season of the Netflix drama “Ozark,” and the fourth season of the Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson-led HBO series “Ballers.” Here are the 5 returning TV shows that viewers are anticipating the most in August, according to TV Time: 5. “Greenleaf” (Season 3) — Premieres August 28 on OWN source OWN Summary: “The original drama series ‘Greenleaf’ from award-winning writer/producer Craig Wright takes viewers into the unscrupulous … [Read more...] about The 5 most anticipated TV shows returning in August
4 first impressions of the Fire TV Cube
Amazon's Fire TV Cube begins shipping Thursday, June 21 to customers who pre-ordered the hybrid Amazon Echo and Fire TV device.The small box sits next to your TV set and is capable of controlling your TV, a sound bar, and a cable box should you have one.Amazon sent me a Fire TV Cube to review, but I've only had the device for few days during which time software for apps and services, along with the device itself, was still being finalized. I don't feel like I've had near enough time with the final product to draw any meaningful conclusions, so I opted instead to offer some of my first impressions of the $119 streaming box.More commands than just "Play"Losing the remote to a streaming device is frustrating, and that's kind of where the Fire TV Cube wants to make a place for itself in this increasingly crowded market. But doing things like scrolling, for example, isn't usually something that users can do with a voice command on things like the Apple TV.With the Fire TV Cube, you can. … [Read more...] about 4 first impressions of the Fire TV Cube
Who Is Arthur Chu?: When Jeopardy ended, the real puzzles of online life began
Some 50-plus years in, Jeopardy’s cultural impact seems definitive. The iconic game show has fans of all sorts: Drake listeners, scholars of classic cinema, local-pub-trivia diehards. It can turn “a software engineer from Salt Lake City” into author/TV personality/quizmaster Ken Jennings or “a bartender from New York” into your parents’ favorite contestant in recent memory. But not all of the legendary quiz show’s champions enjoy universal adoration, and new documentary Who Is Arthur Chu?—debuting on PBS’ America ReFramed this Tuesday, May 22, and available via VOD on June 12 across platforms (including iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, and Amazon)—looks at this oddly controversial contestant’s first year after becoming an 11-time Jeopardy champion in 2014. If you recognize the name today, it’s likely you’re a Jeopardy diehard with some sort of feeling about Chu’s unusual “Forrest … [Read more...] about Who Is Arthur Chu?: When Jeopardy ended, the real puzzles of online life began