NOW (streaming service)
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NOW is a UK-based subscription streaming and internet television service offering on-demand access to Sky’s entertainment, movies, and sports content without a long-term contract.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NOW (streaming service) canonical | 8 |
| NOW (Sky streaming service) | 2 |
| Now (Italian streaming service) | 1 |
| Now (streaming service) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3440163 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: NOW (streaming service) Context triple: [Sky UK Limited, operates, NOW (streaming service)]
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A.
Hulu
Hulu is a U.S.-based subscription streaming service offering on-demand access to a wide range of television shows, films, and original content.
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B.
Netflix
Netflix is a global streaming entertainment company best known for its vast library of films and TV series and its influential original content.
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C.
HBO Max
HBO Max is a streaming service from WarnerMedia that offers a wide library of movies, series, and original content from HBO and related brands.
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D.
Paramount+
Paramount+ is a subscription-based streaming service from Paramount Global that offers live sports, original series, and a wide range of on-demand TV shows and movies.
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E.
Crave (streaming service)
Crave is a Canadian subscription streaming service offering a wide range of television series, films, and original programming, including content from major networks like HBO and Showtime.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: NOW (streaming service) Target entity description: NOW is a UK-based subscription streaming and internet television service offering on-demand access to Sky’s entertainment, movies, and sports content without a long-term contract.
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A.
Hulu
Hulu is a U.S.-based subscription streaming service offering on-demand access to a wide range of television shows, films, and original content.
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B.
Netflix
Netflix is a global streaming entertainment company best known for its vast library of films and TV series and its influential original content.
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C.
HBO Max
HBO Max is a streaming service from WarnerMedia that offers a wide library of movies, series, and original content from HBO and related brands.
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D.
Paramount+
Paramount+ is a subscription-based streaming service from Paramount Global that offers live sports, original series, and a wide range of on-demand TV shows and movies.
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E.
Crave (streaming service)
Crave is a Canadian subscription streaming service offering a wide range of television series, films, and original programming, including content from major networks like HBO and Showtime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
internet television service
ⓘ
subscription streaming service ⓘ |
| accessPlatform | internet ⓘ |
| brand | NOW ⓘ |
| brandOwner | Sky ⓘ |
| businessModel | subscription ⓘ |
| contentBrand |
Sky Atlantic
ⓘ
Sky Cinema ⓘ Sky Sports ⓘ |
| contentProvider | Sky ⓘ |
| contractType | no long-term contract ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formerName | NOW TV ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
British streaming service
ⓘ
Sky Group service ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
contract-free subscription
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live channel streaming ⓘ multi-device access ⓘ on-demand playback ⓘ |
| hasPassType |
Cinema Membership
ⓘ
Entertainment Membership ⓘ Hayu Membership ⓘ Sports Membership ⓘ |
| industry |
television broadcasting
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video on demand ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| offers |
entertainment content
ⓘ
live television channels ⓘ movies ⓘ on-demand video content ⓘ sports content ⓘ |
| operatingArea | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| owner | Sky Group ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Comcast
ⓘ
Sky Group ⓘ |
| regionServed | Ireland ⓘ |
| serviceLaunchCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| serviceType | over-the-top media service ⓘ |
| supportsDeviceType |
desktop computer
ⓘ
game console ⓘ mobile device ⓘ smart TV ⓘ streaming media player ⓘ tablet ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nowtv.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: NOW (streaming service) Description of subject: NOW is a UK-based subscription streaming and internet television service offering on-demand access to Sky’s entertainment, movies, and sports content without a long-term contract.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: NOW (streaming service)
linked to: NOW (streaming service)
linked to: NOW (streaming service)