Cordkillers 490 - We Can AGru On That
Disney announces a sports streaming consortium, the Super Taylor Bowl brought new Deadpool and Quiet Place trailers, and I Think You Should Leave is following you around the nation. All that and more on Cordkillers!
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Supply Run
Most of the sports broadcasts will be under the same streaming service. When? We don't know. How much? They didn't say. What all is included? Warner, Disney and Fox and their properties. Peacock, Paramount+, and Amazon Prime sports not included.
Search Party
Deadpool and Wolverine brought out a trailer that actually had an impact. The new Quiet Place: Day One was anything but quiet. Brian found Illumination Studio's Dispicable Me 4 to be aptly named. Grammys ratings were up. And Dan Trachtenburg's Predator is getting a sequel. I Think You Should Leave is coming to a city near you. Taylor Swift's Era Tour is coming to Disney+ on March 15th including 5 new song performances. Bob Odenkirk will be staring in Normal, not a Nobody sequel.
Buried Treasure
Brian followed up last week's adventure through time and kinda wishes he could go back in time. The Super Taylor Bowl happened and apparently it's pronounced Teh-Mue. DirectTV Now and Paramount+ may have had traffic problems.
Scan the Horizon
YouTube TV has more than 8 million subscribers now. The cable-replacement service, not to be confused with plain old YouTube, is now the largest of its kind, ahead of Hulu Plus Live TV's 4.6 million and Sling TV's 2.1 million but still smaller than traditional cable TV service's like Comcast's Xfinity, which has 14.1 million.
Funimation sold bonus online copies of physical discs that you would have in your library "forever" . Now that service is going away April 2 as Funimation gets rolled into Crunchyroll.
Plex launched its movie rental store. But it's just rentals since Plex doesn't believe it can guarantee access to purchases.
FX’s John Landgraf’s annual tally of original series has revealed that there were 516 scripted titles on air in 2023, which was a 12% drop from 2022.
"According to TheWrap, Amazon, Netflix, and Paramount were more than interested in securing the rights to debut Coyote vs. Acme for themselves after Warner Bros. changed stances.
Spending on home movies and TV watching rose 17% on the year. Despite what you may think you know, spending on streaming services also rose 21% on the year.
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