Cordkillers 541: The Streaming Prophecies w/ Andy Beach
Summary
Streaming expert Andy Beach breaks down four possible futures for TV: Big Tech dominance, regulatory pushback, total fragmentation, or mega-platform consolidation. Plus, Walton Goggins gets an unexpected bite on White Lotus, Keanu Reeves lends his voice to Severance, and YouTube rolls out a cheaper ad-free tier. Also, some old Warner Bros. DVDs are inexplicably rotting, and Amazon is testing AI-aided dubbing for Prime Video.
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Next week: The Outer Limits (101 - "The Galaxy Being")
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Supply Run
📺 Andy Beach explores the future of streaming TV – Will Big Tech take over, or will traditional media push back? Could streaming fragment into niche services, or will mega-platforms dominate? Andy Beach outlines four potential outcomes.
Search Party
🐍 Walton Goggins was bitten by a snake on the set of White Lotus – His first instinct? Yell in terror. He later treated it with Neosporin but was sent to the hospital the next day.
🎮 Last of Us Season 2 trailer drops – The show jumps five years forward, premiering April 13 on HBO and Max.
🎭 Hacks Season 4 trailer is out – The new season premieres April 10 on Max.
🧠 Keanu Reeves narrated a puppet video in Severance Season 2 – But he was actually Ben Stiller’s second choice. The first? Barack Obama, who politely declined.
🔪 The final season of You hits Netflix on April 24.
Buried Treasure
🧪 Guest pick: Toxic Town – A miniseries about one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals.
💎 Brian’s pick: The Righteous Gemstones – A megachurch family’s hilariously messy saga.
🔄 Tom’s pick: The Double (Viki) – A tense thriller about espionage and mistaken identity.
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Scanning the Horizon
💰 YouTube officially launches Premium Lite – A cheaper $7.99/month tier that removes ads but lacks downloads, background play, and YouTube Music.
📀 Some Warner Bros. DVDs from 2006-2008 are rotting – If you have one, you might be eligible for an exchange.
📺 Netflix plans to spend $18 billion on content in 2025 – And says it’s “nowhere near the ceiling.”
🗣 Amazon is testing AI-aided dubbing for Prime Video – Human professionals will still oversee the translations, but AI is helping the process.
🔌 Chromecast Audio and 2nd Gen devices are breaking – A widespread bug makes them show an “untrusted device” error, but Google is working on a fix.
📺 Philips launches a Roku-branded OLED TV for $1,299 – The latest high-end model to join the Roku lineup.
Chatter
📺 Listener Feedback:
• Mike in Mississippi shares a trick for finding the highest- and lowest-rated TV episodes on IMDb.
• Jeremy suggests Community as the next “FULL Experience” candidate and proposes the title “Netflix and Grill” for Netflix’s restaurant.
• TJ Asher treats Cordkillers as his Friday ritual and listens at normal speed to savor it.
• Norm Fazekas breaks down inconsistent audio levels across streaming services, particularly Amazon Prime Video’s loud ads.
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