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A streaming service for the sports apathetic, why people watch Netflix in the bathrooms, and Twitter tries to win the 24 hour news game. With special guest Kristi Kates.

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CordKillers: Ep. 196 – You Might Be Part of the 7%
Recorded: November 20 2017
Guest: Kristi Kates

Intro Video

• The Force Awakens is NOT a Remake of A New Hope

Primary Target

• Philo non-sports Pay TV service
  – Philo launched this week
  – Streaming service from A&E, Scripps, Discovery, AMC and Viacom
  – Base for $16 a month, Extras for $20 a month
  – Web, Roku, iOS

How to Watch

• People watch Netflix at work and in public bathrooms 
  – Netflix commissioned survey
  – 37,000 adults between late August and early September
  – 67% of people watch TV and movie in public
  – planes, buses, commuting most popular
  – 26% said binged shows at work.
  – 7% worldwide admitted watching TV and movies in public restrooms
  – Mobile makes up 10% of its viewing though half of users stream from phone during a month

What to Watch

• Amazon’s Philip K. Dick anthology series will go live on January 12
  – Amazon’s Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams arrives Friday, January 12. (Steve Buscemi, Bryan Cranston, Anna Paquin, Terrence Howard, Maura Tierney, and more star in the anthology series)
• New trailer out for A Wrinkle in Time which hits theaters March 9.
• Netflix to produce TV series with Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan
  – Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan will produce (but not act in) a new 8-episode Netflix series called Bard of Blood. [[A young Shakespeare professor living in the Indian hill station Panchgani who must return home to save both his country and the woman he left behind.]]

What We’re Watching

• Brian: Serenity, , 30 for 30: Nature Boy, Last Week Tonight’s
• Tom: Serenity, Mr. Robot (306), Orville
• Kristi: Thor: Ragnarok, Inhumans, Serenity
• On the Lookout: No Activity

Front Lines

• Amazon denies that it’s developing a freemium version of Prime Video, despite report
  – Responding to an AdAge report that Amazon was considering launching a free ad-supported version of Amazon Prime Video, an Amazon spokesperson told The Verge: “We have no plans to create a free, ad-supported version of Prime Video.”
• Vimeo now supports HDR videos
  – Vimeo announced users can now upload video in HDR and at resolutions up to 8K. The service also now supports 10-bit video and a wider color gamut. HDR playback will work on most new mobile devices with an HDR display as well as on the Apple TV 4K.
• Bloomberg’s Twitter-based news network launches December 18th
  – Bloomberg is launching a 24-hour news network on Twitter December 18. Goldman Sachs, Infiniti, TD Ameritrade, CA Technologies, AT&T and CME Group are all investing between 1.5-3 million each.
• FCC approves TV technology that gives better pictures but less privacy
  – The US FCC approved a new over the air standard called ATSC 3.0 which allows broadcasters to geolocate TV signals, transmit Ultra-HD and allow for more interactive programming. ATSC 3.0 can target broadcasts, including advertising and emergency alerts on a street by street basis. Broadcasters will be required to continue the current system alongside the new system for 5 years. No current TVs support ATSC 3.0.
• How to find the TV channels you want online
  – ReCode has a tool where you can put in channels you want and it will show you which online streaming services carry those channels. It compares DirecTV Now, Hulu, Philo, PS Vue, Sling TV and YouTube TV.
• Fullscreen Media is ending its subscription video service in January. Fullscreen launched in April 2016 for $6 a month.

 

Dispatches from the Front

 

I would like to points out that when you use MoviePass to artifically inflate points that it’s the movie theater that loses out because you are getting stuff for free

– John

 

Tom and Brian,

Just finished listening to Episode 195 in which you read an email from Joshua where he says he buys tickets using his Moviepass everyday just to rack up loyalty points. A quick look at the Moviepass terms of service shows that is in fact against the TOS.

One of the items that they list as a reason to terminate your account is:

(ix) On more than one occasion during any thirty (30) day period you do not view the movie for which you purchased a ticket with your MoviePass Card in its entirety.

I’m sure you’ve gotten several emails on the same subject, but I just thought it was worth a mention. Moviepass seems like a great deal and I am getting ready to sign up, and I would hate for everyone to lose it because some folks aren’t playing by the rules.

Thanks

– Don

 

 

So I have to reverse my opinion that I tweeted to Tom and Brian earlier about MoviePass. It was a great company when it was $40 a month. The price cut and expansion with $10 a month has thrown all levels of customer service they used to have in the trash.

