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FIRST LOOK AT SECOND SEASON OF HIT COMEDY SERIES

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

STARRING RHYS DARBY AND TAIKA WAITITI

PREMIERES 5 OCTOBER ON BINGE

First look teaser and key art for the second season of the hit pirate comedy series, Our Flag Means Death, starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi, has been released ahead of the triple episode premiere 5 October on BINGE. The season continues with two new episodes weekly leading up to the season finale on 26 October.

The eight-episode series is based (very) loosely on the true adventures of 18th century would-be pirate Stede Bonnet (Darby). After trading the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede became captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes changed after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard (Waititi). To their surprise, the wildly different Stede and Blackbeard found more than friendship on the high seas…they found love. Now, they have to survive it.

In addition to Darby and Waititi, season two stars returning cast members Samson Kayo, Vico Ortiz, Ewen Bremner, Joel Fry, Matthew Maher, Kristian Nairn, Con O’Neill, David Fane, Samba Schutte, Nat Faxon, and Leslie Jones. New additions joining the ensemble cast include recurring guest stars Ruibo Qian, Madeleine Sami, Anapela Polataivao, and Erroll Shand, and guest stars Minnie Driver and Bronson Pinchot.

Our Flag Means Death is executive produced by Academy Award® winner Taika Waititi, alongside creator-showrunner David Jenkins. In addition to his duties as showrunner, Jenkins directed the first two episodes of season two. Garrett Basch, Dan Halsted, Adam Stein, and Antoine Douaihy also serve as executive producers. Season two was filmed in Auckland, New Zealand.

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH Season 2 premieres on Thursday 5 October on BINGE and on FOX8 at 830pm and is available On Demand.

I find it hard to believe Binge still doesn’t support downloads for offline viewing.

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What is it like with ads ? Does anyone subscribe to that package? How filled with ads is it?

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Binge Basic has ads but Binge Standard and Binge Premium do not.

That wasn’t the question.

He’s asking how is the option with ads. Is it tolerable with only 1 or 2 ads etc.

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YOUR FAVOURITE CREW IS BACK ON BOARD

BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN

SEASON 8 PREMIERES 26 SEPTEMBER ON BINGE

Fan favourite reality series Below Deck Mediterranean sets sail for Season 8 when it premieres 26 September on BINGE, with new episodes streaming weekly.

Set amidst the mesmerising Italian Riviera and the historic façade of Genoa, Italy, it’s all hands on deck this season for Capt. Sandy Yawn and her team. From outrageous guests to after-hours antics, the boat gets rocked throughout each charter as the crew navigates complicated dynamics and unexpected rifts. In a franchise first, unprecedented staffing changes dominate the season, which tests each department as they struggle to find their sea legs through unforeseen turnover.

In addition to Capt. Sandy, Stew’s Natalya Scudder and Kyle Viljoen return for the new season, joined by fan-favourite Tumi Mhlongo. New crew members include Chef Jack Luby, Bosun Ruan Irving, Deckhands Luka Brunton, Haleigh Gorman and Lara Du Preez, and Stew Jessika Asai.

Fans of Below Deck Mediterranean can also enjoy the latest seasons of the Below Deck franchise available to stream on BINGE.

Below Deck Mediterranean is produced by 51 Minds. Nadine Rajabi, Wes Denton, Mark Cronin, Shane Maroufkhani, Tania Hamidi, Christian Sarabia and Zachary Klein executive produce.

BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN Season 8 premieres on Tuesday September 26 on BINGE and on FOX ARENA at 130pm and is available On Demand.

OFFICIAL TRAILER AND KEY ART RELEASED FOR

THREE-PART DOCUMENTARY SERIES

SAVIOR COMPLEX

PREMIERES 27 SEPTEMBER ON BINGE

The three-part documentary series Savior Complex, from Emmy®-winning filmmaker Jackie Jesko, executive produced by Nick Capote, Alex Waterfield, and Academy Award® winner Roger Ross Williams (Love to Love You, Donna Summer, God Loves Uganda), premieres 27 September on BINGE, with all episodes dropping at once.

