Cordkillers 618: Your Privacy Is on Clearance
How cheap does a TV have to be before you stop asking what it knows about you? LG denies recording ambient conversations for ad targeting, but its other tracking practices leave plenty to discuss. Plus, Apple TV and Jean Smart clean up at the Emmys, streaming giants team up to lobby Washington, and AWS wants to put ten live feeds on one screen. Netflix prepares to share box-office numbers, IMDb makes room for digital creators, and a possible Get Smart reboot arrives with suspiciously good timing. This week on The FULL Experience: The Nude Bomb Next week: Battlestar Galactica (101 - "Saga of a Star World") YouTube:
SUPPLY RUN
LG denies constantly recording and uploading conversations, saying voice processing requires the remote button or an enabled wake word. It acknowledges logging local network devices and analyzing viewing when Live Plus is enabled. How much tracking is acceptable if the TV is cheap enough?
SEARCH PARTY
Apple TV wins eight Primetime Emmys, including six for Widow's Bay and two for Pluribus. Jean Smart's fifth consecutive Hacks win brings her career total to eight, tying the performer record.
https://www.engadget.com/2258734/apple-tv-wins-big-widows-bay-pluribus-emmys/
https://deadline.com/2026/09/jean-smart-fifth-hacks-emmy-win-sweep-2026-ties-record-1237072584/
Avengers: Doomsday passes $50 million in domestic ticket presales more than three months before its December 18, 2026 release.
https://deadline.com/2026/09/avengers-doomsday-ticket-pre-sales-50-million-3-months-out-1237072759/
Paramount and Netflix end their Skydance Animation movie agreement, while other series licensing continues.
https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-netflix-animated-films-1237101666/
Netflix's NFL game in Australia draws 18.5 million viewers, matching last year's Brazil game on YouTube. Opening night on NBC and Peacock averages 25.1 million, down 11%.
https://deadline.com/2026/09/netflix-nfl-australia-viewers-soft-start-to-season-1237103793/
BURIED TREASURE
Brian: The Pitt, season 2.
Tom: Blossoms of Power on Viki.
SCANNING THE HORIZON
Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube form the TechNet-led Streaming Access and Choice Alliance to advocate for technology-neutral policies and consumer access, including live sports.
https://thenextweb.com/news/amazon-netflix-youtube-streaming-access-choice-alliance-technet
AWS introduces multiview technology combining up to ten feeds into one personalized stream. JioHotstar is already using it for quad-view IPL cricket coverage.
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-aws-dynamic-multiview-10-live-feeds-1236850800/
Netflix is redesigning its iOS app for the larger screen of Apple's foldable iPhone Duo, announced for October.
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/netflix-apple-iphone-duo-foldable-features-1236856362/
IMDb adds a Digital Creator category for IMDbPro Premium members, including streamers, vloggers, and influencers. No film or TV credits required.
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/imdb-digital-creator-profiles-1236855930/
Netflix will publicly report box-office grosses for six films: La Bola Negra, The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, Mosquito Bowl, Ink, Narnia: The Magician's Nephew, and the animated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
https://deadline.com/2026/09/netflix-box-office-reporting-cliff-booth-narnia-1237071226/
Ampere Analysis estimates Amazon spends $3.8 billion annually on sports rights, leading streamers ahead of DAZN, YouTube TV, Paramount+, and Netflix.
Roku keeps turning itself off? Engadget's troubleshooting guide points to automatic power saving as a likely culprit.
https://www.engadget.com/2252813/roku-tv-randomly-turns-off-fixes/
CHATTER
David flags a possible Get Smart reboot: John Mulaney is in talks to play Maxwell Smart, with Seth Grahame-Smith writing the screenplay.
Kim would happily pay $60 a year but is still pledging $1 per creation—a letter Brian calls the most important one.
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