30 To Melrose

Welcome to episode 47 of 30 To Melrose. This week we focus on the following topics:

 

YES Network is sold for $3.5B 

Disney ends the Vault program

Disney's Star Wars land is opening in Disneyland in May!

Univision CEO is trying bold new strategies to help grow his network

3M people cut the cord in 2018

DirecTV may not carry NFL Sunday Ticket

The content of the week is

 

Kingdom on Netflix

 

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Welcome to episode 46 of 30 To Melrose. This week we focus on the following topics:

HBO CEO stepping down after 27 years with the company

Cable companies are starting to diverge away from bundles 

FOX is ordered to pay the creative team of Bones for $178M 

Amazon Studios CEO says they will zig where Netflix zags...meaning they are focusing on quality and not quantity. 

Netflix loses a potential $193M a year due to password sharing 

The content of the week is

 

The Umbrella Academy 

 

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Welcome to episode 45 of 30 To Melrose. This week we focus on the following topics:

 

Jussie from Empire may be lying about his story? Was there a hate crime? Do we still believe him? 

Dish networks continue to play chicken with HBO, and basically, tell consumers if they can't get HBO on Dish then their next option is to pirate. Dish has lost 300K+ subs but they still believe they have a shot at working with HBO

On the content side, we speak about all of the best picture Oscar nominations.

 

BLACK PANTHER

BLACKkKLANSMAN

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

THE FAVORITE

GREEN BOOK

ROMA

A STAR IS BORN

VICE

 

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Welcome to episode 44 of 30 To Melrose. This week we focus on the following topics:

Liam Neeson and his  special set of skills to track down black people 

IGTV rolls out previews in Instagram feeds

Turner is building content focused on gambling in partnership with Ceasers 

New Fox is building a content accelerator 

Disney + will license content and Disney is thinking about packaging Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+

On the content side, we speak about the cult classic THE LAST DRAGON

 

OUTRO: THE GLOW BY WILLIE HUTCH

 

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Welcome back to 30 To Melrose. This week we focus on the following topics:

 

Disney announced a couple of new series for the Disney + SVOD service

HBO CEO discusses how they plan to beat Netflix in the streaming wars 

Locast, A free service where you can stream broadcast TV for free

Hulu discusses creating ads specifically for when people pause their TV 

CW CEO talks about the future of streaming for his network

 

On the content side, we speak about the new Syfy series Deadly Class.

 

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Welcome back to 30 To Melrose. This week we focus on the following topics:

 

We start up the podcast with Viacom acquiring Pluto TV. We then follow up with Hulu's price changes across the platform's offerings. We also discuss Netflix's new deal with Hilton Hotels.

 

This week we speak about the Hulu documentary Fyre Fraud and Netflix documentary Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened. We compare and contrast the documentaries to see which one edged the other one out. 

 

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Welcome back to 30 To Melrose. This week we are joined by Mezzy the co-host of Long Islands Party 105.3's morning show!

 

We start up with discussing the NY Times article about the rise and decline of Paramount Pictures. Up next we kick around the idea about how much is too much for Netflix? Netflix recently raised their prices by across all tiers. With that being said how financially healthy is Netflix? Finally, we discuss Comcast's direct to consumer AVOD / SVOD hybrid announcement. 

 

The content of the week is Blackish's latest episode "Black Like Us". This episode is special because Blackish tackles colorism. Join us as we try to talk about our own experiences with Colorism.

 

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This week we focus on a few Business topics. We start up with Hulu's subscription growth and how they have surpassed Comcast Xfinity subscribers. Up next we discuss Amazon's launch for a service to stream games. 

 

Next up is our discussion about Amazon Alexa vs. Google Home and how their respective companies pushed out the product at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Google may have won the CES war by demoing updates to Google Translate technology. 

 

Finally, we really were impressed with the partnerships with car manufacturers, AR/VR, and content creators. The autonomous vehicle will change the way we consume content and we discuss what that may mean for consumers in the near future. 

 

Content this week:

 

Champaign ILL 

 

This week we talk about the new Youtube Red original Champaign ILL not to be confused with Champaign IL. What happens to a rapper's crew when they die? That's the question Champaign ILL tries to answer.

 

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This week we are back with some Netflix content. We take a deep dive into the new choose your own adventure story from Black Mirror called Bandersnatch.

One would say this is a precursor to Black Mirror Season 4. The question is would Bandersnatch be considered be one of the best black mirror episodes. 

 

Our other piece of content is the smash Netflix movie hit Bird Box.  If you have watched Bird Box join us in on our conversation.

Welcome back to 30 To Melrose!

 

This week we have a few business topics:

 

Facebook Watch - 400M Monthly Active Users 

Facebook - Creating Amazon like channels 

Verizon - $6B+ write - off of Oath business (Yahoo/AOL)

Netflix - Licensed content continues to be the most streamed content 

The content of the week:

 

Elseworlds crossover on CW (Arrow, Flash and Supergirl)