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10 Sep

BTS Military Service: Korean Government Postpones Exemption Decision

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It has long been assumed that the seven members of Korean group BTS will take a break from their careers as musical artists and performers in order to serve in the Korean military. (In Korea, all able-bodied South Korean men are required by the Military Service Act to serve in the country’s military for roughly 20 months between the ages of 18-28.) However, the traditional age deadline for enlistment has come and gone for BTS’ oldest members, a delay made possible by an amendment passed last year that allows the postponement of military service for the most distinguished of K-pop…

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29 Aug

The Best Streaming Service You Don’t Have

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Platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, or HBO Max can be a good one-stop shop for your media needs, but if you’re a fan of East Asian media and are looking for a deeper library of content, then there are more focused platforms in which to consider investing your time and money. British drama fans have Acorn TV and BritBox for when they’re looking to dip below the basic offerings of a mainstream streamer (mainstreamer?), and fans of East Asian content have Rakuten Viki, a California-based company that specializes in original and licensed content from Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan. If…

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25 May

Inside No. 9 Series 6 Episode 3 Review: Lip Service

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Warning: contains spoilers for Inside No. 9 series 6 episode 3. What a sad tale! Four sad tales, if we’re counting – a melancholic pass-the-parcel that tore off layers of wrapping and changed shape at regular intervals. ‘Lip Service’ started out as a domestic drama that turned dark, briefly became a romance, and ended unexpectedly as a conspiracy thriller. Four stories, three twists, as many genres, 30 minutes, no waiting. Where else on TV does an audience get this much bang for their buck? Until its final moments, ‘Lip Service’ ran at a different speed to this series’ previous two episodes. While…

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26 Feb

Paramount+ Streaming Service: Launch Date, Price, Shows, and Movies

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One day the streaming wars will slow down, but alas that day is not here yet. On Feb. 24, ViacomCBS confirmed all the details of its upcoming all-encompassing streaming service: Paramount+.  This new streaming service will replace ViacomCBS’s existing option, CBS All Access, and is designed to keep the major media conglomerate competitive with its peers like WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, NBCUniversal’s Peacock, and Disney’s Disney+ “In today’s entertainment landscape, ViacomCBS stands aprt as the only media company to fully embrace every segment of the streaming universe across free, premium and pay,” said Bob Bakish, President and Chief Executive Officer, ViacomCBS.…

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24 Sep

Amazon Reveals Luna Cloud Gaming Service

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Amazon has officially revealed the first details for Luna: the company’s long-rumored cloud gaming service. “With Luna and the incredible scale and capability of Amazon Web Services (AWS), it’s easy to stream high-quality, immersive games,” reads a press release from Amazon regarding Luna. “Players can enjoy Luna games on their favorite devices without lengthy downloads or updates, expensive hardware or complicated configuration. They can even start playing on one screen and seamlessly pick up and continue on another.” The basics of Luna will be familiar to anyone who followed the release and development of Google’s Stadia program. That is to…

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17 Aug

Apple Patent Hints at Possible iOS Cloud Gaming Service

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A patent filed by Apple suggests that the company may be working on a new cloud gaming service. The patent, which was spotted by Patently Apple, was seemingly filed in February but was only recently published in Europe. It’s titled “Enabling Interactive Service for Cloud Rendering Gaming in 5G Systems” and it largely focuses on the technology of how cloud gaming would work over a mobile connection. “The controls and button-presses from the user’s computing device are transmitted to the server, where they are recorded, and the server then sends back the game’s response to the input controls,” reads part…

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14 Aug

Ryan Reynolds Has a Streaming Service with Just One Movie

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Ryan Reynolds never misses an opportunity to take hilarious self-deprecating shots at some of the more ignominious entries from his notoriously checkered CV of movies and television. The latest such example, a campaign for his Mint Mobile premium wireless company, takes a shot at his film flop, Foolproof. Enter Mint Mobile+, a mock streaming service set up by Reynolds, bearing an accompanying website that entices would-be subscribers by showcasing the content available to stream. However, said content simply consists of one movie, Foolproof, which has been repackaged in numerous entries across the platform’s entire (Disney+ imitating) interface. Reynolds spent the…

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07 Jul

Peacock: NBC Streaming Service Release Date, Shows, Price, and News

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The streaming service field is becoming more fractured, as more and more media companies break from Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu in favor of creating their own streaming services. While Disney’s Disney+, HBO MAX, and Apple’s TV+ may be the most talked-about right now, NBCUniversal—the Comcast Corp. division that owns NBC, MSNBC, USA, and the Universal Pictures movie studio—is also planning to launch its own streaming service. Here’s what we know: Peacock Release Date Peacock was made available to Comcast’s Xfinity X1 platform subscribers on April 15, 2020. The service will officially roll out to the rest of the country on July 15, 2020.…

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27 May

Everything on HBO Max: A Guide to the Movies and TV Shows of WarnerMedia’s Streaming Service

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The goal of any new streaming service worth its salt is consolidation. We’ve got a lot of major entertainment conglomerates now and each one of them needs a streaming home to consolidate its content on. With that in mind, WarnerMedia’s HBO Max is undoubtedly the biggest streaming release since Disney+ last year.  When AT&T acquired Time Warner and all its holdings in 2016, the newly-branded WarnerMedia subsidiary needed a place to house thousands of Warner movies, and other series, films, and documentaries from Warner-branded studios like CNN, TNT, TBS, The CW, Adult Swim, and much more. Enter HBO Max. Though…

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19 Mar

Horror Streaming Service Shudder Offers 30 Day Free Trial

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With much of the world self-isolating and most cinemas closed, streaming services are becoming increasingly the focus of where people will access home entertainment. Giants like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu are releasing new content all the time but horror specialist channel Shudder has decided to keep gore hounds entertained while stuck in their homes by extending their standard 7 day free trial period to 30 days if you use the promo code SHUTIN. The code works for new members in the US, Canada, UK, and Ireland signing up via Shudder.com Shudder made the announcement via social media and said it…

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24 Oct

Thank You for Your Service

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A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they?ve left the battlefield.Rated: RRelease Date: Oct 27, 2017

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