All Things: Streaming TV Options

ucsdguy1 said:
...But the end of episode 9 and through the finale, WTF and wowzers. Big thumbs up for me.
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you know what? ****in AP's layout of the episode tiles on the screen made me actually think #8 (which I'm currently watching) was the finale. thanks for the heads up.
 
Hulu Might Lose the Best Reason to Pay for Hulu

News surfaced today that Time Warner is currently considering purchasing 25% of Hulu. That doesn’t sound bad right? Maybe that means their network HBO would start putting content on Hulu, and Warner Bros. Pictures and Television would start adding their movies and TV shows to the streaming service? Nope. Instead, Time Warner wants to buy part of Hulu so they can stop the service from steaming network and premium shows the day after they air on television. **** just got real.

The report comes from The Wall Street Journal (via Polygon), and here’s the relevant part of the Time Warner Hulu story:

Time Warner believes that the presence of full, current seasons on Hulu—or anywhere else outside the bounds of pay-TV—is harmful to its owners because it contributes to people dropping their pay-TV subscriptions, or “cutting the cord.”

In the discussions about taking a 25% equity stake in Hulu, Time Warner has told the site’s owners that it ultimately wants episodes from current seasons off the service, at least in their existing form, although that is not a condition for its investment, according to the people familiar with the discussions.
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Ruh-roh.
 
It's a good thing that The Man in the High Castle is getting renewed 'cause that series left too much stuff up in the air! :O

I thought that it was really good and TENSE. It also made me realize that despite my Asian Fetish, haha, living in a Japanese California might not be a very good thing. Then again, the Ramen would be better. ;)

The series takes the premise of the novel, but goes into other directions and makes it work. It would have to deviate since the only one who would stretch a 300 page novel into ten hours and call it a straight adaptation would be Peter Jackson. mhihi:
 
Redbox Could Launch Streaming Service

But while Redbox Instant aimed to challenge Netflix with a subscription bundle, the company now seems to have more modest plans. Redbox Digital is being built as a video-on-demand store similar to iTunes, Vudu or Google Play. Consumers will be able to rent movies or TV show episodes for streaming, or purchase digital copies.

Design concepts of the service that have surfaced online show a tight integration with the existing Redbox service. Redbox users will find the digital content store as a tab on the Redbox website, next to existing tabs for movies and games, if the company follows through with the plans laid out in those images.

The service would also plug into Redbox’s existing loyalty program, allowing consumers to earn points with every digital rental or purchase. There are plans to integrate the service directly into Redbox’s mobile apps, and extend support to TV-connected platforms like Chromecast and Roku.
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By the way, I know quite a few people that were really pissed off that Doctor Who is no longer on Netflix and went to Amazon Prime a couple of weeks ago.

I luckily may or may not be mooching off a friend's Prime account and am covered. But yeah this separation of content providers is loco!
 
Finally finished breaking bad on Netflix and justified on Amazon prime. Gotta say, I was way more into Justified.

Damn you boyd crowder!
 
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