Jerko Contendo

Jerko Contendo
Number	10
Broadcast Date	March 4 2014
Episode Length	1:10:19
Hosts	Brian Brushwood, Tom Merritt
Guests	Eklund

Dish strikes a deal for an Internet-only TV service and suddenly everybody says they're about to do it. Plus things look bad for Aereo and Twitch gets the partnership for E3.

Guest

• Eklund
• @eklund

Opening Video

• Coming Soon

Primary Target

• DirecTV in talks with Disney on deal for Internet rights
• With a Whopper of a Disney Deal, Charlie Ergen Gets a Head Start on the Web TV Race
• Verizon CEO is in talks to sign content deals for internet TV service

Dish now has the right to use some of Disney’s most valuable networks in a Web TV service, if it launches one. In exchange Dish limits the AutoHop DVR feature for Disney networks. DirecTV is in talks with Walt Disney Co to license the rights to offer Disney's broadcast and cable channels as part of an Internet-based product, DirecTV said on Wednesday. CEO Lowell McAdam said Verizon "I have personally had discussions with the CEOs of the large content companies.”

The extensive and expanded distribution agreement grants DISH rights to stream cleared linear and video-on-demand content from the ABC-owned broadcast stations, ABC Family, Disney Channel, ESPN and ESPN2, as part of an Internet delivered, IP-based multichannel offering. DirecTV Chief Executive Mike White has previously said the company is working on an "over-the-top" video package to suit niche audiences featuring Hispanic or kids programming, but has not yet given details on that offering.

Secondary Target

• Aereo denied temporary overturn of injunction
• Justice Department Backs Broadcasters in Aereo Dispute

Justice Department lawyers argued that Aereo’s broadcast television streaming service infringes on broadcasters’ copyrights and asked the court to reverse a lower court’s decision that found in favor of the startup. A panel of judges on the federal denied Aereo’s emergency motion to stay the injunction. - “Aereo has not made a strong showing that it is likely to succeed on the merits of its appeal,”said two of the judges in the 2-page order

Signals Intelligence

• True Detective” finale crashes HBO Go

Due to overwhelmingly popular demand for #TrueDetective, we've been made aware of an issue affecting some users. Please try again soon.

Gear Up

• Roku's new Streaming Stick works with most TVs, drops price to $50

The new Roku Streaming Stick will be available in April either direct from the company's site or through the usual retailers (like Best Buy) for $50.

Under surveillance

• Twitch to stream live E3 game announcements directly to your console

The new Roku Streaming Stick will be available in April either direct from the company's site or through the usual retailers (like Best Buy) for $50.

Front Lines

• Comcast subscribers can get online on demand access to House of Cards.

Comcast struck a deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. “Orange is the New Black” will be available on the Xfinity Store on May 13th through a similar deal with Lionsgate.

• New interface for Vimeo on Demand.

Along with better navigation to featured titles and genre categories, the updated platform gives viewers a personal library where they can find all the titles they’ve bought, rented or watched in the past. The company is also pouring in an extra $10 million to bring new independent films to the platform.

• BBC3 will go off the air in autumn 2015 and become an online-only channel targeted at 16-34 year-olds.

There's a #SaveBBC3 movement gathering steam on Twitter. £30 million of its budget will move to BBC One.

• Sony’s Screen Gems will release a film adaptaion of The Last of Us.

Game creative director Neil Druckmann will reportedly be writing the script, with participation from other members of studio Naughty Dog. Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures production company, which worked on the 2013 remake of Evil Dead, will collaborate with them to make the film.

• Sebastian, a designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, made PopcornTime. a tool that allows users to stream popular movie torrents with a click of a button.

Popcorn Time offers instant access to hundreds of films, in various qualities and complete with subtitles if needed. Available for Windows, Mac and Linux

• Apple TV version 6.1, is out with an easier way to hide channels you don't like.

Pick a channel from the main menu and hold the Select button to make the icons dance. Once they start to jiggle, use the directional buttons to move around before hitting the Play/Pause button to hide that content source.

On Our Radar

• Need for Speed. Veronica Mars

On Screen

• Brian: Cosmos, True Detective
• Tom: True Detective, The Walking Dead, Blue Jasmine, Cosmos
• Eklund: Cosmos, The Lego Movie, Roderick on the line, Podcast

Dispatches From The Front

Holy smokes! I love your podcast! I was wondering if you guys had considered creating a Diamond Club channel for the Roku. MayBe???

Adam

Hey guys - after the 1,000th recent article about how great it would be, I've just recently installed XBMC on my ATV. Now what?? It's not obvious how best to utilize ... any pointers??

Thanks

Jeff Howe

Hey guys,

It seems like most of the cord cutting solutions all involve using the HDMI jack. However, most of my TV's are old-school and do not have HDMI. So I think the Roku boxes are the best options here but thought I'd check with the experts.

And it was great chatting with you Saturday.

Take care,

Norm from Austin

Amazon's "cut the cord 101"

Jeff

Brian, Can you go over in detail your vidblaster setup please?

Thanks,

James

European Frustration. Having enjoyed this week's episode I tried to find out if I could watch Hacking the System, or Don't Trust Andrew Mayne by any legal method in the UK. After many minutes of googling I concluded neither show has any form of UK release. I tried really hard.

Then, 10 seconds after logging on to the Pirate Bay I found 720p versions easily available from bit torrent. I really do not want to do this illegally. I really want you and Andrew Mayne to get the credit for my enjoyment of your shows. What should I do. Torrent or miss them?"

David

Links

• http://www.cordkillers.com/blog/2014/3/10/cordkillers-ep-10-jerko-contendo
• patreon.com/cordkillers
• G+ Doghouse system Cordkillers Box

Preceded by: "Apple's billion dollar baby toy"

Jerko Contendo

Followed by: "Breki-ing the law"