Category: Netflix News
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Netflix is Testing (Another) Shuffle Feature
Netflix is testing a shuffle feature to help indecisive subscribers have their next show or movie chosen for them. Clicking a “Shuffle Play” button on the Netflix home screen, under a user’s profile icon, plays a title that user is likely to enjoy. Titles include shows the user is currently watching, those added to a…
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More Cities Are Suing Netflix, Hulu Over Usage Fees
Last week we reported on a Texas town suing Netflix and Hulu for 5% utility fees. Now four Indiana cities are jumping on that same argument and filing lawsuits against streaming services saying they should be paying the same usage fees that apply to cable for using public rights of way to distribute video over…
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Here’s What’s New on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime The Week of August 17, 2020
This week, Lucifer returns to Netflix with Season 5, and Hulu gets Freeform’s Love in the Time of Corona: Series Premiere (Freeform) if you’re looking for a little quarantined romance. And Amazon Prine Video debuts two new originals, the movie Chemical Hearts (2020), and Clifford: Season 2B. Available August 17 Crazy Awesome Teachers— Netflix Film…
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Netflix and Hulu are Being Sued by a Texas Town Saying it Should be Getting 5%
A small town in Texas is going up against streaming giants Netflix and Hulu with a class-action lawsuit over utility fees. New Boston, Texas says the streamers use broadband infrastructure to reach their residents, and should in turn pay the town 5% of the revenue generated from those residents as a fee. “When a Netflix…
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Netflix is Now Available in Hindi
Netflix has launched its Hindi interface, allowing users to experience the complete Netflix app in Hindi, including sign up, search rows, collections, and payment, now available across all devices on mobile, TV, and web. The streaming giant launched its mobile plan in India for Rs. 199/ month. Now users can set their preferred language to…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime the Week of August 10, 2020
This week, Netflix is getting books 1-4 of The Legend of Korra, the follow-up series to Avatar: The Last Airbender, along with Les Misérables where Anne Hathaway won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hulu has all the reality and competition shows you could watch this week, including Chopped, Naked and Afraid, Worst…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime the Week of August 3, 2020
Watch new family and anime titles on Netflix this week, get your reality fix with season 14 of The Real Housewives of Orange County on Hulu, or watch the Liam Hemsworth and Vince Vaughan film Arkansas about dis-organized organized crime in the south and more on Amazon Prime Video. Available August 3 Immigration Nation — Netflix…
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Netflix Adding Playback Speed Controls to Android App
Netflix is adding a new option to adjust playback speeds, letting users watch content faster or slower than normal. The new setting is coming to Android users first, starting this weekend, before it’s rolled out to other platform later this year. If you’re familiar with YouTube’s playback speed settings, the idea here should be fairly…
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Netflix is Creating a Live Action ‘Witcher’ Prequel
Netflix is building on the huge success of its original series The Witcher with an upcoming live action prequel, The Witcher: Blood Origin. The six-part limited series will tell a story that takes place 1200 years before The Witcher, exploring a time when “the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged into one, and the…
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Netflix is Now on Google Nest Hub Devices
Google announced Netflix is rolling out to all Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max devices globally. That means you can now watch your favorite Netflix shows right on your Google Nest Hub device. The Nest Hub and Hub Max are designed to make it easy to stream video hands-free, and marketing is focused on placing…