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'Formula 1: Drive to Survive' Officially Renewed for Season 4 on Netflix
'Formula 1: Drive to Survive' now officially and reportedly renewed for season 4 by Netflix. Before the season 3 release date, Netflix makes the first move and approval for the next season.
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Disney Keeps 80% of Streaming Revenue By Calling It ‘Home Video’
For years, Disney has been keeping 80% of the revenue from older shows that it distributes to streaming platforms, leaving only 20% to be available to stars and other profit participants
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Apple TV App Finally Arrives on Chromecast with Google TV
Our favorite streaming device just got a major update. As initially teased by Google back in December, Chromecast with Google TV now supports the Apple TV app on its platform. Other Google TV-powered devices will also get support for the app, including Sony and TCL’s 2020 televisions when they eventually hit the market later this year. Google also said the app will arrive on additional Android TV-powered devices in the months ahead but did not elaborate on which specific devices would be included.
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Netflix is making a Redwall movie, and The Verge staff is very excited
Earlier this week, Netflix dropped a surprise announcement that it’s adapting author Brian Jacques’ iconic Redwall books into a new animated movie and TV franchise. Based on the 22-book children’s series that was published from 1986 through 2011, the books span generations of sword-fighting anthropomorphic mice, rabbits, badgers, and other woodland creatures living at the titular Redwall Abbey.
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All of Disney's streaming services are booming
Very quickly, Disney has become perhaps the dominant force in the video streaming world. Just about six months after the company announced it had over 100 million streaming video subscribers, Disney has revealed it has almost that many on Disney+ alone. In today’s earnings report covering the last quarter of 2020, Disney announced that it now has 94.9 million Disney+ subscribers, 39.4 million Hulu subscribers and 12.1 million ESPN+ subscribers. Overall, Disney is up to 146 million streaming video subscribers all told, with Disney+ a force to be reckoned with.
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Dave Chappelle announces ‘Chappelle's Show’ is returning to Netflix in surprise new clip
Dave Chappelle released a surprise clip from a standup performance on Thursday in which he revealed that Chappelle's Show is coming back to Netflix on Feb. 12. Towards the end of the roughly 10-minute video captioned "Redemption Song," Chappelle wrapped up by making the announcement and thanking Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos for pulling Chappelle's Show at his request in November.
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Comedy Central Gives License Back to Dave Chappelle & Pays Millions!
In an Instagram clip posted on Thursday, Chappelle announced that the Comedy Central show he produced and left acrimoniously returned to the streaming site on Feb. 12, just over two months after it had been removed at his request.
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Netflix Adapting ‘Redwall’ Books Into Animated Movies, TV Series
Brian Jacques’ beloved “Redwall” books are being adapted into a feature film and TV series thanks to a new rights deal between Netflix and Penguin Random House Children. The fantasy novels have sold 30 million copies globally and have attracted an avid following with their tales of heroism, villainy and derring do all played out by mice, moles, hares and badgers. Think J.R.R. Tolkien with cuddlier protagonists.
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Can BBC Compete With Netflix or Are People Paying for It Because Law Requires Them to Do So?
The BBC's Director-General Tim Davie has stated the corporation would cost viewers over £400 per year if it stopped depending on mandatory TV license fees and became a subscription service like Netflix. However, it's unclear whether the company would manage to keep its viewers in that case, observers say.
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Netflix's CEO says it has to catch up with Disney+ on animated family hits like 'Soul'
Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings had positive things to say about Disney's new competing streaming service, and said it's encouraging his company to continually improve through new, more diverse, content.
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Netflix’s ‘Lupin’ Is A Fast-Paced, Fun-Filled Slice Of Escapism
Lupin has emerged as a surprise smash-hit on Netflix; the French series stars the incredibly charismatic Omar Sy as Assane Diop, a character inspired by Arsène Lupin, France’s beloved fictional scoundrel. Arsène Lupin, if you’ve never heard of him, is somewhat similar to James Bond or Sherlock Holmes, a character who always remains one step ahead of his opponents, executing pitch-perfect heists, complete with pre-planned betrayals and disastrous set-backs that, in hindsight, tend to be part of a larger plan.
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Bates Motel is Leaving Netflix in February 2021
The three time Emmy nominated series, is no doubt the best series to be produced by the network A&E. It ran on A&E from 2013 to 2017, and the series has total of five seasons. Bates Motel is based on the 1960 film Psycho’s characters and the two lead stars are Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates and Vera Farmiga as his mother. This mother-son duo shows us how creepy can a show get between a psychopath and a crazy mother.
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Hulu Launches $2 Monthly Streaming Plan for College Students
Disney’s Hulu is courting the collegiate crowd with a new offer: The streamer has rolled out a special reduced-rate plan for U.S. college students, priced at $1.99 per month. Starting Monday (Jan. 11), eligible students over the age of 18 can sign up for the deal and watch Hulu’s full streaming library of movies and TV shows (with ads) for $2 monthly. That’s a 67% discount off the regular $5.99 price.
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Nicolas Cage’s History of Swear Words Is a Freakin’ Delight
The Netflix series traces the history of expletives with sensitivity and nuance, but if you just want to hear Cage scream the F-word, it’s got you covered.
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Rumor has it that Netflix is preparing the series The Elder Scrolls
Netflix, which made the series adaptation of Resident Evil, Assassin’s Creed, The Witcher and many more games, seems to be making the series of The Elder Scrolls series. However, this news is just a rumor. Rumor has it that Netflix is currently in a meeting with Bethesda to adapt The Elder Scrolls series to the series. Unfortunately, no more information is available. Most likely, the series will be announced when understood. Let us remind you that Bethesda signed with Amazon a few months ago for the series Fallout.
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The best thing about 'The Queen’s Gambit'? There’s no sexual violence in it.
About fifteen minutes into the first episode of The Queen’s Gambit—the wildly popular Netflix series about the ascent of a prodigy through the world of 1960s competitive chess—eight-year old Beth Harmon opens the door to the basement in the orphanage where she lives, and disappears down the stairs.
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Netflix to Launch ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 3 A Week Early
Get ready to go into a new year in fighting shape: Netflix is launching the third season of “Cobra Kai” a week earlier than originally planned, now set to drop all episodes on Jan. 1. The day after the season streams, the cast of “Cobra Kai” will appear on “The Netflix Afterparty” to talk about the latest season of their martial arts comedy alongside hosts David Spade, Fortune Feimster and London Hughes.
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Netflix to Feature Star Trek’s Discovery And Picard
We have just discovered that CBS is working in the United States to carry its new Star Trek shows to Netflix. The business currently has four new Trek series that air on its CBS All-Access streaming network: Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks and Short Treks. All four have struggled to attract an audience, and while some can blame the content of the shows, my CBS sources tell me they agree that the big issue is getting the word out about CBS All-Access.
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Netflix is bringing an audio-only mode to its Android app
Netflix might not be playing nicely with Google TV for some reason, but the company is pouring tons of resources into its Android app. The service got variable playback speeds and a screen lock feature this year, and now it looks like we're in for audio-only background playback. It could help you save some precious mobile data or leave your phone in your pocket while you're keeping up with your favorite series.
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‘Chappelle’s Show’ to Be Pulled Off HBO Max at Dave Chappelle’s Request, Casey Bloys Says
HBO Max is honoring a request by Dave Chappelle to remove “Chappelle’s Show” from the streaming service at the end of this year. Casey Bloys, chief content officer of HBO and HBO Max, made the revelation during the keynote conversation on day one of Variety’s Virtual FYCFest.
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