Apple & Disney’s sports streaming strategy, Facebook’s plan to be TikTok, Obi-Wan, Star Trek | E1486

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

It’s Thursday, so we talk all about streaming with our guy Lon Harris! Spoiler alert as we dive into Obi-Wan Kenobi E5 (1:53) and Star Trek E4-5 (34:48). We cover Disney losing cricket streaming rights in India (41:44) and Apple acquiring MLS soccer rights (50:48). Finally, we hit on an internal memo that shows Facebook plans to be more like TikTok (57:17).

0:00) Jason and Molly tee up today’s streaming news with Lon Harris!
1:53) Obi-Wan Kenobi E5: sharing thoughts on the episode (SPOILERS)
13:52) Vanta - Get $1,000 off automating your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist
15:03) Obi-Wan: plot holes or symmetry + murder of children in television shows
20:58) Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist
22:04) Clunkiness in Obi-Wan: is it because of their real-time virtual production technology?
33:44) Liquid I.V. - Feel better faster. Get 25% off at https://liquid-iv.com using promo code TWIST
34:48) Star Trek Strange New Worlds E4-5: thoughts on the show (SPOILERS)
41:44) Disney won bid to broadcast Indian cricket for $3B but lost streaming rights
50:48) Apple signed deal w/Major League Soccer to stream every match for 10 years starting in 2023
57:17) Facebook wants to be TikTok, revealed in an internal memo according to The Verge

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, hey, everybody, it's Thursday,
0:02.0	so we're ready to talk about streaming
0:04.2	with our guy, Lon Harris.
0:06.2	Bye, no, Lee.
0:08.3	It was a big week last week,
0:09.6	so we actually have many, many, there's Lon.
0:11.8	We have many episodes.
0:13.4	To get through, we also have been literally
0:15.1	stockpiling streaming media news all week long,
0:18.8	because we were stuck on crypto crap,
0:20.3	and so we've been saving all this good streaming stuff
0:22.3	to talk about, so it's gonna be a beef cake of a show.
0:24.7	All right, Obi-Wan episode five,
0:26.6	I am so, so am to talk about it.
0:29.4	Star Trek episodes four through six,
0:32.5	which I think we can get through pretty quickly.
0:34.2	Or maybe four and five would do,
0:35.3	because I didn't see four and five.
0:36.3	Oh my God.
0:37.3	Oh my God, my homework is watching shows.
0:39.2	That's unbelievable.
0:40.0	Four and five.
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