Cordkillers 359 - Fox Is Trying to Make Tubi Its Peacock (w/ Eklund)
Will Hockey do anything for HBO Max? Is Tubi a beautiful Peacock or an ugly Quibi? All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Eklund.
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CordKillers: 359 - Fox Is Trying to Make Tubi Its Peacock
Recorded: May 3 2021
Guest: Eklund
Intro Video
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Primary Target
YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google contract dispute
- The YouTube TV app is no longer available for download from the Roku channel store. Roku and Google could not reach an agreement on terms. Existing YouTube TV customers can still use the app, just not new customers. Platforms like Roku often make special agreements with larger app-makers on things like ad revenue sharing, app placement and promotion. Roku said YouTube wanted access to customer data it was not willing to share, wanted Roku to agree to hardware requirements for the YouTube TV app to work, and limit search results to just YouTube results when the YouTube app is open. Roku itself wants to lower the priority of a dedicated search result row for YouTube that shows up in Roku's general search. Roku says it has not asked for more money, it just doesn't want to agree to the other terms. Google said "To be clear, we have never, as they have alleged, made any requests to access user data or interfere with search results. This claim is baseless and false."
As streaming surges globally, Roku is falling behind abroad
- Roku might be the leader in streaming devices in the US, but is falling behind in other markets, according to a new report from streaming media intelligence company Conviva, which shows Roku losing out to smart TV makers like Samsung and LG, particularly in South America. The report also shows that viewing has shifted from mobile to the big screen, from prime time to anytime and from live to on demand.
How to Watch
HBO Max’s cheaper ad-supported tier will reportedly cost $9.99 per month
HBO Max is getting live hockey, thanks to a new NHL deal
HBO Max Year One: WarnerMedia Direct-To-Consumer Chief Andy Forssell On Streaming Mojo At Last, Warner Bros Day-And-Date Takeaways, AVOD Plan & More
- CNBC reports HBO Max will launch it's ad-supported tier in June at a $5 a month discount, so $9.99 a month instead of $14.99.
- The cheaper tier will not include day and date movie releases, but those are going away at the end of this year anyway.
- Ad-supported members will get HBO shows and this won't be interrupted with ads.
- And it looks like HBO Max is also going to get live hockey from the NHL. ABC and Warner Media are splitting up hockey rights after winning them away from NBC. Warner, and therefore TNT and TBS and presumably HBO Max will get the Stanley Cup in 2023, 2025 and 2027, half of the playoffs, including the conference finals and the NHL Winter Classic every year.
- The rest will be on ABC/ESPN, some of which may end up on ESPN Plus.
- And no sports are coming to HBO Max in 2021. AT&T's Andy Forssell made that clear in an interview with Deadline "It would be crazy if hockey didn’t end up on HBO Max," but alsoY"ou’ll probably see us experiment with live sports in other regions before the US."
What to Watch
Marvel reveals Eternals, Black Panther 2, Captain Marvel 2 news and teases Fantastic Four
Marvel drops the first glimpse of Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao’s Eternals
- Marvel released a sizzle reel for all its upcoming movie titles, with audio from Stan Lee along with confirmation of titles and release dates and some new footage on a few.
- Black Widow is still set for July 9th (but also on Disney Plus). Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, September 3rd, The Eternals, November 5th - some new video there. Spider Man No Way Home is December 17th. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness is March 25, 2002. Thor Love and Thunder, May 6th, 2022
- And Black Panther 2 will be called Black Panther: Wakanda Forever coming July 8, 2022.
- The next Captain Marvel will be called The Marvels arriving November 11, 2022. Farther off, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania coming Feb. 17, 2023 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 May 5, 2023). The teaser ended with the Fantastic Four's 4 behind the Marvel Studios logo but no other info on that.
Rick and Morty drops a brand new season 5 trailer
- A new trailer is out for Rick and Morty season 5 which arrives June 20th. It has a lot of battles. CNET notes season 6 has been written and work has begun on Season 7.
Apple Lands Another Tom Hanks Film; ‘Finch’, Formerly Titled ‘Bios’, To Likely Release In Awards Season
- Apple TV Plus won the rights to a Tom Hanks film called Finch about a man, a robot and a dog. Hanks plays the man, one of the few survivors of a cataclysmic solar event. He created the robot to watch over his dog, Goodyear, after he is gone. It's directed by Miguel Sapochnik who did several Game of Thrones episodes, including the Battle of the Bastards.
Watch Dexter creepily smile again in the first teaser trailer for his new Showtime series
- And also Dexter is moving back to Showtime. And if you never watched Dexter then you're not as excited and nervous as people who did watch Dexter, especially those people who were really let down but the way it ended. Game of Thrones fans may be curious about this I guess. A 10-episode limited series picking up 10 years after where the events of the original show, is coming this autumn. The teaser shows Dexter smiling and the song "Please Don't Let me be misunderstood."
