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davidaugust, to Netflix
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Here’s an idea: fair deals for everyone everywhere who makes film and TV. While we’re at it, fair deals for everyone everywhere who works. Full stop.

Judeau,
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@davidaugust If we treat them ethically and give them their fair share then others will expect to be treated fairly as well.

  • Random CEO

Protip: If your business can only survive by screwing over others then your business should be retired.

davidaugust,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @gooba42 it is ghoulish when seen with a wide enough view. Taking value without providing comparable value back.

Good call on: “It has to do with the ravings of Russel Kirk and Buckley Jr.

Which is warmed over Burke and Hobbes. Take your pick.”

fringemagnet, to tv

Borrowed from Lynda Carter's tumblr (https://www.tumblr.com/reallyndacarter/729090100002258944/sadly-relevant?source=share) because the message is evergreen.

  • Original instance is from the Wonder Woman TV series episode 'The Feminum Mystique: Part 2' (1976).

#WonderWoman #LyndaCarter #TV #show #series #quotes #quote

downey, to tv
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Yes, you can still buy 4K TV's that are not "Smart" (surveillance). They're called "commercial displays" and as a bonus, they're more durable, too.

Prices start at $550 US for a 55-inch Samsung model.

#SurveillanceCapitalism #SmartTV #TV

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/products/Flat-Panel-Displays/ci/16073/N/4205668456?sort=PRICE_LOW_TO_HIGH&filters=fct_display-size_4953%3A55in%7C65in

sfwrtr,
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@pl @downey
No worries. I'll keep that in mind.

The Smart 4K TV I have now is totally frustrated but fully functioning, so I'm not in the market for this gen. Every so often it takes over the screen and complains it has no network connectivity and that I'm losing out! I then massage the buttons on its remote, calming its fears until it returns to its slumber. Then I hide the remote so nobody disturbs the dumb thing. #tv #smarttv

simon,

@downey @yessie The question is, do they talk?

davidaugust, to tv
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Are shareholders really ok with this foolishness?

Is the audience?

anni,

@davidaugust The largest shareholders of most companies are institutional investors. They vote for the board of directors. The board approves the CEO's compensation. The board of directors and the CEO are the same kind of people. They went to the same schools, belong to the same clubs, and have the same view of the working class. If the shareholders didn't approve of CEO compensation, it wouldn't be happening. But they believe it's merited. And in just the same way, they believe that the working class has earned their suffering.

Since we need some discussion and activity, here are some of my must-watch tv shows.

Hi! I am normally not an active user, but I am definitely someone who spent countless hours watching TV shows. Since I have just recently joined Lemmy, thought I can share my all-time favorite TV shows and maybe be able to get one or two new shows and have a nice discussion about them. Here is the list:...

harriorrihar, (edited ) to Netflix Spanish
@harriorrihar@mas.to avatar

is a rare bird, a shooting star. I was lucky enough to see it inside, work on it. Now it's re-released, let's keep this anomaly shining.


Not

fleeky,
@fleeky@prsm.space avatar

@harriorrihar omg , the organic shapes , the colors .. really love the composition on this one

harriorrihar,
@harriorrihar@mas.to avatar

@fleeky 🐸⚡🐸

blogdiva, to tv
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ok, so my sons bought a heavily discounted "smart" last xmas. a TCL with Roku plastered all over the box.

is there a way to root these tvs and wipe their OS?

https://www.wired.com/story/roku-terms-of-service-update-locks-tv/

rooting and changing the OS of smart anything, especially phones, need to be at the center of the right to repair movement, not just getting access to software drivers or hardware.

PS: i have avoided activating the Roku nonsense exactly for what the article describes.

blogdiva,
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JFC:

"To opt out of #Roku's ToS update, which primarily changes the "Dispute Resolution Terms," users must send a letter to Roku's general counsel in California mentioning: "the name of each person opting out and contact information for each such person, the specific product models, software, or services used that are at issue, the email address that you used to set up your Roku account (if you have one), and, if applicable, a copy of your purchase receipt."

#tv

schrotthaufen,
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@blogdiva Shit like this is why I pay extra for stuff without smart anything. It’s kinda funny (not in a haha way), that we now have a privacy tax in the form of non-IoT devices being more expensive than their networked alternatives.

cybeldp, to Netflix

"Netflix does not give any residuals to South Korean actors for their shows. Supporting actors’ pay for these Netflix shows start at $300 per episode" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-07/south-korea-actors-netflix-pay-dispute-union

aral,
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@cybeldp @kamikat Extractive and exploitative corporations owned by a relative handful of wealthy individuals acting in extractive and exploitative ways that benefit a relative handful of wealthy individuals? Colour me surprised.

🤬

qkslvrwolf,
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@cybeldp we cancelled Netflix because of the strikes, but at this point we're unlikely to ever go back

todayonscreen, to tv
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Today, February 24, in 1989, FBI agent Dale Cooper enters the town of Twin Peaks for the first time (Twin Peaks, "Northwest Passage" s01e01, 1990)

todayonscreen, to tv
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tvPlusNews, to AppleTVPlus
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has officially been renewed for a fifth season on .

