Too Much TV: Your TV Talking Points For Friday, July 26th, 2019
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Here's everything you need to know about the world of television for Friday, July 26th, 2019. I'm writing this from the Twin Cities, where AllYourScreens HQ is running on unsweetened ice tea. ARE YOU READY FOR YET ANOTHER STREAMING SERVICE? Both Disney+, Apple and HBO Max are launching in the next few months, but Comcast is also planning to launch a streaming service early next year. Steve Burke, CEO of NBCU, said in an interview on Thursday that the company has more than 500 people working on the service, which will be based off Sky’s existing Now TV platform. He continues to be vague on what people can expect, but he says there will a version with ads that will be available for free to Comcast and Sky customers. Everyone else will be able to subscribe to a paid version, that he expects to costs in the range of $12-$14 a month. A price point that is substantially higher than Disney+ but in the same range as HBO Max. The still-unnamed Comcast service will include mostly catalog content - most notably "The Office" - but it will also include a few original programs such as the just-revived "A.P. Bio."
Too Much TV: Your TV Talking Points For Friday, July 26th, 2019
Too Much TV: Your TV Talking Points For…
Too Much TV: Your TV Talking Points For Friday, July 26th, 2019
Here's everything you need to know about the world of television for Friday, July 26th, 2019. I'm writing this from the Twin Cities, where AllYourScreens HQ is running on unsweetened ice tea. ARE YOU READY FOR YET ANOTHER STREAMING SERVICE? Both Disney+, Apple and HBO Max are launching in the next few months, but Comcast is also planning to launch a streaming service early next year. Steve Burke, CEO of NBCU, said in an interview on Thursday that the company has more than 500 people working on the service, which will be based off Sky’s existing Now TV platform. He continues to be vague on what people can expect, but he says there will a version with ads that will be available for free to Comcast and Sky customers. Everyone else will be able to subscribe to a paid version, that he expects to costs in the range of $12-$14 a month. A price point that is substantially higher than Disney+ but in the same range as HBO Max. The still-unnamed Comcast service will include mostly catalog content - most notably "The Office" - but it will also include a few original programs such as the just-revived "A.P. Bio."