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New Year's Day 2024 Special? What New Year's Day 2024 Special? We're back for New Year's Eve 2023 instead!

The world changed a bit too much since we started the hiatus. In this episode we talk about the horror of a coming news channel that only has AI-generated characters for anchors as well as the financial instability and panic among the big traditional content conglomerates in the United States.

Links:

USA Today "None of these anchors are real: Channel 1 plans for AI to generate news, broadcasters" https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2023/12/14/channel-1-ai-news/71925360007/

Futurism "Channel 1 Says It'll Use AI-Generated News Anchors" https://news.yahoo.com/channel-1-says-itll-ai-133040729.html

PC GAMER "This startup news channel uses AI presenters and some genuinely impressive tech, but it sure is giving me the heebie-jeebies" https://www.pcgamer.com/this-startup-news-channel-uses-ai-presenters-and-some-genuinely-impressive-tech-but-it-sure-is-giving-me-the-heebie-jeebies/

Our first pick of the hiatus: The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent https://tubitv.com/movies/499632/the-saga-of-the-viking-women-and-their-voyage-to-the-waters-of-the-great-sea-serpent?autoplay=false

Our second pick of the hiatus: Beyond Atlantis https://tubitv.com/movies/505684/beyond-atlantis?autoplay=false

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This episode is a very quick one recapping news and announcing that we are on hiatus beginning with the release of this episode and lasting until the release of our New Year's Day 2024 Special.

Our pick of the fortnight: Invasion of the Star Creatures https://tubitv.com/movies/710325/invasion-of-the-star-creatures?start=false

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This episode is a quick one talking about recent shifts in the economic situation while also providing news analysis.

Our pick of the fortnight: King of the Rocket Men https://link.tubi.tv/qT01nAESwDb

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In light of a world where strikes by writers and actors seem to be ceaseless we end up talking about free streaming possibilities that are out there. There are possibilities in the mix that services that exist today might not exist 90 days from now. As our world spirals we have to be ready to adapt to changes around us. Don't collaborate with scabs such as the various talk show hosts that are back to work without writers. Enjoy the rich cultural history shown in the television of the past as a stopgap while the strikes continue.

Our pick of the fortnight: Supercar https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/287502/

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In light of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes not ending we switch gears in this episode. After all, what's the point in introducing further streaming platforms if they're not going to see new material this fall? We talk about the upcoming big thing in American television, sports programming, and why it is a nightmare to watch via streaming while also providing productive alternatives

Links:

Wired How to Watch Every NFL Football Game on a Streaming Service https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stream-nfl-football/

Comic Shop Locator Service https://comicshoplocator.com/StoreLocator

First Nations Experience https://fnx.org/

Our pick of the fortnight: LocalBTV https://www.localbtv.com/

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We detour heavily from the planning syllabus to take a look at the situation in Hollywood. The strikes have now gone past the hundred day mark. Economic strains are beginning to develop. It doesn't make much sense for us to talk about paid subscription streaming services when the companies that own them are not exactly in the best of financial health.

The episode isn't totally doom and gloom. There's a marked deficit of hope in this one, though.

Links:

• Amazon Cancels Two More First Season Shows Despite Previous Renewals https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/amazon-cancels-two-more-first-003642968.html

• Apple TV+ Is On A Roll With Canceling TV Shows This Week https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/apple-tv-canceling-tv-shows-this-week-city-on-fire

• Could Apple Really Buy Disney? https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/08/could-apple-really-buy-disney/

Our first pick of the fortnight: NASA Television https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public

Our second pick of the fortnight: DW TV https://www.dw.com/en/live-tv/channel-english

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In this fortnight's episode we begin to talk about the various services by mentioning Paramount Plus and Pluto TV. We also forgot to make a pick of the fortnight so we'll have to double up next time. This happens when you're recording on the road!

Links:

Paramount Plus https://www.paramountplus.com

Pluto TV https://pluto.tv

Our pick of the fortnight: None

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In this fortnight's episode we talk about the continuing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, talk about the problem that arises when a rural county suddenly finds itself without a movie theater, and talk about what an SVOD happens to be.

