Cordkillers 457 - Free* TV
Pluto's co-founder wants to give you a free TV, in exchange for data from the TV and ads on the second special display. That sounds...bad? Bad-ish? Plus, YouTube takes more viewing eye-time and you might be able to pay for the regular old ESPN sometime! Sometime soon? Sometime! All that and more on Cordkillers!
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CordKillers: 457 - Free* TV
Recorded: May 22 2023
Guest: None
Intro Video
Hulu's horror film, Clock
Primary Target
YouTube’s Viewing on TV Screens Climbed in April as Most Other Streamers Flat or Down: Nielsen
- The numbers for Nielsen's the Gauge which reports total TV viewing by platform are notable this month.
- For the week of March 27 - April 30 viewing of YouTube (excluding YouTube TV) grew 1.5% to make up 8.1% of total time spent watching TV. That makes it the top streaming platform, ahead of Netflix's 6.9%. It was also one of the few that grew its numbers while the rest stayed flat or declined. Tubi and Pluto being the other exceptions. In fact US TV viewing overall dropped 1.9% across streaming cable and broadcast.
- So YouTube is winning?
How to Watch
Telly’s wild idea: Free TVs with inescapable ads
Hardware startup Telly launches a free smart TV entirely supported by ads
Telly Viewing and Activity Data Policy
Telly
More Than 100,000 People Registered for Telly’s Free 4K TV in First 36 Hours, Startup Claims
- Pluto TV co-founder Ilya Pozin announced a new TV startup called Telly. It opened a waitlist to give away 500,000 TVs for free. The catch? Each set contains an always-on secondary 9-inch screen beneath its soundbar, which shows a variety of widgets, including ever present ads. More Than 100,000 People Registered for Telly’s Free 4K TV in First 36 Hours
- Notes:
- TV is 55-inch 4K HDR set with a five driver soundbar.
- Secondary screen can show weather, sports scores, stocks, about 25% for ad space
- This is a whole platform play, comes with video games, fitness apps, built in camera and mics for video calling, virtual assistant.
- Users agree to give Telly data on top of seeing ads.
- Collects Viewing data linked to IP address, as well as search queries, apps used, and "physical presense" of people using the TV
- Opting out of data collection means you agree to return the TV
- FROM SARAH: " Pluto.tv became hugely popular bc people liked the familiar linear cable experience and thought ads were an acceptable tradeoff for free stuff. so the hardware play is very smart, if ambitious.
- (a) Use the Product as the primary television in Your household;
- (b) Keep the Product connected to WiFi and internet; and
- (c) Not use any software on Your WiFi network that with advertising blocking capability.
- (d) Not make physical modifications to the Product or attach peripheral devices to the Product not expressly approved by Telly. Any attempt to open the Product’s enclosure will be deemed an unauthorized modification.
- If we discover that You are not abiding by the requirements above or have disconnected the Product from an internet connection or WiFi for more than short periods each month, You will no longer be able to use the Service and You must return any Products in your possession to Telly. Failure to return Products to Telly will result in Telly charging the credit card on file. If you do abide by the Terms of Service, your credit card will not be charged.
- By signing up for the Services and providing us with your wireless number, you confirm that you want Telly to send you information that we think may be of interest to you
- Services are also currently free, but we reserve the right to charge for premium services in the future.
- If you stop using the Services, or if Telly terminates your use of the Services, you are required to return all Products and Services to Telly.
What to Watch
Hulu released a trailer for season 2 of The Bear coming June 22nd. The Italian Beef joint is getting an upgrade.
‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Trailer: Tom Cruise Risks His Life Over and Over in New ‘Dead Reckoning’ Footage
- Paramount released a trailer for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One the 7th Mission Impossible movie. If you're wondering, the trailer stunt this time around is To Cruise driving a motorcycle off a cliff. It's coming to theaters July 12, 2023. And part two is scheduled for June 28, 2024 and is expected to be the last time Tom Cruise will play Ethan Hunt.
Watch a trailer for 'The Creator,' another film with an AI gone rogue
- The Creator is a movie from Rogue One director Gareth Edwards about some AI systems going rogue. It comes to theaters September 29th.
‘Futurama’: Hulu Announces Season 11 Premiere Date For Revival
- Futurama season 11 arrives on Hulu July 24th. The 10 episodes season will be released week to week. Futurama premiered in 1999 on Fox. Was released on DVD from 2007-2009. Came back on Comedy Central 2010-2013. And 10 years later it's coming back to Hulu.
Eyes On:
Brian: American Vandal
Tom: Fast X
On the Lookout: Selling Sunset
Front Lines
ESPN Plans to Stream Flagship Channel, Eyeing Cable TV’s Demise
- In what to me is the least shocking story I've seen this year, the Wall Street Journal says sources inside Disney tell it ESPN is preparing to offer a direct-to-consumer version of full ESPN. If you'er unaware, ESPN+ only has games not shown on ESPN on cable. What makes this story rather unsurprising is that the project has no set timeline, its big revelations being that Disney has been making sure to build in flexibility to its deals. So the story here is that ESPN is doing exactly what you'd expect them to do on exactly the timeline that you'd expect them to be on.