As someone who works in customer service I’m a little less lenient in this area than some (I broke relations with a game developer from poor service regarding $15.) but my partner and I have two different problems and they won’t respond to either of us. I have my card and no way to activate it and my partner has an activated card but no physical card. We have tried Facebook, Twitter, instagram in addition to the in-app chat support and email and no response from the company at all. It’s been a rather disappointing experience since the business model changed for MoviePass.

– Jeff

 

 

Hello Valued Employees (and guest),

So I’m wondering what you think about the idea that Netflix is ahead of the game in international distribution, with the key being their Netflix Originals brand.

With shows such as Peaky Blinders, The Expanse and ST Discovery all being branded “Netflix Originals” outside of their home territories, it seems like Netflix is playing the long game worldwide to increase their prominence and their mindshare with audiences, while the other big media companies still haven’t risen their eyes above the horizon and are just obsessively squabbling over the US domestic market.

TL;DR Netflix is focusing on the rest of the world, discuss!

Thanks for a great show – keep up the good work and maybe you’ll get those xmas bonuses!

– Micky

 

 

 

Hey there, just a small note on CW shows on Netflix. Tom had said that the previous season is available the day the new season starts. However, they show up 8 days after the season ends:

Netflix and the CW Confirm New Licensing Deal for All Scripted Series

Sorry if 400 people pointed this out! 😀

– Rob

 

Links

2017 Winter Movie Draft
patreon.com/cordkillers

Netflix is more expensive, the Stephen King visual universe expands, and less TV on Google Fiber. With special guest MikeTV.

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CordKillers: Ep. 190 – The Sidekick: Bevin
Recorded: October  9 2017
Guest: MikeTv

Intro Video

• Very weird tv spot for blade runner 2049

Primary Target

• Netflix Raises Its Subscription Prices
  – Netflix raised prices of two of its three plans by $1 a month. The basic single screen plan stays at $7.99. The two screen “standard” plan goes from $9.999 to $10.99 and the 4-screen 4K “Premium” plan goes from $11.99 to $13.99. New customers get the new prices now. Existing customers will be informed by Netflix soon and see it on their bill in November.

How to Watch

• Google Fiber Drops Cable TV Package For New Cities
  – Google Fiber announced that for its upcoming launch in Louisville and San Antonio markets, it will only offer internet service, with no TV package. Last year, Google announced that Fiber would halt future deployments, making these two markets the last confirmed committments to roll out the service.

What to Watch

• Justice League Trailer
• The Second Half of Amazon’s The Tick is Coming to the Rescue This February
• The First Trailer for Marvel’s Runaways Is All About Very Evil Parents and Their Very Upset Kids
• On The Man in the High Castle’s New Season, the Nazis Want to Conquer Another Universe
• Watch Hulu’s first teaser for Stephen King’s ‘Castle Rock’

What We’re Watching

• Brian: The Vietnam War (ctd), Blade Runner 2049, Born Rich documentary
• Mike: Stranger Things S1, The Wire, Wonder Woman, Spiderman Homecoming
• On the Lookout: The Good Place

Front Lines

• Hulu Is Making the Jump Into eSports With a New Original Series
  – Hulu announced Monday it is ordering four new original esports series from ESL. Shows include a debate show called Player V. Player, a documentary series following the team Immortals called Bootcamp, a chat show called Defining Moments and a recap show called ESL Replay.
• If Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Goes on for Years, We Could See the Same Story Adapted Over Again
  – If Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Goes on for Years, We Could See the Same Story Adapted Over Again
  Speaking at a press event during NYCC, David Kanter, EP of Amazon’s coming PKD’s Electric Dreams anthology said that the show, if given enough seasons, could potentially retell the same story from different writers. Writer and EP Ronald D Moore said that a treatment he wrote for an episode based on PKD’s “Exhibit Piece” was “so far removed from the original source material that if another writer came in and read the exact same piece, it would bear no resemblance to what I did. “
• Netflix’s next original is a personal kind of superhero story
• CBS will stream nine ‘Star Trek’ episodes this year instead of eight
  – CBS will stream nine ‘Star Trek’ episodes this year instead of eight. CBS is moving one of the 7 episodes to air in January to the first half of the season (“chapter”) this year. The ninth and final episode of this season’s first chapter will debut on Sunday, November 12th.

Dispatches from the Front

Hi guys, just wanted to let you know that as an old guy, I enjoyed Blade Runner 2049, but apparently it is a failure because only old guys like it. But on a related note, why do the studios fail to promote the sequels that seem to be so endemic these days by pushing the previous films in a series on the streaming platforms. Blade Runner is a great example since, though I find it hard to imagine, so many have never seen the first film. Another example was the Kingsmen sequel; I saw the previews for the Golden Circle several months ago, and had never heard of the original. I had to use my Netflix DVD subscription to get a chance to see it.

