Cordkillers 492 - Rings of NyQuil

Old stuff might be new again…at least for formats and content, Netflix snubs the Apple App store, and concerts are big in theaters.

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Next week: Cheers (1125, "One for the Road")

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SUPPLY RUN

DVD and Blu-ray may be coming back. At a value and permanence that streaming doesn’t bring, there’s a case for physical media coming back, especially in collectible forms.

SEARCH PARTY

Apple has ordered 10 episodes of Graham Roland’s Neuromancer, can it find relevance today? Hacks will return on May 2nd for Season 3, James Gunn renamed Superman: Legacy to simply “Superman”, The Rings of Power is already prepping Season 3, and Eugene Levy enters the building where all the murders happen.

BURIED TREASURE

Brian: Dune Part 2, Starship Troopers

Tom: Twinkling Watermelon

SCANNING THE HORIZON

Netflix won’t let you pay through the Apple App store anymore.

Tubi changed its logo with “Hello Yellow” text and a “Turple” background.

Amazon issued an update to FireTV streaming devices that broke the ability to skip the homescreen.

BBC Studios paid £255M ($322M) to acquire ITV’s share of their joint venture BritBox.

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé concert films drove AMC’s Q4 growth.

Warner Bros. Discovery backs out of Paramount Global merger.

CHATTER

Richard, Antwoine, and Jon