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 266 - Craig Robinson & Claudia O'Doherty

Craig Robinson & Claudia O'Doherty politely answer my questions and deal with my poor excuse for antics as we discuss season two of Peacock's Killing It.

This interview was recorded before the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Plus:

• Netflix game streaming is a reality

• Amazon might be interested in a partnership with Disney for ESPN

• Ubisoft+ gets Activision Blizzard games

• Another Sunday Ticket lawsuit

• Neighborhood TV is Cox’s hyper local news service

Episode 246 - Hand Holdy

Bob Iger is back at Disney and we're celebrating! The king has returned to right the wrongs of his successor, Bob Chapek. Maybe now Disney can be convinced to do more Duck Tales. Plus: AMAZON PRIME MUSIC changes for better and for worse; JASON BLUM and JAMES WAN are horror buddies now; the NFL SUNDAY TICKET remains up for $2.5 billion grabs.

• Peacock brings in live streaming local affiliates

• Amazon Music brings in 100 million songs but introduces a shuffle mode for non-subscribers

• Customers mad about the music change

• Jason Blum, James Wan looking to team up on horror

• NFL Sunday Ticket talks still ongoing, with multiple suitors

• Robert Iger is back at Disney

• Disney execs had no confidence in Chapek’s ability to run the company

• Iger apparently never left Disney proper

• What Iger needs to do to right Chapek’s wrongs

Episode 245 - King of Streams

Welcome to a very special all streaming coverage episode! Everyone from Netflix to Disney+ is introducing an ad-supported tier of their service. While that means cheaper plans, it also means growing pains. But we don't have time for that! We want to watch TV with limited commercial interruption. Screw it; I'll pay the $20 not to watch an ad and to have 4K.

• Apple wants NFL Sunday Ticket but doesn’t want the stress that comes with it

• Netflix wants to stop losing subscribers

• Netflix comedy specials get pay cuts

• Uh oh, possibly at Peacock

• Netflix ad-supported tier details

• Learning how ads work was a bump in the road for Netflix

• Netflix asking for all the money in the world for ads

• Binging is still Netflix’s motive

• Apple looking to sell ad inventory on Apple TV+

• How all the streamers with ad tiers compare

• Can streamers and advertisers work well together?

• Streaming services have more competition that aren’t streaming services