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{{Infobox Episode|
  title  = Australia Is HBO's Petri Dish|
  number = 62|
  date   = February 7, 2012|
  length = 53:28|
  hosts  = [[Brian Brushwood]], [[Tom Merritt]]}}
Lilyhammer debuts on Netflix. how to measure the box office, Verizon's Redbox video streaming service, and more.

==Contents==
===Opening Video===
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCkhY7gqbag Psycho Siri]

===The Big Story===
Netflix's first original series, Lilyhammer, debuts.

===Another Big Story===
Keith Veronese, of i09, discusses the validity of the way box office success is measured. <sup>[http://io9.com/5881236/the-way-we-measure-box-office-success-is-completely-broken]</sup>

===Sponsor===
Audible

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===Slipstream===
* Verizon teams with Redbox for a Netflix-style video service. <sup>[http://allthingsd.com/20120206/verizon-teams-with-redbox-for-a-netflix-style-video-service/]</sup>
* The Superbowl was streamed online.
* Netflix teams with eyeIO to lower bandwidth use on movie night. <sup>[http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/03/netflix-teams-with-eyeio-to-lower-bandwidth-usage/]</sup>

===Tube Tops===
* Raspberry Pi: first batch to be finished February 20th, on sale by end of the month. <sup>[http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/7/2781751/raspberry-pi-production-complete-february-20th]</sup>
* Apple TV gets into video discovery, adds movie and TV show Genius recommendations. <sup>[http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/04/apple-tv-gets-into-video-discovery-adds-movie-and-tv-show-geniu/]</sup>
* Rogers, BCE vying for a bite of Apple’s iTV. <sup>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/rogers-bce-vying-for-a-bite-of-apples-itv/article2328772/]</sup>

===Film Falm===
* Top 10 pirated movies in the world (infographic). <sup>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57372324-93/top-10-pirated-movies-in-the-world-infographic/]</sup>
* Red Letter Media video coming soon in honor of Phantom Menace 3D.

===Premiering This Week===
* The Walking Dead returns for its mid-season premiere.
* Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
* Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D

===What We're Watching===
Brian
* Lilyhammer
* Kick-Ass
* Star Trek: The Next Generation

Tom
* Star Trek: The Original Series
* Fringe

===Feedback===
* A viewer talks about legally watching Sherlock.
** A different viewer writes a diatribe on why Brian shouldn't be using iPlayer to watch Sherlock.
* A viewer desperately does not want Brian and Tom to talk about Game of Thrones.

==Great Quotes==
* Brian, "Old McDonald had an ISP."
* Brian, "So this is the equivalent of Russian blackface."

==Fun Facts==
* Brian is live in studio this episode.
* Brian and Tom recreate the What We're Watching video live.
* This is the first episode to incorporate the new "Premiering This Week" segment.

==YouTube==
<youtube>imS3qTlzows</youtube>

==Links==
* [http://twit.tv/show/frame-rate/62 TWiT Episode Archive]
* [http://wiki.twit.tv/wiki/Frame_Rate_62 TWiT Wiki]

{{Succession box|
preceded	=Hard Of Heron|
followed        =Norwegian Angst}}