 This is the SF Productions podcast network Got the streaming laws have from the pop culture bunker. I'm Mindy and I'm Mark You can check out our audio podcast how I got my way three comics on itunes or on our website SF podcast network.com Streaming services continue to multiply in advance in their battle against traditional media Yes, and I thought it would be a good time to round up the latest news Okay, I can do I knew with that the 500 pound gorilla of streaming Netflix decided to hike their monthly cost to 999 up a dollar although existing customers are grandfathered in for now I think we're still paying 7.99. I think yeah, I think we're grandfathered of the grandfather We're a great grandfather. Exactly. I love Netflix absolutely They of course they got a pay for house of cards Which apparently cost a hundred million dollars for two seasons and orange is the new black They got it find the money somewhere, and they've got several other Yes Original show. Yeah, not to mention getting into the movie business with beast of no nation and other productions Yeah, and this is of course all their defense against the studios who are now cutting back on Netflix deal And not necessarily other than streaming, you know, right? They they just don't want their stuff streaming on Netflix Still get DVDs, and I'm wondering if you know Netflix will have to go back to its DVD model It's possible now. It's reported that Netflix is gonna spend up to five billion dollars next year in programming We have a cease on sorry's Master of none sitcom just debuted along with the mr. Show follow-up with Bob and David Mm-hmm, and Jessica Jones part of their Marvel deal is about to premiere as well November 20 So a lot of stuff coming out from Netflix, and I do spend a lot of time on Netflix But you know I don't watch very much of their original programming I tend to watch my comfort shows so to speak things that I can put on and play in the background while I'm sewing or Cleaning or something like that Now The other major player really and one of their major complaints against Hulu is that you're forced to watch commercials and pay for the privilege The ads are very repetitive because I think they have a very lazy ad department and not to mention that They're not as a lot of times in high-equality. They've got a different signal or something and it often knocks my connection out Yeah, so they just introduced a new no commercials plan for 11 99 a month, which is $4 over the standard cost There are some caveats, especially for some ABC shows and other shows that had something in their contract say no You can't do this, but then you don't watch commercials during the show It's only before and after the show and of course if you're done watching this show You can just stop it and not watch that commercial so so we did sign up for that and it's absolutely Worth it. Yes. If you're if you're watching Hulu and you're paying for it. Anyways, it's worth the extra four bucks a month. Yeah Now there are also rumors that Time Warner will buy a steak in Hulu, which is currently owned by ABC NBC and Fox Time Warner recently announced that Netflix might not get all the CW content They get today so they wouldn't get like full seasons of Arrow and Flash So you'd like get like several episodes, but not all of them. So this kind of ties into that I wonder how that will play with say the net neutrality thing and you know Time Warner would they give preference then to Hulu traffic? Well, that's a good question because if there's if it's supposed to be net net neutral They wouldn't be able to but they've got lots of ways to get around that for example They could and I think they're already starting to do deals with Hulu where you can just bundle it in with your Time Warner. Yeah So if this deal actually goes through This will get kind of an enormous impact on a new player CBS all-access CBS decided to stay out of the Hulu deal. We just put them way behind Yeah Their demographic skews a lot older, but they can't depend on that generation much longer So did what was their thought that they didn't have people who would watch online? Yeah. Oh, yeah, okay. They bet wrong. Yes So they've introduced the service last year, but it barely made a ripple in the market because as lots commercials as many as you would On it's on TV. Although it's I think it's the same ad department as CBS proper Yeah, so they have different ads and better ads then right and Hulu did there's a six dollar price Which is almost what you're paying for regular Hulu And limited content owning a few episodes of their big hits Right So you can't watch like the whole season to date of the big bang theory, right? And I have a theory on why they do that. Okay Because if you're like me the only time you sign up for CBS all-access is when there's something you want to watch And then you cancel it again, right? So I'll sign up for it a month at a time and watch say all the episodes of the season that I wanted to watch Right, and then I'll cancel it. I'm done And wait, maybe six months and sign up for it again, right? So the first month for free You only do get that once unless you use a different email, right? Yeah so it's currently really a non-starter and We actually signed up you mentioned we signed up for free month after Artivo went belly up and had to be repaired and this is connected to an antenna only the quality was okay But I really couldn't justify paying for something to get off the air, right? Regular basis. Yes, but a recent announcement could change that I say could yes could a new Star Trek series is coming January 2017 with the pilot on the mother ship CBS then moving to the