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Your next hotel stay might have just gotten a little more entertaining. Netflix and Enseo, the makers of most in-room entertainment hubs for hotels, have announced an extended pact that will help the streaming platform reach more hotel-goers.
According to Tech Crunch, the Netflix app will now be offered in many more hotel rooms around the world, but only to subscribers with a login. The Enseo Entertainment Experience platform, which is currently installed in 300 hotels in the U.S. alone, also currently provides access to other streaming services like YouTube, Pandora, Hulu and Crackle. The new arrangement will allow Enseo to enable Netflix in all contracted hotels, including those not previously pre approved by the platform, as long as they’re located within permitted regions.
In other news…
Speaking of permitted regions… North Korea has launched their own Netflix-like authoritarian-style streaming platform. The country remains one of the only territories where Netflix is strictly prohibited, along with Syria, Crimea and China. The new platform, titled Manbang, only allows viewers to choose between selective documentaries about the country’s “dear” leaders or state-approved television programming. [Foreign Policy]
War Dogs director Todd Phillips has made a name for himself through the success of cult commercial comedy films like Road Trip and Old School, but how exactly? One writer examines how Phillips generally focuses on male misbehavior narratives, or in layman’s terms, men acting like idiots. [Uproxx]
Former Denver Broncos defensive end Trevor Pryce has created an animated original kids series for Netflix about ninja tree frogs. The brand new series titled Kulipari is based on Price’s line of children’s books and will debut on the platform on September 2. [The Denver Post]
Rumors are circulating that Marvel’s The Punisher, which will debut on Netflix in 2017, has cast for the side role of “Dennis Landstrom.” Landstrom will supposedly replace the role of David Lieberman, who is known in the comics as “Microchip” or “Micro.” [Screen Crush]
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