Now playing: Watch this: The best new stuff to stream in February 2017 1:05 Where do we start with Netflix’s February 2017? It’s packed! Last year, Disney and Netflix worked out a deal where Netflix would be the exclusive place to stream Disney’s latest. In February, Disney’s “Finding Dory” hits the streaming service. Speaking of …
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Things aren’t looking good for net neutrality, given that newly inaugurated President Donald Trump reportedly is about to name one of its biggest foes to head the Federal Communications Commission. A Politico report citing unnamed industry sources says Trump will name current GOP FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai as chairman of the agency, possibly as soon as Friday afternoon. Pai and …
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No need to hunt for the geeky pockets at Sundance — they’re front and center this year. The Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday night in Park City, Utah, with a science-based call to arms as its opening-night movie. “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” revisits the crusade against climate change a decade after “An Inconvenient Truth” became one of …
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Netflix‘s latest documentary series, “Abstract: The Art of Design,” explores the artistic minds and creative processes of the world’s top designers in fashion, art, cars and more. It includes prominent figures with jobs you expect to see highlighted in a series about design, like architect Bjarke Ingels, photographer Platon, graphic designer Paula Scher and interior designer Ilse Crawford. But “Abstract” …
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Are US customers interested in watching a post-apocalyptic thriller in Portuguese? Apparently, yes. Netflix said its series “3%,” which was made for Brazil, unexpectedly had legs outside that market, with millions of US viewers tuning in to watch the show, subtitles (or dubbed) and all. The series offered an early example of how Netflix’s international expansion can sometimes pay dividends …
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Everything old is new again. That applies not just to bell-bottoms and cassette tapes (seriously, tapes are staging a comeback), but also your old tech. You’ve already learned how to repurpose an old tablet; now let’s focus on that laptop you’ve kept in the back of your closet these many years. Even if it’s a slow, virus-infested mess, you might …
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For one of its biggest channel launches in years, PBS realized that a crucial technology to complete its mission was one that’s existed since the dawn of TV: over-the-air signals. On Monday, the public television programmer fired up PBS Kids, a free channel of 24/7 educational children’s programming. It has familiar shows like “Sesame Street” and “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” as …
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Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” has found a new home at Netflix. The web series, formerly on Sony’s free video service Crackle, will debut on Netflix later this year with 24 new episodes as well as the 59 previous ones, Netflix said Tuesday. Seinfeld will also record two new standup comedy shows for the service and help develop …
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Don’t mess with net neutrality. That was the message from departing FCC chairman Tom Wheeler Friday in his last speech as head of the agency. Wheeler warned the incoming Republican administration against a hasty repeal of the controversial open internet rules. He said getting rid of the rules and taking a “hands-off approach” to regulating broadband and wireless networks would …
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Apple is aiming to become a player in Hollywood, according to a Wall Street Journal report, and has been in “talks with veteran producers in recent months about buying rights to scripted television programs” that subscribers to Apple’s $10-a-month music streaming service could access. The move is reportedly part of an effort to raise the profile of Apple Music, which …
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