SPOOOOON!

SPOOOOON!
Number	35
Broadcast Date	August 31, 2014
Episode Length	53:19
Hosts	Brian Brushwood, Tom Merritt
Guests	Fraser Cain

Why Amazon bought Twitch, and excitement for the return of The Tick!

Guest

• Fraser Cain
• universetoday.com

Opening Video

• None

Primary Target

• Amazon buys Twitch
• Why Amazon Really Bought Twitch
• Prime-time Twitch is bigger than CNN, MSNBC, and MTV

Amazon buying Twitch ($97- million in cash, total of $1.1 billion)

one hour and 45 minutes on the site per day

1.35 percent of all downstream traffic in the U.S. during peak times

Emmett Shear: “ We’re keeping most everything the same: our office, our employees, our brand, and most importantly our independence. But with Amazon’s support we’ll have the resources to bring you an even better Twitch.”

Signals Intelligence

• Samsung bets on 4K Amazon and Netflix streaming to make UHD TV more tempting
• Amazon's original shows will stream in 4K starting this October

4K Amazon and 4K Netflix (Wuaki.tv, Chili and Maxdome) to Europe on Samsung TVs

Comes in October

Netflix has been in US TVs since April

Samsung began UHD broadcasts in April with Korean cable provider CJ Hello Vision.

Gear Up

• TiVo's first box just for cord cutters is the Roamio OTA DVR
• TiVo beats estimates on strong subscriber growth

Roamio OTA $49

4 tuners, 500 GB storage, TiVo Stream, WiFi

No cable card slot so $150 cheaper (and no TiVo Mini support)

Available in Limited Edition at Best Buy

Better than expected profits — strong growth in subscribers through cable TV partners such as Virgin Media in the UK, ONO in Spain and Com Hem AB in Sweden.

TiVo's subscriptions rose by a third to 4.8 million in the second quarter ended July 31.

Under surveillance

• Amazon is resurrecting 'The Tick' with Patrick Warburton for new pilot

Patrick Warburton made a deal with Sony Television to shoot a pilot for The Tick to try on Amazon.

Jeffrey Tambor's “Transparent,” which will drop its entire 10-episode first season on Friday, Sept. 26.

• Amazon greenlights yet another batch of original kids TV pilots

Five more kids pilots

Three animated

"The Stinky & Dirty Show" about a backhoe and a garbage truck that are best friends

"Buddy: Tech Detective" aimed at preschoolers

"Niko and the Sword of Light" about a young adventurer.

Two live action

"Table 58" about a motley lunch table of outcast kids

"Just Add Magic" about friends who find an old cookbook with magical recipes.

Previously announced Sara Solves It which makes 6 kids shows in this pilot season

Current children's shows in the coming months: "Tumble Leaf" on September 5, "Creative Galaxy" on October 3, and "Annedroids" on October 30.

Front Lines

• Netflix dropped $2 million to get access to the first season of The Blacklist which will show up for US users 9/7.
• YouTube now can queue videos to Chromecast from its Webpage. Not only that but you can now cast whole playlists.
• Netflix will launch an original series in French late next year. "Marseille"

Follows Mayor Robert Taro, who has been in office 25 years and is facing off against an ambitious young politician. Netflix calls it a“tale of power, corruption and redemption.”

• Canada’s cable giants, Roger and Shaw are launching shomi a subscription-based service available ONLY to its Internet or TV subscribers for $9 a month starting in November.
• Netflix didn’t win any Emmys during the primetime ceremony.

Out of 31 nominations they took home 7 of the Emmys given away in the Creative Arts Ceremony the week before. Last year David Fincher won a primetime Emmy for best directing.

On Screen

• Brian: been very busy vacationing
• Tom: Fargo, The Leftovers, Bojack Horseman, Continuum, The Shield (303)
• Fraser: Death Note, Sword Art Online

Dispatches From The Front

• Questions from the live audience

Links

• http://www.cordkillers.com/blog/2014/9/1/cordkillers-ep-35-spooooon
• patreon.com/cordkillers
• Dog House Systems Cordkiller box

Preceded by: "My mother is part camel"

SPOOOOON!

Followed by: "Rise of the Chaos Monkeys"