Another Union Of The Snake

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Another Union Of The Snake
Number 68
Broadcast Date March 20, 2012
Episode Length 1:04:39
Hosts Brian Brushwood, Tom Merritt

Neilsen ratings including online, Apple TV teardown, new Dr. Horrible, Prometheus trailer, and more.

Contents

Opening Video

The (Totally) Phantom Menace

The Big Story

New Nielsen ratings to measure TV and online ads together. [1]

Another Big Story

YouTube isn’t just short-attention-span theater anymore. [2]

Yet Another Big Story

All3Media bypassing broadcasters, aggregators on connected TV screens. [3]

Squarespace

Go to Squarespace.com for your free two week trail, and use offer code: framerate3 if you decide to keep it for 30% off for 3 months.

Slipstream

  • UltraViolet studios: HBO blackout will lift in time for Wal-Mart launch. [4]
  • The CW changes its streaming delay from 75 hours to 8 hours. [5]
  • Hulu.com refresh makes video player 55 percent larger. [6]
  • Redbox competitor Digiboo swaps discs for flash drives, launches in three airports. [7]

Tube Tops

  • Roku 2 and LT players get version 4.3 update. [8]
  • Apple TV teardown reveals second antenna, single-core A5 processor. [9]
  • Google TV adds international channels, but no sign of international release. [10]
  • Intel seeks an alternate way into your living room with Atom CE5300 for set-top boxes. [11]
  • BBC iPlayer now available on Xbox. [12]
  • Microsoft builds tech that charges consumers to skip commercials. [13]

Film Falm

  • Joss Whedon says new Dr. Horrible is slated for this summer. [14]
  • Full trailer for Ridley Scott's Prometheus. [15]
  • Could Jeff Bridges be in Tron 3 after all? [16]
  • The New Kind is a crowd-sourced high-production anime. [17]

Premiering This Week

  • The Hunger Games [18]
  • Run through the movies available in the movie draft.

What We're Watching

Brian

  • The Walking Dead
  • The Lorax

Tom

  • The Walking Dead
  • Being Human

Feedback

  • Andros is surprised Danger 5 is an actual television show.
  • Alan wanted a clarification on Misfits.
  • A viewer wants to know why their location locks them out of viewing a lot of content.

The Spoiler Zone

The boys talk The Walking Dead.

Great Quotes

  • Brian, "You're one of them!"

Smooth Segues

  • Tom, "Unfortunate, but it's the burden he must bear. And the burden we must bear is bringing you the big story."

Fun Facts

YouTube

Links


Preceded by:
"How To Go Viral"
Another Union Of The Snake
Followed by:
"Made Of Slurry"