Savior Complex chronicles the controversial story surrounding Renee Bach, a young American missionary who felt called by God to set up a charity for malnourished children in Jinja, Uganda. But years later, shocking allegations arose that Renee was treating the sick children herself, without medical qualifications. Detailing Renee’s divisive journey, the series addresses the wider questions around “white saviorism” and the ethics of foreign aid work done in the name of humanitarian and religious ideals.

The series features intimate access to Bach and her mother Lauri Bach, the U.S. Director of SHC, as well as the activists, lawyers, and whistleblowers seeking to hold her accountable. Interview subjects include Olivia Alaso and Kelsey Nielsen, the founders of No White Saviors; Constance Alonyo, SHC’s head nurse; Jackie Kramlich, a SHC volunteer-turned-whistleblower; Dr. Abner Tagoola, Head of Pediatrics at Jinja Hospital; Primah Kwagala, a human rights attorney who led a civil suit against Renee; Kakai Annet and Gimbo Zubeda, the two mothers who sued Renee, claiming their children died at SHC.

Savior Complex , A Latchkey Films Production. Directed and produced by Jackie Jesko; produced by Paul Kabango, Derrick Kibisi; executive produced by Roger Ross Williams, Alex Waterfield, and Nick Capote. For HBO: executive producers, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, and Sara Rodriguez.

SAVIOR COMPLEX - EPISODE SYNOPSIS:

Episode 1: “God Doesn’t Call the Qualified, He Qualifies the Called”

Debut date: Wednesday, September 27

At 19 years old, Renee Bach felt God’s call to serve as a missionary and moves to Jinja, Uganda to start a charity that addresses childhood malnutrition. She earns the support of local Ugandan officials and foreign donors alike. But when an American nurse comes to volunteer at the charity, she makes a shocking discovery and accuses Renee of treating these medically fragile children herself, with only a high school diploma to her name.

Episode 2: “Cast the First Stone”

Debut date: Wednesday, September 27

The volunteer nurse makes a formal complaint to Renee’s board about her concerns and resigns as donations to SHC hit an all-time high. While the charity expands and hires more staff, there are rumors that Renee is continuing to practice medicine herself. As a result, a disillusioned former missionary joins forces with a Ugandan activist to make sure the story of Renee’s alleged “deadly white saviorism” is heard around the world.

Episode 3: “Reap What You Sow”

Debut date: Wednesday, September 27

Renee is back in the United States facing a lawsuit brought by a Ugandan human rights attorney on behalf of two bereaved mothers. While she fights against the accusations in the lawsuit, the social media movement against her escalates and Renee must reckon with her choices and questions her faith and desire to serve.

SAVIOR COMPLEX premieres Wednesday September 27 on BINGE and on FOX Docos at 9.30pm and available On Demand.

TASKMASTER NEW ZEALAND

PREMIERES 13 SEPTEMBER ON BINGE

TASKMASTER UK

PREMIERES 22 SEPTEMBER ON BINGE

First look at the new seasons of popular comedy game shows Taskmaster New Zealand Season 4 and Taskmaster UK Season 16 coming to BINGE this month.

Taskmaster New Zealand is back for its fourth season with the titular Jeremy Wells, ably supported by his assistant Paul Williams, returning to cast judgment over 5 of New Zealand’s best, brightest, and most available comedians.

Season 4 sees our comedian panel of Bubbah, Dai Henwood, Karen O’Leary, Melanie Bracewell and Ray O’Leary attempt a series of tasks at the Taskmaster ranch that will test their mental fortitude, physical prowess, and how good they are at reading. This season sees tasks that include singing duets with themselves, finding bowls of glitter, and becoming British to name but a few.

The omniscient, omnipotent and omnivorous Taskmaster Greg Davies and his stunningly efficient assistant Alex Horne are back on their respective thrones in the award-winning sixteenth season of Taskmaster UK.

