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Honda Intros Streaming Epix Movies in Connected Minivans

The idea of autonomous or self-driving cars tends to cause some controversy, especially from those who want to keep their own hands on the wheel and want to remain in control of the driving experience.

However, the connectedness in connected cars may, at least initially, be aimed at serving and entertaining passengers in those cars.

MGM’s Epix just announced that its streaming video app will be integrated into the back seats of Honda’s 2018 minivan.

Epix says this is the first entertainment service globally to launch an app that makes its movies, original series and other original programming available to passengers in a connected car, through a subscription to Epix, of course.

“As vehicles evolve to become the ultimate mobile device, we are pleased to work with Honda to develop new entertainment experiences for second and third row passengers and pioneer this next chapter of streaming video and true TV Everywhere,” stated Mark Greenberg, president and CEO of Epix.

This is a major step beyond the old method of using DVD’s to watch movies in back seats.

Car connectivity is hardly new. Back in early 2014, at the annual CES convention in Las Vegas, General Motors and AT&T teamed to present their vision of the car of the future and how commerce could fit in.

More recently, GM announced that Chevy owners now can get an unlimited amount of data through their car for $20 a month

Connected cars will grow from 30 million globally at the end of last year to more than 200 million by 2020, according to Futuresource, which projects that autonomous driving will not have a significant impact through 2020.

Futuresource expects autonomous vehicles to reach the consumer market by 2020, accounting for the production of 10% of all vehicles, but not until 2035.

Meanwhile, passengers in the back of Honda minivans will be streaming movies.

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  1. R MARK REASBECK from www.USAonly.US , June 9, 2017 at 10:57 p.m.

    just one more useless tech excuse to further disconnect people from conversation, interaction and actual parent-child bonding.   The Tech-babysitter.   Great idea, have a screen in your kid's face 24 hours a day...................step right up folks a generation of diconnected morons is close behind. 
    So tired of seeing a family at restaurants and EVERYONE is playing with a cell phone.  Mom's can't stop the facebook urge, dad's  looking up useless sports info, and the kids playing imbasilic games killing birds or counting candy.................sad future for 'Merica.

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