Cordkillers 402 - Your Mom's Boyfriend's Ice Cream (w/ Lamarr Wilson)

Apple is opening up to "reader apps"--what does that mean for cordcutting? Plus Vizio unveils a new linear TV augmentation and Squid Game's director has a new movie in the works. All that and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Lamarr Wilson ( http://lamarr.tv/ ).

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CordKillers: 402 - Your Mom's Boyfriend's Ice Cream
Recorded: April 4 2022
Guest: Lamarr Wilson

Intro Video
Trailer for Ozark season 4, part 2

Primary Target
Apple Will Let Content Apps Like Netflix, Spotify Link to Their Websites to Sign Up Users
Apple now allows Netflix, Spotify and other 'reader' apps to link to their sites for payment
Update on “reader” app distribution
- Apple  now allows developers of so-called "reader" apps -- like Netflix and Spotify for example- to link to a website for account creation and management.  Apple defines reader apps as applications that provide access to "previously purchased content or content subscriptions for digital magazines, newspapers, books, audio, music and video." This is an extension of its settlement with the Japanese Fair Trade Commission but will apply worldwide.
- Developers must request access to the "External Link Account Entitlement" program. They may not list prices. The suggested text for the link is “Go to example.com to create or manage your account.” 

How to Watch
VIZIO Introduces Jump Ads to Connect Linear TV With Streaming
Vizio showing ads over live TV is a glimpse of our hellish future
- Vizio announced a feature called "jump ads." The press release explains it is meant to "designed to bridge the gap between linear TV and streaming services."
- Basically what it does is at the end of a program on "linear TV" -- for most people that means cable-- a partner network can push an overlay through the internet that can link out to the network's app.
- FOX is the first to test it. At the end of the premier episode of its new comedy Welcome to Flatch" an overlay will come up that says you can watch the first seven episodes of te season on the FOX NOW app. This looks like any other network banner but you can select it with the Vizio remote and launch the app.
- Vizio calls its software for this, Inscape ACR. It can recognize when a program is on air and serve the banner in real time.
- The Next Web's Callum Booth believes this is pretty bad, writing "It won’t be long until more manufacturers adopt Vizio’s approach — and soon after that we’ll start seeing unrelated adverts appearing on live television or over streaming apps.
- This is all part of a technological shift where we don’t fully own or control our products. "

What to Watch
‘Squid Game’ Director Hwang Dong-hyuk Prepares ‘Killing Old People Club’ as Next Feature
- Squid Game's director, Hwang Dong-hyuk (황동혁) told MipTV attendees he's working on a film he calls "Killing Old People Club, based on an Umberto Eco novel Hwang has created a 25-page treatment which he says describes a more violent film than Squid Game. He also plans to have Season 2 of Squid Game on Netflix by 2024. He also says Steven Spielberg told him he wants to steal his brain.

Obi-Wan Kenobi shifts premiere date, will air first two episodes at once
- Disney+ has moved the premiere date of Obi-Wan Kenobi from Wednesday May 25, to Friday, May 27th. They will release the first two episodes at the same time.

The NFL may launch its own streaming service
- The Athletic reports that the NFL showed team owners plans for a streaming service called NFL+. The platform would be ready for a decision in May but the owners whether to move forward or not. No details on what would be included. One would assume at least the games NFL Network has, possibly a Sunday Ticket style subscription - but that's not for sure- but what else is unclear?

USFL Will Launch Weekly Documentary Series on Fox
- When the USFL kicks off its season April 16th it will also launch a 13-episode documentary series giving a behind the scenes look at the league starting with the player draft. NFL Films is producing the series for FOX which will air before games each week and be available afterwards on Tubi.

13th Doctor teams up with a pirate queen in Legend of the Sea Devils trailer
- A trailer is out for the first of three special episodes of Doctor Who airing this year. This one is called Legend of the Sea Devils. It features the character of Madame Ching, a historical pirate of the 19th century. It premieres April 17th. The third of these specials will be the last with Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor and Chris Chibnall as the show runner. Russell T Davies who ran Doctor Who when it returned to TV in 2005 will return to run the show next. No word on the next doctor.

