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MacVoices #25073: Live! - Super Bowl Streaming Winners, Ad Losers, and Apple’s Halftime Show

Release Date: 02/18/2025

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The Super Bowl as the topic of discussion for the MacVoices Live! panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jeff Butts, Marty Jencius, Ben Roethig, Web Bixby, and Eric Bolden…but not for the football. How successful the streaming distribution part was will affect the streaming landscape, which ads worked and which didn’t, and thoughts on the Apple-supported halftime show were on the panel’s minds.

MacVoices is supported by Take Control Books: The Answers You Need Now, From Leading Experts.

Show Notes:

Chapters:

00:10 Introduction to Mac Voices
04:24 Super Bowl Streaming Experiences
13:52 Tubi and Local Affiliates Discussion
19:46 Super Bowl Commercial Highlights
29:00 Halftime Show Opinions

Links:

Sorry Netflix, Tubi just proved it's the best live streaming service
https://www.pocket-lint.com/super-bowl-tubi-experience/

The Best and Worst Commercials from Super Bowl 2025
https://people.com/best-and-worst-commercials-from-super-bowl-2025-8788141

Kendrick Lamar's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDorKy-13ak

Guests:

Web Bixby has been in the insurance business for 40 years and has been an Apple user for longer than that.You can catch up with him on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Eric Bolden is into macOS, plants, sci-fi, food, and is a rural internet supporter. You can connect with him on Twitter, by email at [email protected], on Mastodon at @[email protected], on his blog, Trending At Work, and as co-host on The Vision ProFiles podcast.

Jeff Butts writes for XDA Develpers and groovyPost. Contact him on X as @clefmeister and on Instagram as @recoveringphoenix72.

David Ginsburg is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65 and on Mastodon at @[email protected].

Dr. Marty Jencius has been an Associate Professor of Counseling at Kent State University since 2000. He has over 120 publications in books, chapters, journal articles, and others, along with 200 podcasts related to counseling, counselor education, and faculty life. His technology interest led him to develop the counseling profession ‘firsts,’ including listservs, a web-based peer-reviewed journal, The Journal of Technology in Counseling, teaching and conferencing in virtual worlds as the founder of Counselor Education in Second Life, and podcast founder/producer of CounselorAudioSource.net and ThePodTalk.net. Currently, he produces a podcast about counseling and life questions, the Circular Firing Squad, and digital video interviews with legacies capturing the history of the counseling field. This is also co-host of The Vision ProFiles podcast. Generally, Marty is chasing the newest tech trends, which explains his interest in A.I. for teaching, research, and productivity. Marty is an active presenter and past president of the NorthEast Ohio Apple Corp (NEOAC).

Ben Roethig has been in the Apple Ecosystem since the System 7 Days. He is the a former Associate Editor with Geek Beat, Co-Founder of The Tech Hangout and Deconstruct and currently shares his thoughts on RoethigTech. Contact him on Twitter and Mastodon.

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