Episode 290 - Joke Joke Joke Joke Joke

Chad tries to show off how cool his phone is and fails miserably.

Plus:

• Asian and Pacific Islander representation on screen is poor in the eyes of the API viewers

• What would happen if the FCC agreed to YouTube TV’s cable-like status?

• The Spiderwick Chronicles shows Roku’s ad-supported streamer has some legs

Episode 279 - You Know Cats

A new sports streaming skinny bundle is coming from Warner, Disney and Fox. A cable-like structure has entered the streaming world.

• YouTube TV is the top subscribed pay-TV service

• Is Apple's big spending on expensive flops sustainable?

• New sports streaming rights agreement from Warner, Disney and Fox

• The risks and other small details of the sports streaming trifecta

• The new sports streamer won't solve much of anything in terms of subscribers

• Disney announces ESPN standalone product timeline

Episode 270 - Conscientious Unobjector

One Sunday Ticket please!

• YouTube TV is losing a billion dollars on NFL Sunday Ticket this year

• YouTube ad blockers are being blocked by YouTube

• Disney buying out Comcast from Hulu

• Local affiliates continue to urge treating streaming cable like regular cable

• Pause ads start showing in premium streaming apps for extra revenue

• Spotify’s royalty model is changing

Episode 256 - A Glance at My Nips

Streaming cable is becoming more expensive every couple of years. Add in streaming networks along with other subscription based platforms and we don't own anything. What's the point in paying all of this when we can't even keep up? How else will I form my personality?! Plus: A.O. Scott departs The New York Times film division; Tubi beats Pluto TV; and YouTube TV gets slightly more expensive.

• A.O. Scott departs as The New York Times film critic

• Tubi joins Nielsen ratings system and overtakes Pluto TV

• YouTube TV price raises by a few but noticeable dollars

• Disney+ users did not leave when the price rose

Episode 240 - Alyssa Limperis

ALYSSA LIMPERIS (Flatbush Misdemeanors) stops by to talk about her new Peacock special -- No Bad Days. It's an endearing piece of art covering the death of her father, stories around the time and getting through grief.

Follow Alyssa on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube. Stream No Bad Days only on Peacock.

Watch a video version of the interview on Youtube.com/cpluscomedy.

Plus: all the news ever

• The Obamas leave Spotify for Audible

• Apple, MLS sign 10 year deal for streaming games

• Amazon Prime Video’s most watched shows

• A change of strategy for Netflix

• HBO Max reevaluating European originals

• Bob Chapek fires TV Content Exec Peter Rice from Disney

• Peter Rice was pretty good at his job

• There’s no reason Peter Rice should’ve been dropped

• YouTube TV surpasses 5 million subscribers

• Netflix talks to major studios to set up ad deals

• Hulu growth is more than Disney+ for the first time

• Marvel shortchanges comic book creators with movie payments

• Medium could never be more than its ambitions

• Super Apps are super difficult to pull off

• “Fall” movie uses AI to replace cuss words

• Axios sold to Cox

• Reductress sold to Phenomenal Media

• How does Axios sale change local news?

• Big Tech money is going into Washington based publications