How To Go Viral
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| How To Go Viral | |
| Number | 67 |
| Broadcast Date | March 13, 2012 |
| Episode Length | 1:01:04 |
| Hosts | Brian Brushwood, Tom Merritt |
Kony2012 gets big, Hulu gets original, Barry Diller gets bold, and more.
Contents
Opening Video
Willy Wonka You Get Nothing Remix by SrslySirius (the original was taken down)
The Big Story
The Kony 2012 video goes viral overnight. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Another Big Story
How Hulu is becoming a testbed for new TV shows. [7] [8]
Yet Another Big Story
- Netflix in talks for a cable partnership, but Comcast isn't. [9] [10]
- Netflix’s Next Original Show Reportedly Locked In Hollywood Budget Battle. [11]
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Slipstream
- Walmart to charge $2-$4 per DVD to convert movies to UltraViolet Cloud. [12]
- Diller to networks: get Radio Shack to pay for retrans & Aereo will too. [13]
- Aereo files countersuit against broadcasters. [14]
- New online TV network from 'world's richest man' will bring Larry King out of retirement. [15]
- Amazon may join Netflix and Hulu and produce original TV content. [16]
- NBC to use YouTube streaming technology for 2012 Olympics. [17]
- Youku and Tudou merging to create China's largest video site. [18]
- Missouri approves Google’s request to set up video services in Kansas City. [19]
Tube Tops
- The new Apple TV and Apple's home entertainment ambivalence. [20]
- HBO loosening its grip on Fox, Universal to allow iCloud movie syncing. [21]
- iTunes Digital Copies of movies can now be served up by iCloud. [22]
- WSJ says Intel planning set-top box/Web TV service. [23]
- Roku needs to raise $50 million to go global. [24]
- TiVO Premiere will include Xfinity On Demand for Comcast customers in April. [25]
Sponsor
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Film Falm
- Netflix may pick up Terra Nova after Fox drops it. [26]
- Topher Grace cuts down all three prequels to one 85-minute film. [27]
Premiering This Week
21 Jump Street [28]
What We're Watching
Brian
- The Walking Dead
Tom
- John Carter
- Fringe
- The Walking Dead
Feedback
- T. Perran Mitchell has an idea for a hybrid pre-roll ad skipping system.
- Crash Down wants a practical demonstration of how cord cutting works.
The Spoiler Zone
The boys talk The Walking Dead.
Great Quotes
- Tom, "Oh look, he's at the planet of the brown grass."
- Jason, "Larry is looking at you, Brian."
Fun Facts
YouTube
Links
| Preceded by: "I'm Down With OTT" |
How To Go Viral |
Followed by: "Another Union Of The Snake" |