Netflix won't release 'Turbo: FAST' for binge viewing
By Brian Stelter, CNN
Netflix embraced the binge-viewing phenomenon when it released entire seasons of several shows this year. Subscribers bragged about watching all 13 episodes of "House of Cards" or "Orange is the New Black" in a weekend - and sometimes in a single sitting.
For its first series for children, called "Turbo: FAST," Netflix is trying a different strategy.
On Tuesday, Netflix said it will release five episodes on Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, and release other batches of episodes - it calls them "pods" - around future holidays.
Does that mean other series will be similarly staggered? Like, say, season two of "House of Cards"?
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