Category: Netflix
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Netflix is Selling Tickets to a ‘Stranger Things’ Drive-Into Exhibit This Fall
Netflix announced a Stranger Things drive-into experience based on the show to be held in downtown LA this October. The streamer is putting on the display in collaboration with event companies Fever and Secret Cinema to host this haunted house-like drive-through exhibit that’s pandemic approved. With corn maze’s and haunted houses not likely to happen…
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New ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Episodes will Hit Netflix in October
Earlier in July, Netflix came out with a reboot of Unsolved Mysteries complete with its iconic, suspenseful music and new baffling stories for you to try and wrap your head around. Now the streaming service announced the final six episodes of the series reboot will drop Oct. 19. “Everyone comments about the music!” said Executive…
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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…