Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest video to hit the major online streaming services, such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. Hit play below — we’ve folded in some trivia so you’ll know more about what you’re watching. For more information on what’s available to watch …
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By extending its deal with movie studio A24, Amazon Prime Video now has exclusive rights to stream “Moonlight,” winner of this year’s Academy Award for best picture. The movie, which won two other Oscars, is available to subscribers for stream and download beginning May 21. Video streaming is a cutthroat business, and with Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and others battling each …
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At Netflix, the stars are out. Not movie stars, per se, but rather the streaming service’s system for rating the programs they watched with one to five stars. Instead, users will soon be able to express their level of enjoyment with a thumbs up for favorable or a thumbs down for unfavorable. “Five stars feels very yesterday now,” Todd Yellin, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Your social apps are crushing your data plan 1:20 Curtailing your phone use as you near your data cap at the end of each month is no way to live. A better way is to stop data-hungry apps from using too much data in the first place. The apps that use the most data typically are …
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Aziz Ansari’s critically-acclaimed, Emmy and Peabody award-winning Netflix original series “Master of None” will return for a second season on May 12. The stand-up comedian/actor/author/director of Kanye West music video parodies shared the news by tweeting a criminally short teaser trailer featuring him and Eric Wareheim, creator of “Tim and Eric Awesome Show,” joyfully riding scooters through a scenic Italy …
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Dave Chappelle has been absent from the comedy scene for a very long time, but fans won’t have to wait much longer for new material. His triumphant return is scheduled to debut on March 21 on Netflix, and today the company shared a first glimpse of what to expect. The stand-up special, titled “Two Cities, One Event” features Chappelle performing …
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Netflix is stepping in to help complete Orson Welles’ unfinished “The Other Side of the Wind,” one of the most famous movies never released, the New York Times reported Tuesday. With the streaming service’s backing, fans of the legendary director behind “Citizen Kane” and “Touch of Evil” may finally get a chance to see the movie, a comeback effort that …
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When you first buy a new television, you might spend the first hour or so digging through the menus, making sure all the settings are properly configured. After that, you might revisit the settings from time to time to adjust the picture mode or brightness. But there are likely settings and features that you’re completely overlooking. Here are seven television …
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Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest video to hit the major online streaming services, such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. Hit play below — we’ve folded in some trivia so you’ll know more about what you’re watching. For more information on what’s available to watch online, check out CNET.com/Netpicks or …
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Can’t get enough of Netflix? Neither can people in India, where Netflix is growing fast after launching early last year. To reciprocate the love, Netflix will set up an office in Mumbai and invest more in creating TV shows and movies specifically for India, company CEO Reed Hastings said, according to the Economic Times. Netflix will work to eliminate buffering …
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