Frame Rate 115

Frame Rate Episode 115

Guest

• Zak Holder
• @lonelydotgeek

Intro Video

• School of Thrones

The Big Story

• Cablevision Sues Viacom For Demanding $1 Billion Penalty

Another Big Story

• ABC Unified: Disney's new advertising platform could finally put TV anywhere you want it

Yet Another Big Story

• Netflix Launches Speed Index To Highlight The Best ISPs For Streaming
• The ISP speed index from Netflix

Probably Not Such a Big Story

• The History of the Set-Top Box: From Bunny Ears to Apple TV
• Old cable box

Slip Stream

• Redesigned YouTube channels exit limited beta, now up for grabs
• YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley teases details of upcoming video content service
• Rovio adds TV channel to its games, launches Angry Birds Toons on March 17th
• HBO making all original series available internationally one week after US broadcast
• Google Fiber TV adds 3D channels
• 3D Disney movies headed to Vizio TVs via new 3DGo streaming service

Tube Tops

• TiVo Mini goes on sale for $99.99 with a $5.99 monthly subscription
• Roku 3 goes on sale tomorrow for $99 with upgraded CPU and a new UI

Film Falm

• Redbox and Verizon hope to follow in Netflix's footsteps and launch original programming
• SyFy greenlights 'Helix,' apocalyptic TV series from 'Battlestar Galactica' creator
• George Lucas Reveals He Signed Hamill, Ford, Fisher for Star Wars: Episode VII
• WOOOHOOO!!!! Iron fist of Disney comes down on Star Wars Detours
• Introducing ‘School of Thrones’: ‘Game of Thrones’ Parody Web Series
• Jeff Cannata KickStarter

What We're Watching

• Brian Brushwood: re-watched Regular Show, re-watched Wreck-It Ralph
• Tom Merritt: The Walking Dead

Feedback

I may be alone, but I want Cablevision to lose its lawsuit against Viacom. People want a la carte cable because they feel it will be cheaper, well it won't be. HBO cost about $20, and compared to larger channels like ESPN, AMC, and History Channel, it has low ratings. I figure a la carte cable channels would cost $10-$25 per channel. Because the content creators are going to have to make up for their subscriber and advertising fees on channels that don't make it, prices could be $10-$25 dollars per channel. So if your family wants ESPN, Lifetime, Nickelodeon, and AMC, you are paying introductory cable prices for 4 channels. And these prices will jump when they kill of another channel.

Remember when people didn't want to pay for minutes for their cell phones? Well we got our wish and got to pay for texting. And when we didn't want to pay for text messages, we got the ""privilege"" to pay for data. I don't think there is a natural way to escape heavy fees in high demand, low competition businesses.

Anthony

Was just watching episode 114, love the show by the way, and I had a comment on the HitBliss portion that you were talking about. What if in addition to either watching the ads to build up money to watch shows or just plain out purchase the content, you linked your accounts with Amazon, Google Shopping, or even brick and mortar stores, Target, Walmart, etc. By going to these stores online or on the ground, companies would be able to see real world purchasing. I mean we are already selling our information to get things for free anyway. If I want to watch the newest episode of Community and instead of watching a commercial for Pizza Hut, I could just order a pizza and get the next 3 episodes for free(but not really free) wouldn't that be a better option. The customer gets the content, the advertisers get real world numbers on what we are purchasing. Win win. Let me know what you think. Later,

William

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