Ready to test the mettle of a brand-new set of comics sat before them on much smaller chairs, the quivering quintet who have willingly placed their careers in Greg’s soft hands are: Julian Clary, comedy actor, writer and stand-up Lucy Beaumont, presenter, writer and comedian Sue Perkins, and actor, writer and director Susan Wokoma.

The new season also features Australian multi-award winning stand-up Sam Campbell.

Fans of the Taskmaster franchise can also enjoy the latest seasons of Taskmaster New Zealand and Taskmaster UK on BINGE.

BAFTA and National Comedy Award winning and International Emmy nominated format, hosted by critically-acclaimed comic Greg Davies as The Taskmaster, was created by British comedian Alex Horne, who also stars as the Taskmaster’s Assistant, and originally produced by Avalon. Taskmaster New Zealand is being co-produced by Kevin & Co and Avalon with support from NZ On Air.

TASKMASTER NEW ZEALAND* Season 4 premieres Wednesday September 13 on BINGE and Sunday September 17 on Fox8 at 8.30pm and available On Demand. TASKMASTER UK Season 16 premieres Friday September 22 on BINGE and on Fox8 at 7.30pm and available On Demand.


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OFFICIAL TRAILER RELEASED FOR NEW SEASON OF

AMERICAN HORROR STORY

STARRING KIM KARDASHIAN, CARA DELEVINGNE AND EMMA ROBERTS

PREMIERES 21 SEPTEMBER ON BINGE

The official trailer for the twelfth season of award-winning hit anthology series titled American Horror Story: Delicate, starring Kim Kardashian, Cara Delevingne and Emma Roberts, has been released ahead of its highly anticipated debut on BINGE. The season will be released in two parts.

The long-running anthology series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk tells a different dark tale each year, usually with entirely different characters, although there have been some surprise returns and crossovers in the past.

In American Horror Story: Delicate, after multiple failed attempts of IVF, actress Anna Victoria Alcott (Roberts) wants nothing more than to start a family. As the buzz around her recent film grows, she fears that something may be targeting her - and her pursuit of motherhood.

The series also stars Zachary Quinto, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Matt Czuchry, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Odessa A’zion, Debra Monk and Julie Monk.

Fans of the American Horror Story franchise can stream all the latest seasons available on BINGE.

American Horror Story Season 12 executive produced by Ryan Murphy, co-creator Brad Falchuk, Feiffer, Alexis Martin Woodall and Scott Robertson. Writer and showrunner Halley Feiffer.

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: DELICATE premieres Thursday September 21 on BINGE and Friday September 22 at 8.30pm on Fox Showcase and available On Demand.

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I’m 3 episodes into this and it is not terrible - very much seems like a one-off series (so far) though.

I’m nearly finished this one, its good but Season 2 will be hard to top

OFFICIAL TRAILER AND KEY ART RELEASED FOR SECOND SEASON OF

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

STARRING RHYS DARBY AND TAIKA WAITITI

PREMIERES 5 OCTOBER ON BINGE

The official trailer and key art for the second season of the hit pirate comedy series, Our Flag Means Death, starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi, has been released ahead of the triple episode premiere 5 October on BINGE. The season continues with two new episodes weekly leading up to the season finale on 26 October.

The eight-episode series is based (very) loosely on the true adventures of 18th century would-be pirate Stede Bonnet (Darby). After trading the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede became captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes changed after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard (Waititi). To their surprise, the wildly different Stede and Blackbeard found more than friendship on the high seas…they found love. Now, they have to survive it.

In addition to Darby and Waititi, season two stars returning cast members Samson Kayo, Vico Ortiz, Ewen Bremner, Joel Fry, Matthew Maher, Kristian Nairn, Con O’Neill, David Fane, Samba Schutte, Nat Faxon, and Leslie Jones. New additions joining the ensemble cast include recurring guest stars Ruibo Qian, Madeleine Sami, Anapela Polataivao, and Erroll Shand, and guest stars Minnie Driver and Bronson Pinchot.

