Digital Stream: Television News

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http://www.darkhorizons.com/hulu-plans-for-ad-breaks-during-pausing/

Hulu is said to be pondering introducing adverts that play when you pause a programme

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http://www.darkhorizons.com/the-punisher-s2-to-air-on-netflix-in-january/

The second and likely last season of The Punisher should be hitting Netflix next month

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http://www.darkhorizons.com/joel-mchale-is-starman-in-stargirl/

Joel McHale has been cast as Starman in DC Universe's Stargirl

[Asura]

Watched the Netflix Kurt Russell Christmas movie. I'll echo what a critic has said, "more predictable than an Advent calendar", but it certainly wasn't the nadir of Netflix movies (they've made some real dross). Some funny moments, and it's always great to see Kurt Russell onscreen.

That being said, I accept it's utterly irrational, as I can't exactly insist everything Netflix make is for me, and they've been doing really well recently with the Evangelion and Ghost in the Shell announcements (both things that really should not be possible)... It's my dislike for football culture talking here, but am I the only one who feels a bit put out that my sub money has, in some way, towards a documentary series about Sunderland FC?

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/henry-thomas-is-dr-mid-nite-in-stargirl/

Henry Thomas, from ET and also coming off the back of the stellar Haunting of Hill House, has been cast as Dr Mid-Night in DCU's Stargirl

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/netflixs-dark-crystal-series-voices-photos/

Henson have confirmed that the upcoming The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance will star Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy and Nathalie Emmanuel.

Photo's of the characters are in the link

[wakka]

Watched the Netflix Kurt Russell Christmas movie. I'll echo what a critic has said, "more predictable than an Advent calendar", but it certainly wasn't the nadir of Netflix movies (they've made some real dross). Some funny moments, and it's always great to see Kurt Russell onscreen.

That being said, I accept it's utterly irrational, as I can't exactly insist everything Netflix make is for me, and they've been doing really well recently with the Evangelion and Ghost in the Shell announcements (both things that really should not be possible)... It's my dislike for football culture talking here, but am I the only one who feels a bit put out that my sub money has, in some way, towards a documentary series about Sunderland FC?

I don’t know anything about the Sunderland documentary - and I take no interest in sport personally - but I’d say that a) some people feel the same way about their sub money being spent on ‘boring cartoons’ like Evangelion and b) that documentaries about things you’re not remotely interested in normally can be terrific if well made.

I don’t know the first thing about American football but I can highly recommend Last Chance U on Netflix.

That said, maybe the Sunderland thing is total dross! Netflix certainly turn out plenty of stinkers, they appear to be treating this as a volume game.

[Dogg Thang]

Netflix have announced very impressive and very specific viewing figures for Bird Box. But as a result, the cynical side of me now just thinks the reason they have been typically so quiet about their figures is that they were never really all that good.

[kryss]

am I the only one who feels a bit put out that my sub money has, in some way, towards a documentary series about Sunderland FC?

Does it match up to the alleged $100 million to renew Friends for one more year?

[Asura]

Does it match up to the alleged $100 million to renew Friends for one more year?

I draw attention to how I started my sentence with words to the effect of "it may be totally irrational"

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/netflix-survey-hints-at-jessica-jones-axing/

Netflix asks viewers, in a survey, how they feel about the cancellation of several shows such as Jessica Jones... which hasn't technically been formally axed yet. Awkward!

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http://www.darkhorizons.com/nbcu-launches-streaming-service-in-2020/

NBC Universal are now working on their own streaming service for 2020, this is how the world ends, drowned In the things

[randombs]

The services are just copying each other. Even the pricing is similar.

I wonder what my upper limit would be. I can't just turn on the telly and watch the same programmes like I could if I were in the UK - I'd have to sign up for cable and subscribe to something like the Fox Chanel - so I'm more willing to spend a bit.

It's for my sanity, after all.

[Neon Ignition]

Spending a bit will be the thing, also announced is the US arm of Netflix are increasing their sub fees

http://www.darkhorizons.com/netflix-set-to-raise-u-s-subscriber-prices/

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http://www.darkhorizons.com/netflixs-she-ra-s2-set-for-late-april/

Netflix has announced a launch of 26 April 2019 for She-Ra and the Princess of Power: Season 2