Game of Thrones Prequel 'House of the Dragon' Gets HBO Release Date
- HBO's House of the Dragon will premiere on HBO and HBO Max August 21st. This is the one based on the book Fire & Blood which isa history of the Targaryens, prior to the events of Game of Thrones. The first season will be 10 episodes.

Eyes On
Lamarr: Halo the series
Brian: Our Flag Means Death
Tom: The Grammys
On the Lookout: Severance

Front Lines
'CODA’s' Oscars win paid off for Apple TV+
- Apple's CODA won the Oscar for best picture, so how good did it do them? 146,727 households viewed it in the three days after the win. Samba estimates that's about 15% of its total views so far About 1/3 of its views came after the announcement of its nomination. That puts it third in the same time period behind fellow Best Picture nominees Dune and King Richard.

Amazon and Roku extend their streaming deal without any extra drama
- Sometimes it's the dogs that don't bark that you should pay attention to. The Verge did us the services of noticing that Roku just agreed to continue distributing Amazon Prime Video and Amazon-owned IMDB-TV without any public campaigns or cuts in service.

Netflix Pumps Brakes on Will Smith Action Film ‘Fast and Loose’

- Before the Oscars, director David Leitch had left Netflix's action thriller "Fast and Loose" starring Will Smith. Netflix started looking for a new director but then Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars and subsequently resigned from the Academy. Netflix has now halted development of Fast and Loose. The other significant streaming project starring Smith is "Emancipation" which is in post-production on Apple TV+. That movie is scheduled to release this year but no date has been assigned yet.

YouTube is finally rolling out picture-in-picture mode for YouTube TV on iOS
YouTube TV is Bringing 5.1 Audio to Google TV, Android TV, and Roku
- YouTube is rolling out picture-in-picture mode for YouTube TV on iOS. It's also bringing 5.1 audio to Google TV, Android TV and Roku

Anime Series 'Attack on Titan' Will End Next Year
Harrison Ford To Star In ‘Shrinking’ Apple TV+ Series From Jason Segel, Bill Lawrence & Brett Goldstein
Eddie Murphy To Play Godfather Of Funk George Clinton In Biopic
‘It’ Prequel Series in the Works at HBO Max
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Releases Official Trailer And Key Art For New Paramount+ Series
Apple and Major League Baseball to livestream 12 weeks of Friday night games for free
- Here are a few more updates on what's coming:
- Attack on Titan will end after Final Season Part 3 airs in 2023.
- Harrison Ford has been cast in Apple TV+'s comedy series "Shrinking" about a therapist who starts telling people what he really thinks.
- Eddie Murphy will play Parliament Funkadelic leader George Clinton in a biopic for Amazon.- HBO Max is developing a prequel series to It, called "Welcome to Derry."
- There's another trailer out for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, coming to Paramount Plus May 5th
- Apple announced the schedule for its first 12 weeks of Friday Night Baseball. The games will be available free without subscription. The first night is April 8th with the Mets and Nationals followed by Astros and Angels.

Dispatches from the Front
Hi, Tom, Brian, Bryce, and Guest,

I haven't heard you discuss this, so I thought I'd pass it along. I received an email last week from Peacock about a test for a new benefit for Premium and Premium Plus subscribers. Those who opt in will receive either $15 towards a Fandango movie ticket and convenience fee or a $7 Vudu movie rental per month at no additional cost.

The link in the email sent me to www.peacocktvbenefits.com to enroll. The email links are apparently personalized, as once I clicked on the "Get Started" button, the site said I was all set. Trying to reach the site without going through the email link sent me to a parking page.

This looks like a nice value-add for Peacock. The terms page didn't say anything about keeping this quiet (though Peacock's general terms do include a chili recipe inspired by The Office), so I'll keep you posted on how it goes.

Your Boss,
- Mike

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