Ladies Love Web Video

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Ladies Love Web Video
Number 65
Broadcast Date February 28, 2012
Episode Length 1:05:45
Hosts Brian Brushwood, Tom Merritt

Netflix says bye to Starz, what Amazon streams most, UltraViolet deal imminent, and more.

Contents

Opening Video

Hapi Berth Dey

The Big Story

  • Frame Rate changes live time slots to 10am (Pacific) / 1pm (Eastern)
  • Women like watching video on the web more than men do, according to a Nielson study. [1]

Another Big Story

  • Reed Hastings quoted as saying, "That 92 percent Comcast operating margin is really under a lot of pressure...There is no financial pressure on ISPs. They are making a fortune." [2]
  • Hastings also says that becoming a part of cable bundles will be a natural step in the progression of Netflix. [3]

Yet Another Big Story

Starz content is being dropped from Netflix Instant while viewers are watching more TV. [4] [5] [6]

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Slipstream

  • UltraViolet hits 800k digital media locker accounts, added 50k in the last six weeks; and Walmart is in discussion to support UltraViolet 'digital video locker' with in-store 'disc to digital' service. [7] [8] [9]
  • The 12 most popular movies on Amazon Prime's Instant Video. [10]

Tube Tops

  • Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox are trying to find their own way to sell high definition content with theft-protection to their liking. [11]
  • TiVo whole home DVR extenders headed to retail. [12]
  • HBO Go is coming to the Xbox 360 on April 1st, coinciding with Game of Thrones season 2 premiere. [13]

Film Falm

  • Ridley Scott’s amazing Prometheus short film reveals the Weyland Corp’s shining future. [14]
  • John Pavlus edits together a video from a few films depicting an evil computer that just wants to be friends. [15]
  • The sci-fi short film Gamma was filmed in the ruins of Chernobyl. [16]
  • Side-by-side comparison of the Ferris Buellerian Honda commercial and the original movie. [17]
  • The optimal line-up for watching through the Star Wars franchise is cracked. [18]
  • Belated Media asks, "What if Star Wars: Episode I was good?. [19]
  • Tokyo Game Show 2012 gets live video feed. [20]
  • The Walking Dead (SPOILER ALERT) casts David Morrissey as the Governor. [21]

Premiering This Week

  • Project X [22]
  • Dr. Seuss' The Lorax [23]

What We're Watching

Brian

  • Lilyhammer

Tom

  • Walking Dead
  • The Oscars
  • Fringe
  • Star Trek: Phase II

Feedback

  • Anthony M. offers some clarification on the compression of digital content.
  • Derrick Chen writes a long letter detailing how fragmented online advertising is.
  • Chuck B. laments the Lorax remake.

Great Quotes

  • Tom, "It's called Hotel Wifi-itus."
  • Tom, "I do the dishes, and I don't watch Hulu or Netflix when I do them."
    • Brian, "... freak."
  • Tom, "Brian, not what we're launching."

Fun Facts

  • Brian skypes in from a hotel this episode, but does not provide video.
  • This is the last episode of Frame Rate recorded live in the 4pm (Eastern) time slot.
  • Jason intermittently changes Brian's stand-in photo throughout the show, even green-screening him into the studio during the Feedback segment.

YouTube

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Preceded by:
"Listen For The Gunplay"
Ladies Love Web Video
Followed by:
"I'm Down With OTT"