NOW TV
E356474
NOW TV is a subscription-based streaming television service offering on-demand movies, entertainment, and sports content, primarily in the UK and Ireland.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3440284 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NOW TV Context triple: [NOW, formerName, NOW TV]
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A.
NET TV
NET TV is a Catholic television network based in Brooklyn that produces and broadcasts religious and community programming for the Diocese of Brooklyn and surrounding areas.
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B.
Nine Network
Nine Network is a major Australian commercial television network known for broadcasting popular news, sports, and entertainment programming nationwide.
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C.
Star TV
Star TV is a major Asian satellite television network known for its broad entertainment and news programming across multiple countries.
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D.
ThisTV Network
ThisTV Network is a U.S. digital multicast television network known for airing a wide selection of classic movies and television series.
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E.
Bell TV
Bell TV is a Canadian direct-to-home satellite and IPTV television service provider owned by BCE Inc.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NOW TV Target entity description: NOW TV is a subscription-based streaming television service offering on-demand movies, entertainment, and sports content, primarily in the UK and Ireland.
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A.
NET TV
NET TV is a Catholic television network based in Brooklyn that produces and broadcasts religious and community programming for the Diocese of Brooklyn and surrounding areas.
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B.
Nine Network
Nine Network is a major Australian commercial television network known for broadcasting popular news, sports, and entertainment programming nationwide.
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C.
Star TV
Star TV is a major Asian satellite television network known for its broad entertainment and news programming across multiple countries.
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D.
ThisTV Network
ThisTV Network is a U.S. digital multicast television network known for airing a wide selection of classic movies and television series.
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E.
Bell TV
Bell TV is a Canadian direct-to-home satellite and IPTV television service provider owned by BCE Inc.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
over-the-top media service
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subscription-based streaming television service ⓘ video on demand service ⓘ |
| accessModel | contract-free ⓘ |
| availableOnPlatform |
desktop computer
ⓘ
game console ⓘ mobile device ⓘ set-top box ⓘ smart TV ⓘ streaming media player ⓘ tablet ⓘ |
| brandOf | Sky Group ⓘ |
| businessModel | subscription ⓘ |
| contentCategory |
entertainment
ⓘ
movies ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
Ireland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | streaming ⓘ |
| genre | television streaming service ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
multi-device access
ⓘ
on-demand playback ⓘ |
| hasService |
live streaming
ⓘ
on-demand streaming ⓘ |
| industry |
entertainment
ⓘ
media ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| offers |
live television channels
ⓘ
on-demand entertainment content ⓘ on-demand movies ⓘ on-demand sports content ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Sky Group ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Sky Group ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Sky Group ⓘ |
| primaryMarket |
Ireland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo |
Sky cinema content
ⓘ
Sky entertainment channels ⓘ Sky Sport ⓘ
surface form:
Sky sports channels
|
| region | Europe ⓘ |
| requires | internet connection ⓘ |
| serviceType |
internet television
ⓘ
subscription video on demand ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
cord-cutters
ⓘ
online streaming users ⓘ pay TV customers ⓘ |
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 TV Description of subject: NOW TV is a subscription-based streaming television service offering on-demand movies, entertainment, and sports content, primarily in the UK and Ireland.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Now TV
this entity surface form:
Now TV