Cordkillers 600: Linear Thinking

Disney’s streaming business looks healthier, while the company argues its old linear networks are better treated as content brands than businesses to spin off. Meanwhile, Netflix has the year’s biggest show so far, AMC is bringing live concerts to theaters, and everyone keeps turning movies and TV into expanded universes.

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Cordkillers 599: No, Seriously: What is TV?

YouTube is eating more of the entertainment pie, Google TV and Netflix are filling screens with vertical clips, and AI tools are creeping into the TV interface itself. Meanwhile, Narnia gets a theatrical window, The Boys heads to theaters, and the Oscars try to draw a human-shaped line around AI.

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Cordkillers 598: Multiview to a Kill

YouTube TV is finally rolling out customizable Multiview, giving select subscribers the ability to build their own channel grids across sports, news, movies, and shows. Meanwhile, the future of streaming keeps getting weirder with Spider-Noir color choices, ESPN Jeopardy, Oprah on Amazon, and a Paramount-Warner future still waiting on regulators.

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Cordkillers 597: Infinite Doom Loop

Disney is rolling out a new premium theater format to compete with IMAX, while Netflix’s latest quarter mixed strong profits with fresh questions about growth and leadership. Meanwhile, CinemaCon dumped a truckload of trailers, sequel teases, and franchise updates into the content pipeline.

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