Fake And Old

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Fake And Old
Number 44
Broadcast Date September 27, 2011
Episode Length 1:05:38
Hosts Tom Merritt, Brian Brushwood, Andy Beach

Netflix merging with Amazon? Time Warner on cord cutting, Roku partners with Disney, and more.

Contents

Opening Video

Playing The Bagpipe While Riding A Unicycle

The Big Story

On This Week In Netflix, the boys talk about how Netflix is setting up for an acquisition by Amazon, sign a 2 year streaming deal with Discovery, sign a deal with Dreamworks, and the real reason Netflix split into two divisions.

Another Big Story

Time Warner's Bewkes states, "Cordcutting hasn't arrived yet."

Netflix

Go to Netflix.com/twit for a free 30 day trial.

Film Falm

  • Blockbuster Movie Pass offers Dish Network customers streaming videos and discs by mail for just $10 a month.
  • Roku announces Disney partnership, YouTube channel in the works.
  • GeeXboX LiveUSB HTPC Linux distro hits v2.0, adds ARM support for multi-core video decoding.
  • Hollywood starts giving up on the old model to live in a post-DVD future.

Tube Tops

  • Dish may have provided the highest (unconditional) bid for Hulu.
  • Google TV to get TV Everywhere with TNT and TBS apps inbound.
  • DVBLogic's Boxee app brings live TV streaming to the Box.
  • Time Warner Cable to offer low-cost service plan (without ESPN).

What We're Watching

Tom

  • saw Moneyball, the film and the actual events
  • watched Person of Interest
  • was disappointed by Terra Nova
  • enjoyed Pan Am

Brian

  • paused the Fringe-Binge while he's on the road
  • highly approves of the return to It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (notably Fat Mac)
  • watched half of the previous nights episode of Breaking Bad

Andy

  • waiting for the return of The League
  • enjoying Archer
  • watching Boardwalk Empire

Interferon

  • YouTube set to launch channels with scheduled content.
  • 6 Walking Dead webisodes launching.
  • International festival celebrates one-minute movies.

Feedback

  • A viewer wonders if there is a good way to keep track of all the online streaming available.
  • Brian finds a (fake and old) picture of a billboard that links pirating films to funding terrorism.

Great Quotes

Fun Facts

YouTube

Links


Preceded by:
"Boba, Shut The Fett Up"
Fake And Old
Followed by:
"Doctor Who Is Slave Leia"