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Showtime To Offer Stand Alone Streaming Service

March 12, 2015

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(via Vulture)

Online streaming definitely seems to be the future of TV. Netflix gets bigger everyday and more broadcast and cable networks seem to be migrating their content online. HBO Now is set to launch next month and Showtime will be following suit with their own standalone service soon. We hope they include access to their comedy specials and series with that.

“The Green Room with Paul Provenza”, “Episodes”, “Inside Comedy”, “Knock, Knock It’s Tig Notaro”, “The Big C”, “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” and comedy specials from Dana Gould, Larry Wilmore, and more are some of things we could potentially have to look forward to with a Showtime streaming service.

Sounds kind of nice, right?

HBO Online Standalone Service To Be Called HBO Now and Apparently Will Launch in April For $15 a Month

March 5, 2015

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(via International Business Times)

If HBO Now, a standalone online streaming service that would offer up an entire HBO library as well as episodes of their current programming slate that includes Girls, Silicon Valley, Veep, Togetherness, and more, came out next in a few weeks at $15 a month, we can only wonder how many people would still be using the password of a friend or a family member.

Either way, we think a whole bunch more people will be watching HBO legally beyond the first episode that they put on YouTube for a limited time..

CBS Launches “CBS All Access” Subscription Streaming Service

October 19, 2014

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(via NY Times)

It’s only a matter of time before TV and the Internet merge completely. One can already see the signs as HBO finally setting to offer a stand alone streaming option marks the already inevitable shift of television online.

CBS is now joining in on this movement with the launching of CBS All Access, which offers thousands of episodes of your favorite CBS programs as well as new episodes the very next day.

We hope this makes watching something like a comedian’s set on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson or an entire interview from The Late Show with David Letterman after it has aired a lot easier (i.e. being able to watch it all) than it currently is.

For now, CBS is offering a one week free trial of CBS All Access.

Study Finds That More People Watch TV Online at YouTube Than Anywhere Else

September 25, 2014

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(via Variety)

Out of all the places that you can currently watch TV online including Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, and so many more, the first online video giant, YouTube, still holds it spot at top of the online streaming mountain.

While that might result might be unsurprising, you should note that Netflix is only came in 5% under YouTube and, given the trail blazing slate of original programming over the last few years, Netflix is only headed onwards and upwards in their share of the online TV market.

Based on how crowded the field is and that YouTube has plenty of viable competition, it’s not surprising that YouTube is reinvesting in its top content creators.

Netflix Has Just Passed 50 Million Subscribers From a Lot of Your Binge Watching

July 27, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Whether it be watching something like Arrested Development, Netflix stand-up specials, Orange Is The New Black, etc. the subscribers of Netflix have grown in number all the way past 50 million. That’s 1.69 million subscribers added worldwide from the second quarter of this year alone.

In contrast, Nielsen reported recently that there are currently an estimated 115.6 TV households in the U.S., which comes out to a 1.2% rise from the last TV season.

While it seems unfair to compare worldwide Netflix subscribers to U.S. TV households, these numbers also don’t account for Hulu Plus subscribers, people watching HBO GO even with an HBO subscription, Amazon Instant, and more (i.e. the aggregate viewership of online streaming networks).

So, we wouldn’t be surprised to see, a few years down the road if Netflix commanded the viewership and produced the amount of content that a network does year round, which would be probably pretty great for comedy series/specials/movies/talk shows.

All of South Park to Stream on Hulu

July 13, 2014

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All of South Park to Stream on Hulu

Coming up to its 18th season, South Park is getting the online version of syndication by having its entire 17 seasons go to Hulu. In fact, you’ll be able to watch all 17 seasons for free on Hulu up until the season 18 premiere in September.

After that, you’ll have to have a Hulu Plus account to watch South Park on Hulu, but new episodes will be available the very next day after they air. South Park’s website, where you can also currently watch every episode of South Park will continue to do so until the new season premiere, after which, they’ll have a rotation of episodes available for streaming.

So, get your South Park binge in for free while you can.