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Hulu will reportedly launch its own internet TV service. Similar to Dish Network’s Sling TV, which currently costs subscribers $20 per month, the service will feature select channels like Disney, Fox, ESPN and ABC, but at an estimated $40 per month according to market estimates. Variety just broke the news that NBCUniversal is also in talks to join Hulu’s bundle.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the new service will likely feature both on-demand and live-recording options. It will likely rival cable companies, with networks remaining neutral to the cause, as more and more cord-cutters continue to look towards internet-based models for their live television needs, utilizing platforms like PlayStation Vue, HBO Now and Sling TV. Although the latter service currently has nearly 400,000 subscribers, Hulu’s 9 million customers could easily top that figure in only a short amount of time post launch. As the concept is only in its development stages, a tentative launch date is unknown at this time.
In other news…
Your two favorite That 70’s Show co-stars Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson will return for a 20-episode second season of their Netflix original series The Ranch, which will be released via the same unique 10-episode-per-batch format in 2017. The second half of the show’s first season is due out this fall. [Deadline]
The Office alum John Krasinski has reportedly signed a deal with Amazon (in partnership with Paramount TV) for a leading role as Jack Ryan. The original series is based on Tom Clancy’s popular CIA operative and will be co-written and produced by former Lost showrunner Carlton Cuse. [Entertainment Weekly]
You get a car! You get a car! You get a car! Well, maybe not this time, but Oprah may after she rakes it in from her latest endeavor as lead actress in HBO films’ upcoming original movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. She will play an African-American woman who contributes her cells to the creation of an immortal human species. [Deadline]
Karl Urban revealed at Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo over the weekend that “conversations are happening” in regards to a possible Dredd sequel in the form of a Prime Video or Netflix original series. [Complex]
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