Ahead of the Season 2 premiere, viewers can catch up on the first season of Our Flag Means Death available to stream now on BINGE.

Our Flag Means Death is executive produced by Academy Award® winner Taika Waititi, alongside creator-showrunner David Jenkins. In addition to his duties as showrunner, Jenkins directed the first two episodes of season two. Garrett Basch, Dan Halsted, Adam Stein, and Antoine Douaihy also serve as executive producers. Season two was filmed in Auckland, New Zealand.

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH Season 2 premieres on Thursday 5 October on BINGE and on FOX8 at 830pm and is available On Demand.

UPDATE 19/9

TWO-PART DOCUMENTARY

KIM VS KANYE: THE DIVORCE

PREMIERES 21 SEPTEMBER ON BINGE

The two-part documentary Kim vs Kanye: The Divorce premieres with two episodes 21 September on BINGE.

In 2021, American media personality and businesswoman Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kanye West, one of the music industry’s most controversial and revered hip-hop artists. With the couple worth an estimated two-billion dollars, everything was at stake, including their businesses, their families, and most importantly, their reputations.

In this two-part documentary we are given exclusive access into the bitter details of one of the most high-profile divorce cases in history. While it seemed as though the two were made for each other, it soon became known that Kim and Kanye’s marriage was burning down in flames, as Kanye’s behaviour was too much for Kim to bear. As Kim cut Kanye out of the Kardashian empire, neglect, isolation, and love for his family, urged Kanye to try and keep the marriage on track, but he was no match for the Kardashian legal machine.

Fans of Kim Kardashian will also be able to stream American Horror Story: Delicate , starring Kim, Cara Delevingne and Emma Roberts, on the same day (21 September) on BINGE.

KIM VS KANYE: THE DIVORCE - EPISODE SYNOPSIS:

Episode 1: “Kanye’s Story”

Debut date: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

After Kim Kardashian filed for divorce in early 2021, troubled genius Kanye West was determined to keep his marriage and family together at all cost. Insiders and experts detail how Kanye’s mental health struggles eventually led to a bitter two-year divorce that played out on both social media and every tabloid across the world. With unique access to Kanye’s legal team, this is the inside story of how Kanye fought against his divorce and his struggle to retain an influence over his children’s lives. Did the breakup of his family affect his controversial behaviour at the end of 2022?

Episode 2: “Kim’s Story”

Debut date: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

Troubled rapper Kanye West’s controversial behaviour finally forced reality superstar Kim Kardashian to file for divorce in early 2021. This episode reveals insider details on the end of their six-year marriage and tells the story of their two-year divorce from Kim’s perspective. With insights from those close to her, we learn how Kim endured an increasingly troubled marriage and how the TV star coped during a campaign of online harassment waged by her ex-husband, Kanye. Was Kim Kardashian right to call time on her explosive marriage to Kanye West?

KIM VS KANYE: THE DIVORCE premieres Thursday September 21 on BINGE and on FOX Docos at 9.00pm and available On Demand.*

OFFICIAL TRAILER RELEASED FOR SECOND SEASON OF

SHINING VALE

STARRING COURTENEY COX AND GREG KINNEAR

PREMIERES 14 OCTOBER ON BINGE

The official trailer for the second season of the genre-bending horror comedy Shining Vale, starring Emmy Award® nominee Courteney Cox, Academy Award® nominee and Emmy Award® winner Greg Kinnear and Academy Award® winner Mira Sorvino, has been released ahead of its 14 October premiere on BINGE, new episodes drop every Saturday.

The first season followed Pat (Cox) and Terry Phelps (Kinnear) as they decide to cash in their life savings and move from a cramped apartment in Brooklyn, to an old Victorian mansion in Connecticut as a last-ditch effort to save their marriage from Pat’s torrid affair with the handyman. The Phelps quickly learn why the agents were so motivated to sell the house - a few details were glossed over including a triple murder-suicide and a host of other atrocities they neglected to mention.

