US reruns of the popular television sitcom ‘Friends’ will move in 2020 from Netflix Inc to a new streaming service from AT&T Inc’s WarnerMedia called HBO Max, WarnerMedia announced on Tuesday.
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The service will offer more than a dozen original shows and movies from stars including Reese Witherspoon and Anna Kendrick, plus programming from AT&T-owned networks such as HBO and TBS and classics from the Warner Bros film and TV library.
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HBO Max is scheduled to launch next spring with 10,000 hours of programming, WarnerMedia said in a statement.
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It will compete with Netflix, Walt Disney Co’s upcoming Disney+ streaming service, and other digital subscription options as traditional media companies seek to attract online viewers.
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‘Friends’, a TV hit in the 1990s, was the second-most-watched show on Netflix in the United States when measured by minutes streamed, according to Nielsen data for 2018.
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The most-viewed Netflix show was workplace comedy ‘The Office’, which will switch from Netflix to a planned digital offering from Comcast Corp’s NBCUniversal in 2021.
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Netflix, in a comment on Twitter, said it was “sorry to see ‘Friends’ go” at the beginning of 2020. “Thanks for the memories, gang,” the company said.
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Original programming on HBO Max will include two movies from Witherspoon’s production company and four from Greg Berlanti, producer of ‘Riverdale’ on the CW. Kendrick will star in a romantic comedy anthology series called ‘Love Life’.
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A subscription price for HBO Max was not announced.
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