{"id":96539,"date":"2018-10-26T21:40:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T21:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/filmstruck-a-classic-movie-streaming-service-shuts-down-next-month-cnet\/"},"modified":"2018-10-26T21:40:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T21:40:17","slug":"filmstruck-a-classic-movie-streaming-service-shuts-down-next-month-cnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/filmstruck-a-classic-movie-streaming-service-shuts-down-next-month-cnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Filmstruck, a classic movie streaming service, shuts down next month     \u2013 CNET"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><figcaption>\n<p>The FilmStruck streaming service will stop playing movies on Nov. 29.<\/p>\n<p>                                                     FilmStruck                                                 <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmstruck.com\/us\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FilmStruck<\/a>, a streaming service that specialized in classic movies, including those from the highly regarded <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Criterion_Collection\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Criterion Collection<\/a>, is shutting down.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming service announced Friday that <a href=\"https:\/\/help.us.filmstruck.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360011296913-When-is-FilmStruck-shutting-down-\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FilmStruck will shut down on Nov. 29<\/a>, and is offering customers the ability to get refunds for any months remaining in their plan. The service will not be accepting any new customers as it winds down.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;All levels of the FilmStruck service are being discontinued. This includes the FilmStruck Only Monthly package, the FilmStruck+Criterion Monthly package, the FilmStruck+Criterion Annual package, and the FilmStruck+Criterion Student package,&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/help.us.filmstruck.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360011296993-Which-parts-of-FilmStruck-are-being-discontinued-\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the service lists in its FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FilmStruck was launched in November 2016 by the Turner Broadcasting System. It served as the company&#039;s first streaming service, providing a home for Turner Classic Movies, the Criterion Collection and titles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/5431-tcm-brings-hollywood-classics-to-filmstruck\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">from the Warner Bros. library such as Casablanca and Singin&#039; in the Rain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FilmStruck is now owned by AT&amp;T, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/at-t-completes-85-billion-mega-merger-with-time-warner\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the phone company&#039;s acquisition of Time Warner in June<\/a>. &quot;While FilmStruck has a very loyal fanbase, it remains largely a niche service,&quot; Turner and WB Digital Networks told <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/digital\/news\/filmstruck-shutdown-warnermedia-turner-1202998364\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Variety in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnet2.cbsistatic.com\/img\/y-qNn26Dz8z8J8AmUHs0bBEg7e8=\/194x109\/2018\/08\/28\/4de79431-a5d6-480e-addd-832b2d9e488d\/serrels-scottishcasting-thumb.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>                                                                  Now playing:                         Watch this:                                          We need real Scottish accents in movies                 <\/p>\n<p>                                               1:16                                      <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FilmStruck streaming service will stop playing movies on Nov. 29.<\/p>\n<p> FilmStruck <\/p>\n<p>FilmStruck, a s..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Filmstruck, a classic movie streaming service, shuts down next month   \u2013 CNET - Business News Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The FilmStruck streaming service will stop playing movies on Nov. 29.  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