The hysterical, spine-chilling trailer teases the repercussions following last season’s nail biting cliffhanger and further explores what’s in store for the Phelps family as they continue to be haunted by ghosts and past trauma with plenty of comedic relief along the way. Pat returns home and struggles to live with mental illness among a broken family while battling demons both internally…and externally.

In addition to Cox, Kinnear and Sorvino, the series also stars Gus Birney, Merrin Dungey, Dylan Gage and features Emmy Award® nominees Judith Light, Allison Tolman and Sherilyn Fenn.

Ahead of the Season 2 premiere, viewers can catch up the first season of Shining Vale available to stream now on BINGE.

Shining Vale is executive produced by Jeff Astrof (Trial and Error) from Other Shoe Productions, Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford (Bad Sisters, Motherland) from Merman, and Aaron Kaplan (The Chi, The Neighborhood) and Melanie Frankel from Kapital Entertainment. Courteney Cox also serves as a producer. The series is co-created by Astrof and Horgan. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Television and Lionsgate Television in association with Other Shoe Productions, Merman and Kapital Entertainment.

SHINING VALE Season 2 premieres Saturday October 14 on BINGE and on Fox Showcase at 8.30pm and available On Demand.*

As the article also says, I’m not surprised they’ve picked this up.

It’s not a huge surprise that Colin From Accounts, which was picked up in the UK by the BBC, has landed at Paramount+. It is produced by CBS Studios, in association with Easy Tiger Productions, and is distributed internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW SEASON OF

VIGIL

STARRING SURANNE JONES AND ROSE LESLIE

COMING TO BINGE


First look images of the second season of the gripping drama series Vigil, starring Suranne Jones (Gentleman Jack, Doctor Foster) and Rose Leslie (Game Of Thrones, The Time Traveler’s Wife), have been released ahead of the premiere of the highly anticipated six-episode series coming to BINGE.

In a brand-new investigation, Amy Silva (Jones) and Kirsten Longacre (Leslie) look to the skies as they enter the secret world of drone warfare to catch a killer. Following multiple deaths at a Scottish weapons test, Silva and Longacre are tasked with finding out the cause. Entering the closed ranks of the air force in Scotland and the Middle East, the pair face the deadly warfare of tomorrow as they fight for their own uncertain future.

In addition to Jones and Leslie, season two stars cast member Gary Lewis (His Dark Materials, Granite Harbour) who returns as DSU Robertson. New additions joining the cast include Romola Garai (Becoming Elizabeth, The Hour), Dougray Scott (Crime, Enigma), Amir El-Masry (SAS Rogue Heroes, Limbo), David Elliot (The Liberator, Bulletproof), Chris Jenks (Sex Education, Karen Pirie), Tommy Sim’aan (The Midwich Cuckoos, Doctors), Oscar Salem (House of the Dragon, Des), Jonathan Ajayi (Noughts + Crosses) and Hiba Medina in her first major TV role, all playing key roles across the six new episodes.

Vigil Season 2 is made by World Productions for the BBC. It is written and created by Tom Edge, with episodes by Maryam Hamidi, James Smythe and Ryan O’Sullivan & Matilda Wnek. Series two will be directed by Andy De Emmony (The Nest, The Last Kingdom). The Producer is Marcus Wilson (Doctor Who, Luther) and Associate Producer is George Aza-Selinger. Executive producers are Simon Heath and Jake Lushington for World Productions, Gaynor Holmes for the BBC, and Tom Edge. International distribution is handled by ITV Studios.

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FIRST LOOK AT NEW DOCUMENTARY

THE RINGLEADER: THE CASE OF THE BLING RING

PREMIERES 2 OCTOBER ON BINGE

The official trailer and key art for the new documentary The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring, directed by Emmy®-nominated filmmaker Erin Lee Carr (I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth V. Michelle Carter and At The Heart of Gold: Inside The USA Gymnastics Scandal), has been released today ahead of its 2 October premiere on BINGE.