Without a TV or cable, I can’t see whether I would want to spend money on seeing either show, but without seeing them, I won’t spend the money to buy them on Amazon. Shouldn’t there be a better way? Or should I just wait till they show up on Prime or Netflix?

Keep up the good work

– Dave

 

 

 

Hey Bri,

I signed up for Movie pass when they dropped the price to 10 dollars a month and loved it initially. I could use their “E-Ticket” feature at my local theater. Meaning I could pick my seat and buy the ticket from my house without ever using the MasterCard they shipped to me. It was great and I’ve seen more movies in the past 3 weeks then I did in the last 3 months.

Till… something change… They apparently lost the deal with Goodrich Theaters that allowed E-Tickets and now every theater in my area requires me to buy the ticket within 100 yards of the theater. The love is now gone… I like picking my seat and planning ahead of time and I’m willing to go to the theater less and get the best experience (picking my seat… etc) for the big movies than get some second class access to the smaller films while their in theaters.

So I cancelled my membership – which you can do directly from the app so no complaints there. But its just not worth it, even at 10 bucks a month. I mght start it back up again if they get the E-ticket feature back but until then… I’m out.

Thought you and Tom would like the input – thanks for the show(s)!

Sincerely,
– Norman

 

 

 

hey, I have no idea whether anyone else has been similarly affected, a google search turned up nothing, but while looking over my credit card bill I noticed that I had been charged 3 times in September for Filmstruck. Twice on the usual billing day, and then once again on the following day. I used the chat option from the Filmstruck help page and they immediately resolved the issue and refunded two of the charges. I don’t always go over my monthly transactions and very easily could have missed this, so I was thinking there’s probably a lot of other subscribers who (if this isn’t just something that just happened to me) might never know they’ d been overcharged.

Thanks! Love the show 🙂
–James
 

 

 

CBS All Access and Big Brother

One aspect of CBS All Access I think is missed often in discussions is the inclusion of Big Brother Live feeds. For years CBS has been selling access to the feeds and have a faithful audience for them. One Year ago they ran a Special Season of Big Brother over the top which was only available on CBS All Access. So for those customers everything else is Value add.

Still debating on if its worth it to watch the New Star Trek.

– Scott
 

 

Links

2017 Winter Movie Draft
patreon.com/cordkillers
 

Should Apple make James Bond, Plex gets easy with Kodi, and Netflix takes on an anime parody? Is it parody? With special guest Roberto Villegas.

The draft is next week! Here’s the movie list.

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CordKillers: Ep. 186 – I Like The Way I Said it Better
Recorded: September 11 2017
Guest: Roberto Villegas

Intro Video

• Apocalypse Now Now

Primary Target

• Apple, Amazon Join Race for James Bond Film Rights
  – Sony’s deal to make James Bond movies ended in 2015 and bids for the rights are being negotiated now. Hollywood Reporter has sources who say Apple and Amazon are in the running with Warner Brothers and Sony to buy the rights to make the movies for MGM. Former Sony executives Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht are leading the push for Apple.

How to Watch

• Plex for Kodi is now free for everyone
  – Plex has made its add-on for the Kodi media center software free. This allows both systems to run at the same time and share settings. Some settings like multiple users and parental controls will not carry over but most basic ones will. Plex has been taking legal action against unofficial add-ons.
• The new Apple TV 4K will be a much more powerful streaming box than its predecessor
  – There will be probably be a new Apple TV with 4K announced Tuesday. We’ll talk all about it next week
  – Same processor as the 2017 iPad Pro, 3 GB RAM
  – 4K? (HDR10m Dolby Vision)
• Apple fights Hollywood to price 4K movies on iTunes at $20
  – The Wall Street Journal says its sources say Apple and movie studios are having difficulty agreeing on the price of 4K movies to be sold in Apple’s iTunes store. Apple supposedly wants 4K movies to sell for $20, which is the top price for current HD releases. The studios would like a price point of $25 or $30.
• Apple bolsters its TV unit with more top Sony talent
  – Apple has hired for Sony exec Kim Rozenfeld as head of current programming and lead on documentaries.

