Last Dance For Hulu?

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Last Dance For Hulu?
Number 90
Broadcast Date August 20, 2012
Episode Length 1:13:41
Hosts Brian Brushwood, Tom Merritt, Amber J Lawson

IAWTV awards, Hulu's CEO giving up, Olympics on YouTube, DOJ FCC clears Verizon's spectrum buyout, Apple wooing cable operators, and more.

Contents

Opening Video

Eclectic Method - Bill Murray [1]

The Big Story

Chat with Amber J. Lawson from IAWTV about the IAWTV awards. [2]

Another Big Story

Hulu’s owners can’t agree on its future. [3] [4] [5]

Yet Another Big Story

U.S. viewers watched 36.9 billion online videos in July. [6] [7]

Squarespace

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Slipstream

  • DOJ, FCC clear Verizon buyout of cable companies' spectrum, require giving up some airwaves. [8]
  • Netflix's new feature makes TV show marathons easier. [9]
  • Netflix bringing service to Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland in late 2012. [10]
  • Fox, HBO renew video rights deal, making videos available to purchase online sooner. [11]
  • Why you can’t watch the best show on HBO on HBO Go. [12]
  • HBO and Blinkbox offer second season of Game of Thrones online before DVD / Blu-ray release in UK. [13]
  • Warner quietly extends the expiration dates of digital copies, discs remain ornamental. [14]

Tube Tops

  • Apple trying to woo cable operators into piping content through Apple T. [15]
  • Apple's rumored cable TV box would 'erase distinction between live and on-demand content,' says WSJ. [16]
  • Apple, Microsoft, Google and the sad state of TV. [17]

Film Falm

  • A giant guide to fall’s must-see science fiction and fantasy TV. [18]
  • Deadline's Weekly YouTube Rankings. [19]

Summer Movie Draft

  • (1) Justin = $933,483,019
  • (2) Tom = $699,445,985
  • (3) Scott = $643,618,185
  • (4) Brian = $616,828,992
  • (5) Sarah = $528,333,069
  • (6) Veronica = $286,837,534

No more movie draft premieres.

What We're Watching

Brian

  • Breaking Bad
  • H+ the digital series
  • Mann vs. Machine

Tom

  • Breaking Bad
  • True Blood
  • Veep
  • End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

Feedback

  • Stuart created a subreddit for users to post and discover the best legal TV that's only available online. [20]
  • Tony agrees with Tom on his issues with the Hulu Plus restricted content.
  • Ryan poses a legal v. ethical dilemma.
  • John offers a quip about about director fandom of their franchise.

The Spoiler Zone

The boys talk Breaking Bad.

Great Quotes

Fun Facts

YouTube

Links


Preceded by:
"Streaming Sports"
Last Dance For Hulu?
Followed by:
"Bricks in the Wall of Awesome"