Apple TV Plus musical comedy 'Schmigadoon!' will premiere on July 16
- Apple TV Plus musical comedy 'Schmigadoon!' will premiere on July 16 - it stars Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key, is a parody of iconic musicals.
J.K. Simmons To Star In ‘Lightyears’ Amazon Sci-Fi Series, Replacing Ed O’Neill
Netflix will stream 'Sailor Moon Eternal' starting June 3rd
Eyes On
Eklund: Extinct or Alive
Brian: Nobody
Tom: Vincenzo
On the Lookout: A new laptop for Brian.
Front Lines
Netflix’s new ‘Play Something’ shuffle feature is here to solve your movie night indecision
- Netflix has made its experimental shuffle feature official. Starting now, all Netflix users on TVs will get a "Play Something" button that will automatically play TV shows and movies you've never watched before. Selections will be made based on the kinds of things you already watch. Sometimes it will be something entirely new, other times it may draw from series you've started or things on your watch list. The button will appear underneath your profile when you log in, in the left-side nav and in the tenth row of the homepage.
- The button will make its way beyond just TV-based versions to Android soon.
Google updates latest Chromecast with more HDR controls and improved Wi-Fi performance
- An update for Chromecast with Google TV offers new “advanced video controls'' in settings, with options to select a preferred dynamic range format and manually set resolution and refresh rate. The update also improves Wi-Fi performance on 5GHz networks and mesh systems.
Peacock signs up 9 million after adding WWE and The Office
- Peacock added 9 million users in Q1 torch 42 million in the US putting out right alongside HBO Max's 44.2 million. NBC did not say how many are paying versus free with ads. This follows the WWE launching on Peacock on March 18th. Of course the Verge notes Peacock added 10 million in Q4 before it had the Office or the WWE. NBC is REALLy hoping the Olympics happen.
- Fox-Owned Tubi Sets Fall Launch Of Originals, Says View Time Rose 54% In Q1; Slate To Span Genres And Include Animation & Documentary
- Fox Corp's Tubi service says view time rose 54 percent in Q1. Tubi announced it will premiere 140 hours of original documentaries, animation and other shows starting this autumn.
Hulu expands its live TV service with ViacomCBS networks
- Hulu's Live TV subscriptions service has added several Viacom channels including comedy Central, BET, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., VH1, CMT, MTV, TV Land and Paramount Network to its base service. You can also get variations like BET Her and MTV 2 in the $8 a month entertainment package as well. Hulu plus Live costs $65 a month or $71 for the no-ads version of on demand.
Amazon Earnings Go Into Orbit As Streaming Hours Rise 70% Year Over Year
- Amazon's overall earnings were eye-watering, and streaming was no exception. Streaming video rose 70 percent year over year with 175 million global members of Prime Video. Across IMDB and Twitch, Amazon says it reaches more than 120 million monthly viewers of ad-supported content. IMDb TV viewership has risen 138% year-over-year. Also, Amazon will start its deal for Thursday Night Football a year early in 2022 instead of 2023. That makes it an 11-year deal now.
Amazon's NFL Thursday Night Football exclusive now starts in 2022
Twitch, NFL & IMDb TV Push Amazon’s Monthly Ad-Supported Streaming To 120M Viewers, From 20M In January 2020
Dispatches from the Front
I say nay. Oscars should be films in theaters like it has been for 100 years. There used to be something called the Cable Ace awards because the Emmy awards were too snooty for cable. We need something like that for movies that come out in streaming or now I guess video games. Streamy Ace awards maybe. Or just make the Emmy awards catch all the streaming stuff because it's already television, which streaming pretty much is now. Netflix and HBO exclusive movies shouldn't be getting Oscars. They oughta be in the Emmy awards.
- Weir
Hello Gang,
To explain my opinion about the Oscar's I should explain that I'm very picky about the recommendations I listen to. I have one friend that whenever they recommend something, I watch it that week, and another friend that I know whatever they recommend is not going to be something I like.
The Oscars on their own have never been a good source for me. In fact I've found that watching and listening to podcasts on the Oscar's by people I trust to be a much more valuable use of time.
I will specifically chime into your show as well as a few other excited to hear your opinions of the awards but the awards themselves have become too self congratulatory.
- Ander
P.S. one of you makes really good recommendations that always work for my wife and I. But I'm not saying who because I love you all.
I think the dip in ratings was because so few people went to theaters to watch movies. IF theaters open up in full in 2021 and people can get enthusiastic about movies again, I figure the ratings for the Oscars will return to a more "normal" level.
Later!
- Michael
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