A new spinoff series titled is also in the works. The thriller goes back to the moment the Soviets landed on the moon, exploring the story from their perspective.

(https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2024/04/apple-renews-globally-acclaimed-hit-space-drama-for-all-mankind-for-season-five-and-announces-new-spinoff-series-star-city/)

CultureDesk, to television
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A new documentary on Netflix, "The Dads," sends six men — five dads of trans kids, and Dennis Shepard, father of the late Matthew Shepard — on a fishing trip in rural Oklahoma. There, they have conversations about fatherhood and fighting to make the world safe for their kids. LGBTQ Nation's John Russell talked to director Luchina Fisher about the project.

https://flip.it/gSI7RH

jennie_kermode, to tv
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Interested in the film and TV business? This article was, I am told, published by GQ only to be pulled shortly afterwards, after the publication received an unhappy phone call. Can we say 'Streisand Effect'? https://archive.ph/2023.07.03-160323/https://www.gq.com/story/david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery-ceo-tcm-max #film #tv #movies #business

mimarek, to tv

More evidence that the endless rounds of streaming TV price increases is motivated in part because...

The platforms want to force more people to the "advertiser-supported tier" because...

They make more money by serving you ads between program segments.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/consumers-paying-more-ever-streaming-181821039.html

kevinrns,
@kevinrns@mstdn.social avatar

@mimarek

Lots of cancelling would help here.

popcornreel, to tv
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Globally workers are striking. The days of wack-ass greedy corporations, entities and Hollywood studios exploiting workers and others with unequal bargaining power MUST END ONCE AND FOREVER. Without the workers you got NOTHING, baby. Not a pot to piss in. Or a thing to throw it out of.

✊🏿

belikekramer,

@popcornreel workers mantra

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TransitBiker,
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paul_denton, to television French
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Touchante confession de l’ancien journaliste Jean-Marc Sylvestre qui galère avec ses 9000 euros de retraite mensuelle: « Ce n’est pas assez », se lamente ce nécessiteux sur C8. Alors qu’il suffirait de résilier son abonnement VOD…

Qi2Navet,
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todayonscreen, to tv
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Today, September 27, Quinn Mallory first enters the interdimensional portal he accidentally created in his San Francisco basement while trying to invent an antigravity device (Sliders, 1995)

mem_somerville, to Netflix
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So, as apparently one of the last 3 subscribers to DVDs, I'm one of the few who gets their envelopes that all remind you, in some way, GEEZ LOOK HOW OLD YOU GOT.

Thanks for sending that out, Netflix. Thanks a lot.

liztai, to Netflix
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This is a PSA that you need to watch the Chinese TV adaptation of before you the version. I have little confidence that Netflix or the folks who butchered Game Of Thrones will do it justice.
At least absorb the unique POV this offers before the Netflix defines your vision of Liu Cixin's books.

You can watch it on the WeTV, Viki apps. The first 2 eps are available on Youtube.

# SciFi

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RWA, to television
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Best book I read this year.
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Hi honey, I am Homo! By Matt Baume.
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#Librarian #BookReview #LGBTQIssues #Television #Sitcoms #Libraries #Books #GayRights #gayissues

davidaugust, to tv
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An anonymous Apple executive says out loud what we all suspected: they won’t deal because then they’d have to pay everyone what they’re worth for the work they do, and DGA’s proposed deal leaves them unprotected from replacement.

Apple: the wealthiest company on earth.

https://allyourscreens.com/en/component/k2/item/3731-exclusive-an-apple-tv-executive-talks-streaming-the-strike-global-television

Q: Where does the DGA fit into all of this? Why do you think they agreed to a contract with AMPTP? A: I can't speak to where their head is at on that. I do think that directors tend to think they can't be replaced in the entertainment assembly line and that perspective has only gotten stronger in the era of mini-rooms, where the director becomes even more important when they might be the only person who is there for the entire process. Especially now that writers are often not able to be on set or stay on as the production continues. What they don't get is that they can be replaced. The golden ticket for every major streamer is to be able to produce a show that looks like it was produced in the U.S. But that was shot overseas with non-union crews and only a handful of American actors. Despite all of their other issues, American writers are tough to replace. We've found - and I think Netflix has had the same experience - that writing is a very culturally specific thing. It has a vibe…

johnwehrle,

@davidaugust

We need a word for people who cannot hear what they are saying. Self-deafness? No, that seems insulting to deaf people.

There's probably already a word for it...

Oh wait, I just remembered - it's, 'hypocritical assholes'!

davidaugust,
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@johnwehrle that phrase works, until you wrote it I was thinking “lacking introspection” but you got it right.

shayz0rz, to tv
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More on busting the “all actors are just rich and greedy” myth in the piece from The Wrap linked below. A highlight (lowlight?):

“Earlier this month, ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ star Mark Proksch also told TheWrap that his residuals from ‘The Office’ are more than all the residuals he’s earned from five seasons of ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ combined.”

https://www.thewrap.com/striking-sag-actors-residual-checks/

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