NBC’s free news streaming service, NBC News Now, will launch in May

NBC will launch a free, streaming News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xjcdga1d01596b0a6ba3/index.html" target="_blank">service called NBC News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News Now in early May, which will include eight hours of daily programming and live hourly updated. The News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xjcdga1d01596b0a6ba3/index.html" target="_blank">service, which was announced by NBC News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News President Noah Oppenheim at SXSW this weekend, will rival existing streaming News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News efforts from CBS and ABC, which today operate CBSN and ABC News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News Live, respectively.

The NBC News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News Now streaming network will include original reporting as well as content sourced from other NBC News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News properties, Oppenheim said.

“We will be doing original work that will be specific for the streaming News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xjcdga1d01596b0a6ba3/index.html" target="_blank">service, we will be drawing from the reporting that takes place across all the other NBC News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News properties,” he said, according to a report from News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News/nbc-to-launch-streaming-News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News-News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xjcdga1d01596b0a6ba3/index.html" target="_blank">service-in-early-may">Broadcasting Cable. “We will actually be reaching into other corners of NBCUniversal, E! News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News, sports, you name it, for some of that content.”

.@noahoppenheim: 'NBC News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News Now' will launch digitally at beginning of May with 8 hours of programming, updates every hour, moving toward 24 hours; a new way to access reporting of News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCNews.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.

People’s consumption habits are changing rapidly; it’s not limited to just young people.

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He also said that when breaking News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News occurs, the streaming network will switch to live programming. The News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xjcdga1d01596b0a6ba3/index.html" target="_blank">service will be free and ad-supported, and will be available across streaming boxes like Apple TV and Roku.

The company was already known to be working on a News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News streaming News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xjcdga1d01596b0a6ba3/index.html" target="_blank">service. According to News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News/nbc-News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News-streaming-News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xjcdga1d01596b0a6ba3/index.html" target="_blank">service-coming-focus-1117642">reports from last year, the company had teased its plans as a “new kind of News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News channel for a rising generation of News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News junkies.”

The move comes at a time when cord cutting is accelerating, leaving traditional News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News and media companies trying different paths to reach consumers – typically by bringing their News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News online, instead of only through TV airways and pay TV subscriptions.

NBC News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News has already experimented with different News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News formats – as with its Snapchat News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News show, “Stay Tuned,” which hit 1,000 episodes streamed just last week and averages 30 million views per month – over 70 percent with those under the age of 25.

Other News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News networks are finding different ways to stream.

CBS has heavily invested in CBSN, its 24/7 News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News channel first launched back in 2014. In more recent months, the company added CBSN to its streaming app, CBS All Access, and News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News-streaming-News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xjcdga1d01596b0a6ba3/index.html" target="_blank">services/">debuted a new portfolio of News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xjcdga1d01596b0a6ba3/index.html" target="_blank">services under the CBSN brand focused on local News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News. ABC News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News Live, meanwhile, became the first live News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xjcdga1d01596b0a6ba3/index.html" target="_blank">service News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News-to-its-free-channel-including-the-new-streaming-network-abc-News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News-live/">Roku added to its free streaming hub, The Roku Channel.