streaming site Yes, will I get it to watch the new Trek? I suppose I probably will But even with the rabbit Trekkie fan base $6 for that show seems shaky So they'll need more original programming which brings us back to Hulu and Time Warner If that deal goes through the only major studio without a vested interest in Hulu Universal slash NBC slash cable town Disney slash ABC Fox slash Fox and now Time Warner would be paramount slash Viacom CBS would have to depend on them entirely the paramount Viacom group or fall back on minor producers Mm-hmm, and what also mean the chance of shows like Big Bang Theory, which is owned by Time Warner Getting more episodes on CBS all-access that goes pretty much to zero. Yeah, that's never gonna happen I but it's also could be your your point is it gets you to go in and but unfortunately doesn't get you to stay Yeah, if you get a month or so at a time and you know quite frankly with something like the Star Trek show I'd be more inclined to probably wait and buy that on DVD Yeah, almost. Yeah It's almost worth that. It's like buying a floppy comic or the graphic novel. You know wait to the end So ABC is also doubling down on streaming with their watch ABC app They've introduced new original streaming content. It's starting with this comic Eliza Sleshinger who apparently did some Netflix specials With more stuff to come the plan is to use the streaming service as a farm team Introducing shows on the streaming app and if they do well move them to ABC proper There's technically no cost to watch ABC for watch ABC Yes, you watch ABC app unless you don't have a cable or satellite service to tie it to In which case your choices are more limited fewer episodes. Yes, which means it's not great for cord cutters, right? And there's also Amazon instant video which a lot of people all I've already paid for but don't know they have yes If you have Amazon Prime, which is currently $99 a year. You have Amazon instant video They've been following a more traditional pilot season concept They allow the public to see and rate the new shows before moving a few of them to a series Yes, and we've watched a few of those pilots right some of them were good and some of them were bad Yeah Transparent became their first big hit and the first Emmy for Amazon Man in the High Castle just started streaming which is Philip K Dick's story about Nazis winning World War two The pilot was intriguing that we saw like a year ago. Yes, and I do plan to go and watch the actual series I was excited to see sling TV when it was announced and I did get a free month It's normally around $20 a month because they worked on a deal with multiple cable channels And they provide live feeds with a decent app and then I remembered why I'm a court cutter I couldn't find anything decent to watch Yeah, although the channel selection was okay It was actually channels that I would watch but I go like You know the thing is is that there's a lot of stuff you would watch if it was on TV And you had nothing else to do and blah blah blah, but you know now There's without it. We don't get used to watching that stuff, right? And so we're a little bit more picky about what we do. I really think that's the case. Yeah, those days are gone Yeah, there are some smaller streaming services to and one of those is acorn TV And I did do a trial month for acorn TV and probably nobody's heard of this one But it's it's British television, right? So it's a lot of British television before it gets to the US either on BBC America or on PBS so you can stream some of the really good TV if you're into British television not like Downton Abbey but like Inspector Lewis or Doc Martin before it comes to the US and it's it's ITV stuff. I believe it's not I don't think is there any BBC stuff in there because I assume BBC holds that very close to that I'm pretty sure they do and you know BBC is talking about having a streaming service nationwide They are talking about so unfortunately Also a non-starter because they said yes, we're bringing iPlayer BBC iPlayer to the United States As long as it's not programming that's available on BBC America. Yeah Sorry I also want to mention Pluto TV kind of a collector of existing web feeds for various mostly obscure channels It's free and the content is available if you want to look for it elsewhere, but you'd have to find it yourself And the website kind of gives you a TV guide like interface There happens to be a 24-hour mystery science theater 3000 channel courtesy of shop factory Which reminds me Joel Hodgson just announced a Kickstarter to bring back mst 3k and mark could not give them Money fast shut up and take my money As of this recording they're around 1.8 million of their two million dollar goal And that's like four days or something. Yeah, they're definitely going to meet their main goal The question is whether they can get the stretch goals to do more episodes I think if they hit 5.5 million, they'll do an entire season. There are 12 episodes And right now the the the main goal hits them at only three It's going to be made available if you some sort of website Although I have to assume shop factories involved because shop factory bought the rights to mst With hopes to get one of the services we mentioned before to maybe pick it up And finance other episodes So I want to remind you to go to bring back mst 3k.com and push the button Frank Yes, I I'm I'm really looking forward to new episodes of mst 3k And in the meantime, you can check out her audio podcast How I got my wife to read comics on iTunes or on our website sfpodcastnetwork.com From the Bob Culture Bunker, I'm Mindy and I'm Mark. Thanks for watching