What to Watch

• The First Trailer For Netflix Anime Parody Neo Yokio Showcases Its Bonkers Cast
  – The Netflix Anime parody Neo Yokio arrives September 22. EP creator and writer is Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig and Jaden Smith voices Kaz Kaan a demon slayer. Credits also include Susan Sarandon, Jude Law, Richard Ayoade, Steve Buscemi, Stephen Fry and a lot more.
• Lore the podcast debuts as a 6-episode Amazon original October 13th.
• Amazon picks up James Gunn’s ‘Starsky and Hutch’ reboot
  – James Gunn will reboot Starsky and Hutch for Amazon. It will supposedly continue the original and be a “deconstruction of the buddy cop genre.”
• Netflix orders eight-part musical drama from La La Land director Damien Chazelle
  – Netflix ordered an 8-part musical drama called The Eddy from La La Land Director Damien Chazelle. Chazelle will direct two episodes and Jack Thorne of Skins will write most of the episodes. The show will take place in a Paris nightclub. The series’s score will be written by Glen Ballard, a six-time Grammy winner known for co-producing Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill
• Hulu recruits Chris Pine for Bobby Kennedy miniseries
  – Deadline reports Hulu is developing a miniseries about Robert F. Kennedy starring Chris Pine as Bobby. Todd E. Kessler of the Good Wife is writing the adaptation of the Larry Tye biography.

What We’re Watching

• Brian: Preacher, Firefly, me on TEDx, Logan Lucky, Rick and Morty, Narcos season 3
• Tom: Preacher, Outlander, Firefly, Weather Nation, Rick and Morty
• Roberto: Bojack Horseman
• On the Lookout: All the Stations

Front Lines

• Amazon’s new flagship Fire TV looks like a square Echo Dot
  – AFTVNews says it has sources who say Amazon will release two new Fire TV models later this year. One will be a square FireTV stick and the other a regular box that has Amazon Voice Service far-field microphones and speaker built in. Both will support 4K. and HDR.
• Disney’s streaming service will exclusively get Marvel and Star Wars movies
  – Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that Disney will make its Star Wars and Marvel movies exclusive to a new streaming service launching with Disney and Pixar content in late 2019.
• Disney Movies Anywhere drops Microsoft as a partner
  – Disney Movies Anywhere sent out an email saying it no longer works with Microsoft’s Movies and TV Store. That applies to future purchases. Existing linked movies will remain available.
• Roku files for $100M IPO
  – Roku filed paperwork for an IPO. The filing shows 15.1 million active accounts streaming 3.5 billion hours last quarter, up 60% on the year. Revenue per unit is up 35% on the year to $11.22 for a total annual revenue of $398 million. Advertising and platform subscriptions make up 81% of company profits, up 104% over the last six months, while profits from hardware fell 28% in the same span and represents 19% overall. Roku also launched its own channel for Roku users that streams free movies licnesed directly from studios by Roku and supported with advertising.
• AT&T’s DirecTV Now is testing a cloud DVR with 100 hours of storage
  – TechCrunch confirmed a Cord Cutters News leak that DirecTV Now’s forthcoming DVR plan will have up to 100 hours of storage managed from a “My Library” feature. No word on the price.
• Netflix and Hulu already won 21 Emmys ahead of the main event
  – The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were given out this weekend These are the ones they give away a week before the main awards broadcast, which is this coming Sunday September 17. Stranger Things took home 5 awards include sound and picture editing as well as main title. Netflix documentary 13th from Ava Duvernay got four awards. Handmaid’s Tale got three including production design and cinematography. Overall Netflix got 16 Hulu five and Amazon two.

Dispatches from the Front

Hey guys. Since becoming a cordcutter, I’ve been more attentive on how people get their media. This is only anecdotal, but one thing I’ve noticed over the past year is how widespread the knowledge and use of “Amazon fire sticks with access to everything free” has become. People come to my house and I show them how to watch stuff on my apple tvs and remind them that I don’t have cable. People from 14 year old cousins to 50 year old uncles will say “oh do you have the fire stick where it has everything free”? I tell them I don’t and then they tell me I should get one. I will admit I’ve done my fair share of pirating back in the day. However, I now consider myself a born again cordkiller that is mostly legit because there are actually easy legal options to access content these days which is what I thought everyone wanted. To me, it seems getting it free may still be a larger component to the equation for some people. I’ve never used a “special” fire stick , but if it’s as easy as ordering it and plugging it in to your tv , I don’t know how big media can compete with that if there truly is a growing population that doesn’t see any issues with it.

Your favorite boss

– Jerry

 

 

 

Hello Tom and Brian,
Do you know of a box or app that will allow me to use single sign and create playlists of the shows I watch in all of my steaming services (Hulu, Netflix, Amazon).
Thanks
– Chuck

 

 

 

Hello fellow cord cutters,
The best website I found for comparing and choosing a streaming service is suppose.tv. You can set your location and choose local channels and cable channels to filter by and determine which service they are available on. You can even compare costs and filter by streaming device. This is the tool you are looking for.

– Zach

Links

2017 Winter Movie Draft

patreon.com/cordkillers