YouTube is bringing unskippable 30-second ads to TV
- At its YouTube Brandcast event, YouTube announced it will start running 30-second unskippable ads before top-performing content when watched on a connected TV. These ads will be available in YouTube Select, which targets the top 5% of content on the platform. There's a reason for the new ad format, YouTube claims 70% of YouTube Select impressions come from TVs. YouTube will also start testing ads that show up when you pause video.
A small cable company is going all in on YouTube TV for video
David Zaslav Suggests Rival Streamers Should Bundle Together: If We Don’t Do It Ourselves “It Will Be Done To Us”
- A small US cable and internet company called Wide Open West or WOW is focusing on its broadband package. It's no longer providing cable TV service, migrating its customers to YouTube TV. It also offers bundles with Fubo and DirecTV stream but it will only be marketing the YouTube TV bundle. Separately but somewhat related - Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav suggested at a conference that streamers like his should not consolidate by buying each other, but instead by bundling with each other. He didn't name names, but it sounded like he was suggestion something like getting Paramount+, Max and Peacock all for a combined discount price. He said, "There should be a consolidation, but it is more likely to happen in the repackaging and marketing of products together. That’s what I think makes sense."
Netflix Advertising Tier Hits 5M Global Users Six Months After Launch; Company Tells Virtual Audience At Its First Upfront That One-Quarter Of New Subscribers Opt For Ad Plan
Netflix Is Seeking Top Rates for Advertising, but Madison Avenue Isn’t Too Impressed — Yet
- Netflix says it's ad-supported plan now has 5 million users. Netflix has 232.5 million paid subscribers. Netflix claims a quarter of new subscribers choose the ad-supported plan. Median age is 34.
- Ted Sarandos imagined a 30-minute ad played out in small parts over several days, telling a story.
- Also noteworthy, Netflix took CBS's slot in the upfront. CBS is hosting multiple smaller events in multiple cities instead of the traditional big one in New York.
Paramount announced the official launch of its combined Paramount+ and Showtime service, called Paramount+ Showtime, will launch June 27th.
Season 14 of Archer premieres August 30 on FXX and it will be the last season.
Love is Blind Season 5 will return to Netflix this September.
Disney will remove over 50 shows from Disney Plus and Hulu this month
- Deadline says Disney is about to remove a few dozen series and a handful of films to reduce costs. Streamers pay some flat royalty rates for series whether anyone watches them or not.
Roku has added a Women's Sports Zone to collect all streams of live women's sports broadcasts.
Apple TV's multi view has launched not he Apple TV 4K. It works with sports on Apple TV+.
The first four Indiana Jones movies will arrive on Disney+ May 31st, a month before the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Only Murders in the Building will return to Hulu August 8th.
Disney+ will release all episodes of Echo, the sequel series to Hawkeye, at once on November 29th.
And Loki will premiere on October 6th, the first time a Marvel series will have a second season.
Picket Tonight is a comedy YouTube show hosted by striking writers
Peacock will exclusively stream one NFL playoff game
- NBCUniversal and the NFL announced they signed a one-year deal to have Peacock exclusively stream one NFL playoff game, the wild card game on January 13, 2024.
Dispatches from the front
Hey Tom and Brian,
Today's NBC's presentation had the constant reminder that everything was on Peacock - from original shows to new and old movies.
Scripted dramas already seem to be fading as the focus for linear as streaming platforms become the new battleground for that category. FOX, in today's presentation, focused heavily on their live sports coverage, unscripted shows, and news.
Brian, Tom, Bryce and possible guest,
There is no way that Disney is going to name a combined streaming service just "Plus."
During last week's episode Brian mentioned that Plus would be a great name, but that there would be an issue because of Apple TV+ as if that was the only issue. During the same conversation you even mentioned Paramount+ in passing, but didn't seem to notice that it is a third streaming service with plus in its name. But that's not even close to the entire list. There is also AMC+, BET+, MGM+ not to mention Discovery+ and the defunct CNN+. There may even be some more streaming services with plus in their name that I'm not thinking of right now. I would think calling a combined streaming service just "Plus" would cause brand confusion.
For good measure here are links to a few articles that talk about so many streaming services having plus in their names.
Streaming Services Are Abusing the + Sign and It Must End - Wired.com
Why Plus Is a Minus When Naming Your Streaming Site - New York Times
Why are so many streaming services named with a 'plus'? - The Media Leader
Why adding ‘Plus’ to the name of every streaming service is actually good - Fast Company
Thank you,
- Bill
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