Netflix adds 130 countries and lets you share your password, Sling cleans up its interface, and a new OTA DVR for cordcutters. With special guest Riley Blanton.
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CordKillers: 103 – A Lot of Paperwork
Recorded: January 11 2016
Guest: Riley Blanton
Intro Video
Primary Target
- Netflix launches 130 countries
- Netflix and LG offering prepaid Netflix
- The Crown Sizzle – Netflix [HD]
- The Get Down Sizzle – Netflix [HD]
- Netflix is cool with you sharing your account
- That Voltron Movie Reboot Is a Netflix TV Series Reboot Now
- Netflix comedy Pee-wee’s Big Holiday will premiere at SXSW this year
- Netflix’s Reed Hastings Interview on Making of a Murderer, China, HBO
- Netflix search sucks? Flixed fixes it
-Netflix launched Wednesday 1/6 in 130 countries
– Everywhere but China, Syria, Crimea and North Korea
– Lg and Netflix partnering on a prepaid service
– Hastings said household password-sharing is fine “We love people sharing Netflix. That’s a positive thing, not a negative thing.” He said kids grow up and like to have control of their life and get their own account.
– “The Ridiculous Six,” our Adam Sandler movie, in its first 30 days, has been the biggest thing we’ve ever seen in the first 30 days for any movie on Netflix, ever.“
TIMELY RELATED PRODUCT
– 3rd-party Netflix search engines can show you what movies are in what countries
– Flixed: IMDB rating, metacritic score, trailer
– Flixsearch – sells DNS Service for changing region
– Netflixcosdes.me lets you search by Netflix’s secret category codes like “Campy movies” or “teen drama”
Signal Intelligence
Gear Up
Front Lines
- Streaming Services Dominate 2016 Golden Globes, But Amazon Takes The Win
– Amazon won Golden Globes for Best TV Comedy and Best Actor in a TV Comedy for Mozart in the Jungle and lead Gael Garcia Bernal. Netflix had 8 nominations but no wins.
- Amazon will show President Obama’s final State of the Union on demand
– Amazon will show the President’s final State of the Union on demand, as will YouTube AND YouTube stars Destin, the engineer presenter of SmarterEveryDay, lifestyle vlogger Ingrid Nilsen and comedian sWoozie will interview the President, Friday January 15 following the address
- YouTube will soon support HDR video for improved color and detail
– YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl announced at CES that YouTube will soon support High Dynamic Range content, joining Amazon and Netflix which already provide HDR content.
- Sony’s latest 4K TVs get their own HDR video service
– In conjunction with the announcement of Sony’s HDR capable Bravia Android TVs, Sony announced its own HDR streaming service called Ultra that will let TV owners buy and stream HDR shows from Sony Pictures on compatible sets.
- Apple TVOS 9.2 beta adds Podcasts, bluetooth keyboard support, a new app switcher and folders.
- Exclusive: NFL to live-stream all London games, in talks with Apple, Google
– The NFL plans to live stream the three games to be played in London next season. Apple and Google are allegedly among the bidders. The three games will be played Oct. 2, Oct. 23 and Oct. 30.
- NBCU’s Comedy Subscription Service For Cord Cutters, Seeso, Goes Live
– NBCUniversal’s comedy streaming service SeeSo came out of beta Thursday. That means anyone can get it but they have to pay $3.99 a month to see most of the content though some will remain freely accessible.
Under Surveillance
- Daredevil’ season two hits Netflix on March 18th
- Game of Thrones season six premieres on April 24th
- Mad Dogs return Jan. 22
- Brian: One Hundred Eyes, The Expanse (ep 1), Harmontown live, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Master of None
- Tom: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Transparent (204 – 206), The Expanse, Agents of SHIELD, Haven, Age of Adaline, Golden Globes, One Hundred Eyes
- Riley: These Are The Actors You’re Looking For, The Big Short – The Force Awakens… Again
- On the Look Out: Broadchurch
Dispatches from the Front
Dear Tom and Brian,
I’m writing to comment on your discussion on Episode 102 about whether Netflix should concentrate solely on original content and de-emphasize the back catalog content. And you were also discussing how more and more streaming services are coming out with their own original content, and networks who already produce original content are making paid apps (like CBS).
And I think there’s a tipping point.
Here’s a scenario:
We want to watch the 11/22/63, and we plan to pay for Hulu+ to get that — But we already pay for Amazon Prime, Netflix, HBO and we still have cable. And one of my kids is a big anime fan so we have a membership to Crunchyroll, too. (And I support several podcasts via Patreon). I’ve reached my limit of what I will pay for.
So my idea is to binge watch 11/22/63: pay for one month of Hulu+ and then put the membership on hold. I figured we’d do something similar when the new Star Trek episodes come to the CBS all-access plan.
So, my question is, where’s the tipping point? How many memberships will people pay for before they decide to do some kind of a round robin like I described above?
If they only have original content, I can see myself doing this kind of thing. But services like Netflix, with their large back catalog, would be the ones I’d be least likely to put on hold. If they let their back catalog dwindle, I may find I can go a month or two without it.
Wondering what you think about this.
Love the show!
– Beelissa
You questioned if “the kids” are still downloading torrents, or if streaming is kind now. I work at a university, and we’ve recently implemented stricter controls on Peer-to-Peer / filesharing activity on our network. Based on the number of students who got caught by that this fall (and based on subsequent conversations with some of them, as they basically get kicked off our network when we see torrent activity), I feel like I have some idea anyway. Downloads certainly seem to be down some from the heyday for those things, but we certainly saw that the activity is still common enough. Interestingly enough, when we returned from Christmas break, we saw an upswing again as everyone went back to using the filesharing programs while at home and forgot to uninstall when they got back to campus!
–Anonymous
HBO Now was not available on my platform of choice (Android) until after Game o Thrones was over.
I did not torrent the show even though I have both torrented and borrowed HBO Go credentials in the past. I did enjoy binge watching it with my wife during our free trial. I left my subscription active for one more month after the free trial to show my appreciation for the service.
I think next year will be different. HBO Now is a great experience and I can’t wait to watch Game of Thrones on my Android TV devices next year.
–Tony
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