In a candid, first-time interview with Rachel Lee, the so-called teenage mastermind behind a string of high-profile celebrity robberies in 2008 and 2009, the documentary examines the motivations of Lee and a group of her friends who broke into celebrity homes in Hollywood to ransack and steal, exploring the possible reasons behind her actions including mental health issues and addictions, as well as the climate of celebrity excess that fueled the teens, recontextualizing the events behind the sensational headlines.

In the mid-2000s, dozens of celebrity homes were burglarized and the crime ring behind it all was surprisingly unsophisticated – teenagers from Calabasas. At the centre of the controversy is 19-year-old Rachel Lee. According to her co-defendants, she led the burglaries at the homes of Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Lindsay Lohan. Lee remained silent while the media and her former friends branded her the ringleader of a series of crimes that captured the culture’s fascination.

Over 10 years later and following a prison sentence, Lee speaks for the first time intimately about her childhood and her role in the crime spree and outlines the culture of celebrity worship that prevailed in the early 2000s, when socialites and Hollywood stars flaunted their wealth and designer lifestyles on social media and popular reality shows. Driven by a need to be seen as a cool kid in high school and to emulate the lives of her idols, and using celebrity websites to track her victims’ whereabouts, Lee, along with her friends, targeted such bold-faced names as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Orlando Bloom, breaking into their homes and helping themselves to over three million dollars’ worth of watches, jewellery, designer clothing, and cash. Chronicling the months of burglaries, the drama that transpired in the aftermath of the arrests and prosecutions, and the subsequent casting of blame, The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring sheds light on a culture that led troubled teenagers from a well to do California neighbourhood who nevertheless felt like outsiders, to covet, and believe they deserved, the lifestyles of the rich and famous.

Lee is joined by journalists Allen Salkin and Amy Kaufman, Deputy District Attorneys for L.A. County Christine Kee and Sarika Kim, burglary victim Eden Shizzle and Rachel’s father David Lee.

A Story Syndicate Production in association with Carr Lot Productions The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring. Directed by Erin Lee Carr; producers, Erin Lee Carr, Dani Sloane; executive producers, Sandi Tan, Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, Jon Bardin, Kate Barry. For HBO: executive producers, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez.

THE RINGLEADER: THE CASE OF THE BLING RING premieres Monday October 2 on BINGE and on FOX Docos at 9.30pm and available On Demand.*

DC FAVOURITE SERIES

DOOM PATROL

RETURNS FOR PART TWO OF THE FOURTH AND FINAL SEASON

PREMIERES 12 OCT OBER ON BINGE

The epic journey to the series finale of the popular DC series Doom Patrol continues with the six-episode second instalment of Season 4 premiering with two new episodes 12 October on BINGE, followed by one new episode weekly through 9 November.

In the series’ gripping final episodes, the Doom Patrol meet old friends and foes as they race to defeat Immortus and get back their longevities. Battling between saving the world and each other, the Doom Patrol are forced to face their deepest fears and decide if they are ready to let go of the past in order to take their future into their own hands… and away from the zombie butts.

Season four stars Brendan Fraser, Matt Bomer, Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, Joivan Wade, Michelle Gomez, Skye Roberts, Riley Shanahan, and Matthew Zuk.

Fans can stream every episode of every season of Doom Patrol ahead of part two of the final season on BINGE.

Doom Patrol is produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television with showrunner Jeremy Carver, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Chris Dingess and Tamara Becher-Wilkinson serving as executive producers. The series is based on characters created for DC by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani.

DOOM PATROL premieres Thursday October 12 on BINGE and Saturday October 14 on FOX8 at 8.30pm and available On Demand.*

Just got an email from Binge about yet another price increase, the standard package is increasing from $16 to $18 month.

It already went from $14 to $16 a month in July last year.

The email also mentions 4K streaming on compatible devices coming from late October.

As well it makes mention of news channels streaming from late October too.

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This is cool! I wonder if it’s too much to hope for HDR and Dolby Vision. Or that American shows actually get shown in the correct frame rate

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