Frownapalooza

Frownapalooza
Number	80
Broadcast Date	June 12, 2012
Episode Length	1:15:34
Hosts	Brian Brushwood, Tom Merritt

No cable-free HBO Go, Dish defends commercial skipping, Intel planning TV platform, and more.

Contents

Opening Video

The Wire: The Musical with Michael Kenneth Williams

The Big Story

• HBO won't be offering a cable-free HBO Go option 'for now'. ^[1]
• How much would the average person pay for a standalone HBO GO subscription? About $12 a month. ^[2]

Another Big Story

• Intel can’t break TV’s bundles. ^[3]
• Intel planning TV platform that targets ads via facial recognition. ^[4]

Yet Another Big Story

• Dish chief defends commercial-skipping feature, calling it a 'necessary' response to online TV. ^[5]
• DirecTV sitting on TV commercial-skipping technology. ^[6]

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Slipstream

• YouTube signs music licensing deal with BMG and eight other publishers. ^[7]
• HBO Go launches for Kindle Fire but continues to avoid other Android tablets. ^[8]
• Disney implements 28-day waiting period for rental DVDs. ^[9]
• Celluloid no more: distribution of film to cease by 2013 in the US. ^[10]

Tube Tops

• Netgear's NeoTV Pro adds WiDi, makes any TV smart. ^[11]
• Vudu Slingplayer. ^[12]
• Upcoming Google TV set-top box will play movie streams from Android phones and tablets. ^[13]
• TiVo and PayPal pair up for purchases through TV. ^[14]
• SmartKey TV HDMI dongle gives ICS brains to any boob tube. ^[15]

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Film Falm

• Game of Thrones is the most pirated TV show of the season. ^[16]
• Watch these: Over 500 full-length movies you can stream for free. ^[17]

Summer Movie Draft

• (1) Tom = $588,117,770
• (2) Scott = $541,932,982
• (3) Brian = $399,431,854
• (4) Veronica = $92,340,406
• (5) Justin = $83,411,361
• (6) Sarah = $0

That's My Boy and Rock of Ages premiere this week.

What We're Watching

Brian

• Prometheus
• Legend of Korra
• De-specialized Return of the Jedi

Tom

• Prometheus
• True Blood
• Diablo III
• Mad Men

Great Quotes

• Tom, "If I'm extra angry today, that's why."
  • Brian, "Is that the big story?"
  • Tom, "That is not the big story."
  • Jason, "It is now."

Links

• TWiT Episode Archive
• TWiT Wiki

Preceded by: "Old Man Game Pad"

Frownapalooza

Followed by: "The End of Blu-ray?"