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This week's episode opens with a quick discussion inspired by a post seen on the BlueSky social network. We are against bureaucrats of all types doing stupid, unthinking, uncaring things. We strongly support the Very Short Introduction series of books from Oxford University Press and encourage you to pick up an item from your local library to read today.

We discussed a few news stories in this episode. We especially discussed why content creators should not be using Google at this time if they can help it.

Links:

• 9to5Mac Is Apple TV+ having a quality crisis? https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/04/is-apple-tv-having-a-quality-crisis/
• Ars Technica Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/roku-ad-push-continues-with-plans-to-put-video-ads-in-os-home-screen/
• Ars Technica Roku patent invents a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/hdmi-customized-ad-insertion-patent-would-show-rokus-ads-atop-non-roku-video/
• Wired What Happens When a Romance Writer Gets Locked Out of Google Docs https://www.wired.com/story/what-happens-when-a-romance-author-gets-locked-out-of-google-docs/

Our pick of the fortnight: Vagrant Queen

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This week's episode opens with a quick discussion inspired by a post seen on the BlueSky social network. We are against bureaucrats of all types doing stupid, unthinking, uncaring things. We strongly support the Very Short Introduction series of books from Oxford University Press and encourage you to pick up an item from your local library to read today.

We discussed a few news stories in this episode. We especially discussed why content creators should not be using Google at this time if they can help it.

Links:

• 9to5Mac Is Apple TV+ having a quality crisis? https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/04/is-apple-tv-having-a-quality-crisis/
• Ars Technica Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/roku-ad-push-continues-with-plans-to-put-video-ads-in-os-home-screen/
• Ars Technica Roku patent invents a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/hdmi-customized-ad-insertion-patent-would-show-rokus-ads-atop-non-roku-video/
• Wired What Happens When a Romance Writer Gets Locked Out of Google Docs https://www.wired.com/story/what-happens-when-a-romance-author-gets-locked-out-of-google-docs/

Our pick of the fortnight: Vagrant Queen

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Sometimes episode get misplaced and do not get released when they were supposed to be released. This is one of those episodes.

In this episode we talk about the unexpected launch of a new streaming service.

Links:

• IndieWire via Yahoo Finance What the Hell Does Sony Want with Paramount? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hell-does-sony-want-paramount-165426797.html

• /dev/jasmin Analysing the source code of Truth Social https://jasminchen.dev/2024/analysing-the-source-code-of-truth-social/

• TMTG Truth Social to Launch Streaming Platform https://web.archive.org/web/20240418185240/https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/16/2863484/0/en/Truth-Social-to-Launch-Streaming-Platform.html

Our pick of the fortnight: Scripps News

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In this episode we switch gears and present some picks as to things available to watch on free streaming services.

Links:

• Hoopla 3 Musketeers https://www.hoopladigital.com/movie/3-musketeers-heather-hemmens/11131326
• Tubi Almost Human https://tubitv.com/series/300007620/almost-human?autoplay=false
• Crackle The Red Green Show https://www.crackle.com/details/9624af59-1764-43da-92c2-6d7b294aab7b/the-red-green-show
• Pluto TV Da Vinci's Inquest https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/series/64260930c6f09e001b7ca238/details/season/1
• NASA Plus Space Shuttle: A Remarkable Flying Machine https://plus.nasa.gov/video/space-shuttle-a-remarkable-flying-machine/
• DW-TV Shift https://www.dw.com/en/shift-living-in-the-digital-age/video-66628062
• ABC iview AI vs Human: The Creativity Experiment https://iview.abc.net.au/show/ai-vs-human-the-creativity-experiment/video/SC2208H001S00

Our pick of the fortnight: The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

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In this abbreviated episode that sounds a little different compared to normal, we take a look at a top story or two.

