From: liam@valentijn.nu   
      
   Op 1-12-2018 om 13:28 schreef David:   
   > https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/facebook-buffy-vampire-s   
   ayer-angel-firefly-joss-whedon-1203051189/   
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   > Facebook Streaming All Episodes of Joss Whedon’s ‘Buffy the Vampire   
   > Slayer,’ ‘Angel,’ ‘Firefly’ for Free   
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   > Facebook is playing the nostalgia card in its latest bid to drive up   
   > video viewing and video ad sales: using TV reruns.   
   >   
   > The social-media giant is launching every episode of Joss Whedon’s   
   > supernatural drama “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and spinoff “Angel”   
   along   
   > with sci-fi show “Firefly” on Facebook Watch for free to users the U.S.   
   > All 268 episodes of the shows will be available to watch starting   
   > Friday, Nov. 30, under a licensing pact with 20th Century Fox Television.   
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   > Facebook has set up dedicated show pages for each of the series:   
   >   
   > “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” will be available at this link;   
   > https://www.facebook.com/BuffyTheVampireSlayerTheSeries/   
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   > “Angel” is available at this link; https://www.facebook.co   
   /AngelTheSeries/   
   >   
   > and “Firefly” is streaming here; https://www.facebook.com/   
   ireflyTheSeries/   
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   >     Facebook believes the cult-favorite shows — particularly “Buffy”   
   —   
   > will drive up watch time by letting fans experience the series in a   
   > brand-new, social way (along with the fact they’re free to watch). This   
   > week it expanded the Watch Party co-viewing feature to everyone on   
   > Facebook, making it possible for users to start Watch Parties from their   
   > Timeline or from any public video on Facebook. The company’s hope is   
   > that “Buffy,” “Angel” and “Firefly” will spawn thousands of   
   Watch Party   
   > sessions.   
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   >     Facebook also is enlisting talent from the shows to promote the free   
   > streaming — including Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of the “Buffy the   
   > Vampire Slayer” series. On Friday, Gellar announced the free streaming   
   > of the show in a video on her Facebook Page, which has nearly 1 million   
   > followers, in which she underscored the platform’s co-viewing features   
   > to watch along with other “Buffy” fans on Facebook.   
   >   
   >     “It’s time to slay all day,” Gellar says in the announcement.   
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   > David   
      
      
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