Norwegian Angst

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Norwegian Angst
Number 63
Broadcast Date February 14, 2012
Episode Length 1:03:48
Hosts Brian Brushwood, Tom Merritt, Glenn Rubenstein

Amazon getting into originals, Aereo brings OTA TV to your Internets, Walking Dead returns, and more.

Contents

Opening Video

Celebrity Story Time: Game of Thrones Author George R. R. Martin Reads Children's Stories

The Big Story

Bram Cohen demos BitTorrent Live to stream live television cheaply and reliably. [1]

Another Big Story

Amazon hiring tv executives, developing original half-hour kids and comedy series for both online and traditional distribution. [2]

Yet Another Big Story

According to Nielsen, cord cutting and Internet TV viewing is on the rise. [3]

Netflix

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

Slipstream

  • Aereo launching streaming broadcast TV service in NYC on March 14th. [4] [5]
  • Google updates YouTube for Google TV. [6]
  • With Viacom deal, Amazon looks like a real competitor to Netflix. [7]
  • Amazon blocks instant video on BlackBerry PlayBook, blames Apple. [8]

Tube Tops

  • Roku is teaming up with Comcast and Verizon, among others, working on a platform that would allow them to create apps for the Roku platform. [9]
  • FCC proposal would allow the encryption of basic cable programing, Boxee cries foul. [10]
  • Apple TV update may loom, since retailers are running out. [11]

Film Falm

  • Netflix to announce second original series, “Orange Is The New Black”. [12]
  • New trailer for Iron Sky premieres. [13]
  • Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter releases a new trailer. [14]
  • Space: 2099, a Space: 1999 reboot, is in development. [15]

Premiering This Week

  • Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

What We're Watching

Brian

  • The Walking Dead
  • Lilyhammer
  • Comic Book Men

Tom

  • The Walking Dead
  • Lilyhammer
  • Fringe

Glenn

  • Battleground

Feedback

  • A viewer theorizes HBO might set up and sell to Netflix later.
  • A viewer thinks gesture-driven television viewing is a horrible idea.
    • Tom reads a letter from 1979 from the viewer's grandfather.
  • A viewer wants to know if Tom is still watching Being Human.

Great Quotes

  • Tom, "If you don't care about sports, or rather inadequate news services... this will work great for you!"
  • PDelahanty, "The last thing you want on Valentine's Day is a useless dongle."

Fun Facts

  • Bill Meeks debuts the Premiering This Week segment bumper.

YouTube

Links


Preceded by:
"Australia Is HBO's Petri Dish"
Norwegian Angst
Followed by:
"Listen For The Gunplay"