Cordkillers Ep. 37 - Crozakistan
Netflix comes to everywhere including Linux and Luxembourg. Plus YouTube is losing its stars!
CordKillers: Ep. 37 - Crozakistan
Recorded: September 23, 2014
Guest: Bill Doran
Intro Video
Primary Target
- PewDiePie Joins MLG, ‘BroKen’ to Stream Exclusively on eSports Network
- - Last Monday, Felix Kjellberg, AKA PewDiePie will stream episode of his series BroKen premieres exclusively on MLG.TV
- YouTube Funding Original Content Again
- - Thursday, YouTube’s Alex Carloss wrote a blog post saying it will invest millions of dollars in some of its biggest stars.
- Where do the most people go for TV online? YouTube
- - 38% said YouTube. 33% Netflix. 17% Hulu. 14% Amazon Prime.
- YouTube is a big success on cable boxes in Hungary. So when will it launch elsewhere?
Signal Intelligence
- Netflix's European tour comes to an end in Belgium and Luxembourg
- -Netflix launched in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Now 40 countries.
- Netflix’s secret weapon to conquer Europe: pay TV boxes
- -Adding itself to settop boxes from DT, Bouygues Telecom in France,
- Netflix support is officially making its way to Linux, finally
- - HTML5 version of Netflix making it playable on Linux.
Gear Up
- Slingbox And Twitch Are Both Finally Compatible With Chromecast
- - Sling gives remote control on device, Twitch gives chat.
Front Lines
- Otter Media, which is a joint venture of AT&T and the Chernin Group is buying a controlling stake in Fullscreen
- -Fullscreen features the Fine Brothers, Connor Franta, Andrea Russett, and O2L among others. Otter already owns Crunchyroll.
- If you sign up for a year of service, AT&T will give you 45 Mbps Internet, basic TV, HBO AND Amazon Prime for $39 a month.
- Apple and Amazon both introduced Family Sharing for media last week
- -Apple’s comes with iOS8 and is called Family Sharing. One account is billed for everything from up to 5 family members. Amazon’s is called Family Library and will come at the end of October. Books, audiobooks and Prime Instant video will be shareable with same billing address.
Under surveillance
- Vimeo has 80 episodes of MTS3K for $300 PLUS rights to future episodes that have not been available on Hulu or iTunes previously.
- Hulu has a deal with Bad Robot to produce a nine-hour series based on Stephen King’s book 11/22/63
- Netflix picked up two seasons of a Judd Apatow show called Love starring Gillian Jacobs and Paul Rust.
- -"a couple in the throes of experiencing the 'exhilarations and humiliations of intimacy, commitment, and other things they were hoping to avoid.'" Expected in 2016.
- Brian: Fargo, more marvel cinematic universe w/penny, Doctor Who season 2, BLUES CLUES SO MUCH BLUES CLUES, and Edge of Tomorrow for the 3rd time. (it's a really good movie)
- Tom: Fargo, Haven, The Leftovers, Once Upon a Time, Doctor Who, The Shield (305)
- Bill: Sherlock... Twice.
On Our Radar
- Gotham, Arrow, Agents of SHIELD also the The Boxtrolls hits theaters.
Dispatches from the Front
Hey guys, know you've been working hard, but it is really out of step of taking a vacation without giving your 1900+ bosses a heads up before doing so. Some sort of note from a doctor's or checking with others in your workgroup so your job responsibilities don't get forgotten while you are away, or something.
and could you check that the TPS reports have the up-to-date covers next time thanks
Your Boss
Sean from Queens
Hi Tom & Brian,
I was listening to your discussion of the OnCue service in episode 36 and I think you guys are reading too much into it. This is still the traditional paradigm of cable television. Consumers will just be trading one set top box for another that uses a different delivery medium. Instead of using the wire to your cable provider, you will be using the wire to your ISP, which may or may not be the same company. The a la carte channel option is the truly exciting news for consumers.
The concept of "Internet TV" seems exciting to cord cutters because we associate "Internet" with expanded options and availability. However, the OnCue service is still just providing TV service tied to a set top box. The networks/providers were slow to come on board because this word "Internet" is scary to them. But once they realized that it's still the same setup just using a different pipe they were more comfortable with the idea and willing to give it a shot. This is not the huge step forward on the part of the content providers that you made it sound like. They are still just as unwilling to turn it all loose online in the way we cord cutters wish they would.
With the exception of a la carte, OnCue is not doing anything new for the "what we want, where we want" mantra that the cable providers haven't already been doing as part of their traditional service. Is this an important step that could eventually lead to more? Maybe. I hope it does. So say we all. But I think Brian's skepticism is prudent.
Love the show guys. Keep up the great work.
Robert
Is there going to be a winter movie draft this year?
Kevin
Just wanted to let Brian know that The Legend of Korra is back on Oct 4th with the final book.
So how weird is it that Book 3 ended on Aug. 22 and 6 weeks later Book 4 starts up? This may just be Nickelodeon getting rid of it as soon as they can, but how often would we see this in the future with other properties? I'm not complaining and can hardly wait for the finale of the show. If Book 4 ends better than book 3 then we're in for a great ending.
Your Boss,
Bill Russell (not the basketball player)
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