Cosmopolitan USA – September 2019

“I convinced
my brother to ask
my parents for HBO
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use it.”

What’s the fate of live TV? Dan Rayburn, a streaming video expert and analyst

at Frost & Sullivan, broke it down for us. Basically, live TV is not going away, thanks to one

major thing: sports. Companies like the NFL and MLB have contracts worth big bucks.

There’s way more

to Disney than

cartoon princesses.

The best of Pixar,

Marvel, and Star

Wars movies will

live here as one

big happy family.

Plus brand-new TV

shows and movies,

à la Netflix.

This service will live

within the Apple TV

app you probs

already have on

your phone, so it’ll

be easy to access

while you’re, like,

stuck at the airport

during yet another

delay. (But you’ll

pay an extra fee for

the Plus content.)

So, you’ll get HBO

content (hi, Game

of Thrones), major

blockbusters, and

the big DC super-

hero movies (Chris-

tian Bale as Batman

is the only Batman

we accept).

Since the com-

pany owns all the

NBC shows and

Universal movies,

there will be tons

of stuff to watch.

(The service itself

is still nameless,

BTW.)

Besides the

got The Simpsons

and every new

Disney movie

streaming here

~exclusively~.

Plus is all about

originals, so the

advantage to this

streamer is kinda

TBD, but it’s Apple

and it’s original

content. Chances

are, it’ll be good.

Highlights should

include HBO

classics, like Sex

and the City and

Entourage, your

best films (A Star

Is Born, anyone?!),

and the crown

jewel: Friends.

I t s h o u l d h a v e a l l

your NBC s,

including SNL

and The Office,

and big Universal

franchises like

The Purge, Fifty

Shades, and Fast

and Furious.

High School Musi-

cal is coming back

as a TV show, and

Disney is launching

the first-ever Star

Wars TV series,

The Mandalorian.

Your dad will

be pumped.

The celebs are

coming thru with

shows starring

Reese Wither-

spoon, Jennifer

Aniston, Jason

Momoa, and none

other than Oprah.

Oprah!

Kaley Cuoco,

and Ansel Elgort

are among the

stars who’ve

signed on to

new projects,

from rom-coms to

true-story thrillers.

No announced

plans (yet!) for

original content,

but expect it to

launch before the

2020 Summer

Olympics, just in

time for Hot Swim-

mer programming.

$6.99 a month

or $69.99 a

year, which is

insanely low.

tends to be

expensive!

Rumor is that

it’ll cost $16 or

$17 a month.

You’ll reportedly

b e a b l e t o s u b -

scribe for about

$10 a month.

I f y o u’r e T h a t G i r l

who knows all the

words to “Colors

of the Wind,” this

one has your name

written all over it.

All we know so far

is that it’ll have new

shows we’ve never

seen. Consider us

intrigued!

We want it! This

one could change

the game, based

on how much

content and $$$

it has.

Honestly, worth it for

The Office alone...

and did we mention

Hot Swimmer

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“I used my

ex’s Netflix

account for two

years after we broke

up—I just watched

everything using his

sister’s profile.”

Your guide to the newbs

Okay, what about the love of our lives, Netflix? Netflix is the Regina George of

streaming, having lit-er-a-lly invented binge watching. But Rayburn says some of its rivals might start

to outpace it because, well, they have Toaster Strudel heiress money. “They can afford to lose money

on original shows because they can make it up somewhere else,” Rayburn says. Disney’s a perfect

example. It can make money in so many different ways: cruises, theme parks, toys, etc. Netflix makes

money only one way. Don’t panic yet, but soak up those Netflix weekends while you can.

BEHOLD,

YOUR BUNDLE

YOUR NEEDS

You must have all

the TV shows. TV is

everything.

SUBSCRIBE TO

Apple TV+, HBO Max,

and NBCUniversal,

because they’re about to

have the buzziest new

stuff and the best oldies.

BALLPARK BILL

$60/month (including

Netflix, obvs)

YOUR NEEDS

Classic movies. Your

number one priority is

reliving your youth.

SUBSCRIBE TO

Disney+ and

NBCUniversal, because

the movie archive will be

extensive on both—from

Despicable Me to The

Incredibles.

BALLPARK BILL

$19/month

YOUR NEEDS

You’re a reruns-only

kinda girl. The new stuff

isn’t for you.

SUBSCRIBE TO

NBCUniversal and

HBO Max, because

The Office and Game

of Thrones both require

yearly rewatches.

BALLPARK BILL

$46/month

(including Netflix)

YOUR NEEDS

Reality TV is your

life. You’re an amateur

Reality Steve.

SUBSCRIBE TO

Eh, none of these.

Hulu and Netflix might

still be your best bet.

BALLPARK BILL

$19/month

WE CAN SEE THE FUTURE, AND...

“I logged

o n t o m y b o y -

friend’s email to

reset his Netflix

password after I

forgot it.”