Links:

• Variety Judd Apatow Says Netflix Licensing HBO Shows Is a ‘Scary Thing’: ‘You’ll Get Fewer New Shows’ Because It’s ‘Cheaper’ https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/judd-apatow-netflix-hbo-licensing-pacts-scary-streamers-1235950436/
• TechRadar Can't decide which streaming service to cancel? This app makes subscription hopping between Netflix, Disney Plus and more easy https://www.techradar.com/streaming/cant-decide-which-streaming-service-to-cancel-this-app-makes-subscription-hopping-between-netflix-disney-plus-and-more-easy

Our pick of the fortnight: Strong Enough

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In this episode we look at a danger from Generative Artificial Intelligence and how that might impact streaming television news

Links:

• Center for Countering Digital Hate Fake Image Factories https://counterhate.com/research/fake-image-factories/
• Vice AI Political Ads Are Here, and No One Knows How to Handle Them https://web.archive.org/web/20231101174038/https://www.vice.com/en/article/epvxn7/ai-political-ads-republicans-biden
• Vox “Flood the zone with ******”: How misinformation overwhelmed our democracy https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/16/20991816/impeachment-trial-trump-bannon-misinformation
• Ars Technica Rooster Teeth, home of Red Vs. Blue and RWBY, shutting down after 21 years https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/03/red-vs-blue-studio-rooster-teeth-is-being-shut-down-by-wb-discovery/

Our pick of the fortnight: 12 to the Moon

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In this episode we look at another potpourri of news as we react to the dark turn the world is taking.

Links:

JustWatch on the web https://www.justwatch.com/

Variety MotorTrend+ Streaming Service Will Shut Down, With Most Subscribers to Be Migrated to Discovery+ https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/motortrend-plus-shutting-down-discovery-plus-1235921047/

BBC News Vice Media stops publishing on website and cuts hundreds of jobs https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68377742

TechDirt Comcast, Paramount Eye Merger Because The Streaming Sector Is Completely Out of Ideas https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/22/comcast-paramount-eye-merger-because-the-streaming-sector-is-completely-out-of-ideas/

Engadget FuboTV accuses Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. of antitrust practices over joint streaming service https://www.engadget.com/fubotv-accuses-disney-fox-and-warner-bros-of-antitrust-practices-over-joint-streaming-service-064140676.html

TechDirt Amazon Faces Class Action For Enshittifying Prime Video https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/16/amazon-faces-class-action-for-enshittifying-prime-video/

The AV Club It may not feel like it, but there are fewer shows now https://www.avclub.com/peak-tv-fewer-shows-2023-reports-1851179811

Our pick of the fortnight: Segfault

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In this episode we look at a potpourri of news.

Links:

JustWatch on Google Play https://play.google.com/store/search?q=justwatch&c=apps

JustWatch on the web https://www.justwatch.com/

TechRadar on Paramount+ Purging Content https://www.techradar.com/streaming/paramount-plus/paramount-plus-joins-disney-plus-and-max-by-removing-multiple-shows-from-its-platform-and-im-sick-of-it

Ars Technica on Funimation Cutting Off Access To Purchased Content https://arstechnica.com/?p=2002114

Engadget on Funimation Cutting Off Access To Purchased Content https://www.engadget.com/funimation-will-stream-its-last-anime-on-april-2-131526671.html?src=rss

Ars Technica on YouTube TV being the 4th largest cable system https://arstechnica.com/?p=2001663

The Vatican https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html

Vatican Radio https://www.vaticannews.va/en.html

UN Web TV https://webtv.un.org/en

Suppose.tv https://www.suppose.tv/

Our pick of the fortnight: Undersea Kingdom

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In this brief episode we talk about free streaming news sources.

Links:

Haystack https://www.haystack.tv/

CBS News Livestream https://www.cbsnews.com/live/

ABC News Live https://abcnews.go.com/Live

NBC News Now https://www.nbcnews.com/now

France24 https://www.france24.com/en/how-to-watch-on-tv

Deutsche Welle https://www.dw.com/en/live-tv/channel-english 

NHK World Japan https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/live/ 

CBC News Explore https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-news-explore-free-tv-streaming-1.6647884

Our pick of the fortnight: Lyngsat

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In this brief episode we talk about the situation as it is shaping up to start 2024.

Links:

Layoffs.fyi https://layoffs.fyi/ 

Wikipedia on Diamond Sports Group https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diamond_Sports_Group&oldid=1192750558 

Axios: "NFL dominates what's left of live TV viewership" https://www.axios.com/2024/01/07/nfl-tv-ratings-live-events-viewership

Our pick of the fortnight: Cinematic Titanic: The Alien Factor https://tubitv.com/movies/460468/cinematic-titanic-the-alien-factor?autoplay=false

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