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New York • NBCUniversal's latest effort to target millennials is coming: An online video service focused on comedy that costs $4 a month.
The service, Seeso, will have original content and NBC shows like "30 Rock" and "The Office," "Saturday Night Live," standup and the "Monty Python" movies. The plan is for a January debut.
NBCUniversal and its owner, cable and Internet giant Comcast, have been trying different ways to get young people's attention as live TV viewing declines, like investing in new media outlets BuzzFeed and Vox.
But Seeso will have to compete for attention in a crowded market. There's live online TV like Dish Network's Sling; Netflix, with its huge library of content; HBO's online channel; and niche services like anime-focused Crunchyroll.