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[0:00] Butts, Butts, Butts.

[0:50] Brandon’s broken tailbone.

[2:42] Facebook’s metaverse and video pivot driven by lose/lose dynamics of news.

[10:34] Peacock does not belong in the cable bundle.

[12:08] Why are broadband companies still in video?

[12:54] Verizon does not want to lose the MSGN broadband subs.

[20:28] Charlie Ergen should offer five channels and call it Blockbuster.

[22:10] Is the path to owning the living room low margin hardware?

[33:20] Spectrum auction still anyone’s guess.

[36:35] Squid Game breakthrough could never happen on Disney+.

[39:03] Amazon should ramp international content creation.

[42:35] Live Shopping set to take off, but is Twitter the right platform?

[46:18] MoPub sale is a “win-win” for Twitter and AppLovin.

[47:30] Top streamers making big dollars on Twitch.

[50:00] Tinder steps up gamification with virtual currency tests.

[51:56] Most NFT ownership is about speculation, not community.

[56:27] China does not need Hollywood.

[59:20] Can 2 movies save American theaters?

[1:01:55] Diamonds.