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| Fake And Old | |
| Number | 44 |
| Broadcast Date | September 27, 2011 |
| Episode Length | 1:05:38 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt, Brian Brushwood, Andy Beach |
Netflix merging with Amazon? Time Warner on cord cutting, Roku partners with Disney, and more.
Contents
Opening Video
Playing The Bagpipe While Riding A Unicycle
The Big Story
On This Week In Netflix, the boys talk about how Netflix is setting up for an acquisition by Amazon, sign a 2 year streaming deal with Discovery, sign a deal with Dreamworks, and the real reason Netflix split into two divisions.
Another Big Story
Time Warner's Bewkes states, "Cordcutting hasn't arrived yet."
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Film Falm
- Blockbuster Movie Pass offers Dish Network customers streaming videos and discs by mail for just $10 a month.
- Roku announces Disney partnership, YouTube channel in the works.
- GeeXboX LiveUSB HTPC Linux distro hits v2.0, adds ARM support for multi-core video decoding.
- Hollywood starts giving up on the old model to live in a post-DVD future.
Tube Tops
- Dish may have provided the highest (unconditional) bid for Hulu.
- Google TV to get TV Everywhere with TNT and TBS apps inbound.
- DVBLogic's Boxee app brings live TV streaming to the Box.
- Time Warner Cable to offer low-cost service plan (without ESPN).
What We're Watching
Tom
- saw Moneyball, the film and the actual events
- watched Person of Interest
- was disappointed by Terra Nova
- enjoyed Pan Am
Brian
- paused the Fringe-Binge while he's on the road
- highly approves of the return to It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (notably Fat Mac)
- watched half of the previous nights episode of Breaking Bad
Andy
- waiting for the return of The League
- enjoying Archer
- watching Boardwalk Empire
Interferon
- YouTube set to launch channels with scheduled content.
- 6 Walking Dead webisodes launching.
- International festival celebrates one-minute movies.
Feedback
- A viewer wonders if there is a good way to keep track of all the online streaming available.
- Brian finds a (fake and old) picture of a billboard that links pirating films to funding terrorism.
Great Quotes
Fun Facts
YouTube
Links
| Preceded by: "Boba, Shut The Fett Up" |
Fake And Old |
Followed by: "Doctor Who Is Slave Leia" |