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YouTube Premium Lite adds background play and offline downloads
YouTube Premium Lite is gaining background playback and offline downloads, letting you play videos while using other apps and save content for offline viewing. The perks are rolling out at no extra charge with Lite, but ad-free viewing still requires the full YouTube Premium plan ($13.99/month); most videos are ad-free on Lite, though some content (music, Shorts, and browse/search results) may still show ads.
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Netflix backs 45-day theater windows for WB titles if merger goes through
Netflix's Ted Sarandos said that if the Warner Bros. Discovery deal goes through, Netflix will commit to 45-day theatrical release windows for WB's upcoming releases, insisting the company has no intention of hurting theaters and wants to support the traditional theatrical distribution engine, while acknowledging that theater density varies and previous comments about theaters being outmoded were taken out of context.
"Netflix Unveils Exciting Sneak Peeks and Future Releases at Geeked Week"
Netflix shared new footage from upcoming animated features Orion and the Dark, Ultraman: Rising, and Leo, as well as announcing a new animated series, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory. Orion and the Dark, based on the book by Emma Yarlett, will be released on February 2, 2024, and follows a boy named Orion who confronts his fears with the help of the literal embodiment of his worst fear, Dark. Ultraman: Rising features baseball superstar Ken Sato taking on the mantle of Earth-defending superhero Ultraman and raising the offspring of his greatest foe. Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, produced by Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, explores a new era of chaos after the park has closed. Leo, a coming-of-age animated musical comedy, follows a jaded lizard named Leo as he navigates the last year of elementary school and gets caught up in the problems of his anxious students.
"Top-Rated August 2023 Movies on Max: 7 Gems with 90%+ on Rotten Tomatoes"
HBO Max is adding a new batch of movies in August 2023, and here are seven of the best ones with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 90% or higher: "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (Action), "A Royal Affair" (Historic drama), "Fargo" (Comedy/crime), "Before Midnight" (Action/adventure), "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer" (Documentary), "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (Horror), and "I Am Not Your Negro" (Documentary). These films offer a range of genres and are available for streaming on HBO Max starting on August 1st.