FX Launches Ad-Free Streaming Service for Comcast Subscribers

Another cable network is jumping into streaming.

FX is launching its own stand-alone streaming service, bringing users ad-free viewing of its current slate of shows — including “Atlanta” and “American Horror Story” — for $5.99 a month. The new service, dubbed FX+, stems from a partnership between the cable channel and Comcast, and will be available only through Comcast’s XFinity platform starting Sept. 5. It’ll also include content from FXX as well.

“This initiative represents the first of its kind for an ad-supported cable network, and begins to put us on equal footing with premium networks and streaming services,” FX’s chief executive, John Landgraf, said in a statement.

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FX+ subscribers will be able to watch a number of catalog shows, like “The Shield” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” but many of the network’s main attractions will be missing due to existing deals with other providers. “The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” has been grabbed by Netflix, and Amazon has staked its claim to “The Americans.”

The deal signals a growing trend in cable, with FX following in the footsteps of AMC — which debuted its own $5-a-month streaming service with Comcast last month. It also points to the increasing importance for networks to control their own catalog of content. A library of shows will serve channels better than licensing their content to streaming juggernauts like Netflix and Hulu as these services become more commonplace.

Netflix in August: What's Coming and What to Watch Before It's Gone (Photos)

It's that time of month again: Time to freshen up your Netflix watch lists with a slew of new content. As usual, there are plenty of new Netflix Originals -- both movies and series -- along with some old favorites. Scroll all the way through to the end to catch a few beloved movies you may want to catch before they leave the streaming platform.
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Arriving Aug. 1: "Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ"

If you like Netflix's "Narcos," then you might very well also enjoy this new series based on the book by John Jairo Velasquez, aka "Popeye." He was the lead assassin in Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's circle.
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Arriving Aug. 3: "Sing"

The children's movie about a singing competition in a world of anthropomorphic animals was nominated for two Golden Globes, for Best Animated Picture and Best Original Song.

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Arriving Aug. 4: "Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later"

All of your favorite campers and counselors are back to follow through on their promise to catch up with each other a decade after camp.
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Arriving Aug. 4: "Icarus"

This Netflix Original documentary takes a deep dive into the 2016 Sochi Olympics doping scandal and its effects on the larger sports community.
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Arriving Aug. 5: "Holes"

Based on Louis Sachar's YA novel of the same name, "Holes" follows the story of a boy wrongfully convicted of a crime and sent to a detention camp where the punishment is digging holes all day. It's a nostalgic favorite for anyone who was in middle school in 2003.
Disney
Arriving Aug. 11: "White Gold"

Yeah -- that's Ed Westwick, best known for playing Chuck Bass in "Gossip Girl." Now he plays a cocky salesman in BBC Two's adult comedy series.

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BBC
Arriving Aug. 11: "Atypical"

A new dramedy from Netflix follows the life of Sam (Keir Gilchrist), an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum who decides to start dating.
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Arriving Aug. 18: "Marvel's The Defenders"

The next Marvel series to hit Netflix will bring together all of Hell's Kitchen's protectors: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. "The Defenders" was a hit at San Diego Comic-Con 2017 -- continue the fun this August.

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Netflix
Arriving Aug. 18: "What Happened to Monday"

This dystopian thriller takes place in a world where families are limited to one child. But a set of identical septuplets defies that rule, taking turns going out in to the world -- until one of them disappears.
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Arriving Aug. 25: "Disjointed"

Kathy Bates stars in this marijuana-themed comedy co-created with Chuck Lorre. Bates plays a pot dispensary owner in Los Angeles.
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Arriving Aug. 25: "Death Note"

"Death Note" is based on a Japanese manga series about a boy who finds a mystical book that has the power to kill whosever name is written in it.
Netflix
Arriving Aug. 25: "Once Upon a Time"

Season 6 of ABC's fan favorite series about re-imagined Disney stories is hitting the streaming service.
ABC
Leaving Aug. 1: "10 Things I Hate About You"

This classic teen rom-com is leaving on the first of the month. Watch it before it's gone to get your fill of Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles in a modern take on Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew."

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Buena Vista Pictures
Leaving Aug. 1: "The Lizzie McGuire Movie"

Remind yourself what dreams are made of and watch all of Lizzie's (Hilary Duff) adventures in Rome as she moonlights as an Italian pop star. This is another nostalgia play for those who were pre-teens in '03.
Disney
Leaving Aug. 4: "Superbad"

Another one to watch one more time before it leaves Netflix: your dose of McLovin'.

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Don’t worry, your superhero fix doesn’t have to stop at the movie theater

It's that time of month again: Time to freshen up your Netflix watch lists with a slew of new content. As usual, there are plenty of new Netflix Originals -- both movies and series -- along with some old favorites. Scroll all the way through to the end to catch a few beloved movies you may want to catch before they leave the streaming platform.

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