Links:

Screen Rant Grey's Anatomy's Ellen Pompeo Calls Out Netflix For Lack Of Streaming Residuals https://screenrant.com/greys-anatomy-netflix-ellen-pompeo-residuals/

Screen Rant This Is Us Star Mandy Moore Reveals Miniscule Streaming Residuals After Appearing In 106 Episodes https://screenrant.com/this-is-us-mandy-moore-streaming-residuals/

Screen Rant Netflix Slammed By Orange Is The New Black & Gilmore Girls Actors Over Poor Residuals https://screenrant.com/netflix-slammed-orange-is-the-new-black-gilmore-girl-actors-residuals/

The Star Beacon After serving the community for 30 years, AMC movie theater closes its doors for good http://web.archive.org/web/20230722145753/https://www.starbeacon.com/news/local_news/after-serving-the-community-for-30-years-amc-movie-theater-closes-its-doors-for-good/article_77917b0a-2633-11ee-818c-4b7a8fe40e1d.html

Mayfield Road Drive-In & Midway Twin Drive-In https://mayfieldroaddrivein.com/

The Star Beacon Art lovers, pay no heed to the puritanical https://www.starbeacon.com/opinion/art-lovers-pay-no-heed-to-the-puritanical/article_833cc1a0-2802-11ee-a516-f369698437a1.html

English Wikipedia SVOD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_on_demand#Subscription_models

Our pick of the fortnight: DUST https://tubitv.com/live/692057/dust

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Inspired by a Mastodon post made by Evan Prodromou, we have a bonus special episode on the first day of the SAG-AFTRA 2023 strike. The episode discusses the situation, offers suggestions to listeners such as visiting comics shops as well as checking out "actual play" programs like Critical Role, and suggests that listeners get ready for a long haul situation.

Links:

Erie Looking Productions https://erielookingproductions.info

Critical Role https://critrole.com/

Dimension 20 on Dropout.tv https://dimension20.dropout.tv/

Dimension 20 on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@dimension20show/

Comic Shop Locator https://comicshoplocator.com/

Screen Rant "I Kept My Day Job": Orange Is The New Black Stars Open Up On Being Underpaid By Netflix https://screenrant.com/orange-is-the-new-black-show-actors-pay-netflix-response/

Our pick of the fortnight: The Hebrew Hammer (2003) https://tubitv.com/movies/571569/the-hebrew-hammer

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We catch up with our planning syllabus in this episode. Before we dive into our main topic we touch upon the current strike by the Writers Guild of America-West and how the Screen Actors Guild may join them in the week ahead in terms of being on strike. We also discuss in the first half the misadventure of the film Crater and what that means for the media landscape. After the mid-way break we talk about the differences between subscription video on-demand, ad-supported video on-demand, free ad-supported streaming television, and virtual cable providers. We also provide our pick of the fortnight.

Links:

Kotaku AU: "Disney Deletes Streaming Movie That Only Released In May" https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/07/disney-deletes-streaming-movie-that-only-released-in-may/

Giant Freakin Robot: "Disney Erases New Movie From Existence After Two Months" https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/disney-erases-new-movie.html

The A.V. Club: "One of Disney's latest streaming movies had a shelf life of about 7 weeks" https://www.avclub.com/disney-plus-removes-crater-film-after-just-7-weeks-1850605964 

news.com.au: "Disney deletes brand new blockbuster movie from streaming platform" https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/streaming/disney-deletes-brand-new-blockbuster-movie-from-streaming-platform/news-story/4b82c72310eb8a010fabd348c81e5b82

Boy Genius Report: "Disney Plus is removing shows and movies faster than we can watch them" https://bgr.com/entertainment/disney-plus-is-removing-shows-and-movies-faster-than-we-can-watch-them/

Midwest Tape https://mwt-public-pages.midwesttape.com

Women's Sports Network, a niche example of a Free Ad-supported Streaming Television network https://womenssports.com/

owncast https://owncast.online

OpenBroadcaster https://openbroadcaster.com/

suppose.tv streaming bundle comparison tool https://www.suppose.tv/tv

The Streamable.com matchmaker https://thestreamable.com/matchmaker

Our pick of the fortnight: Message From Space (1978) https://link.tubi.tv/ZIbLnJMYgBb

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