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Cable Industry to Move Away from TV Service?
breitbart ^ | 5 Aug 2013 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 08/05/2013 9:30:03 PM PDT by 867V309

Television has been a mainstay of American life since the late 1950s, but nothing lasts forever and one CEO of a major cable company is hinting that the end of TV could come sooner than we think.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cableindustry; cableproviders; cabletv; cablevision; ispproviders; twc
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Like we didn't see this coming. Cut the cable, starve MSNBC!
1 posted on 08/05/2013 9:30:03 PM PDT by 867V309
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Television is nothing but choreographed, manipulated rehearsed bull sh*t...

Only complete morons who buy the sh*t being fed to them 24/7, would sit still and gawk at this weak crap hour after hour.

The Internet buried TV long ago...

But for those drolling in cups, it's cool.

2 posted on 08/05/2013 9:38:49 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Americans still want their video entertainment but they don’t want 20 min of commercials per hour. I only watch TV for local news and weather and I don’t have cable. Dropped it when it went above $50 a month.


3 posted on 08/05/2013 9:40:47 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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I would be more than happy to pay per view over the Internet.


4 posted on 08/05/2013 9:40:50 PM PDT by Wiggins
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All I have is internet on my phone and my little ten inch net book.
We had a television from January of ninety through March of ninety five.
We are a family of book people.


5 posted on 08/05/2013 9:46:45 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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I would rather have classic radio back than have cable TV.


6 posted on 08/05/2013 9:48:34 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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One CEO said this ??? WoW. Headline stuff.

I guess I can expect my Verizon FIOS to go black any time now.


7 posted on 08/05/2013 9:50:01 PM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US Citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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You’ll see the FCC roll out it’s program to buy out over-the-air TV broadcast licenses in 2014. As stations go dark and become cable-and-webcasters, this spectrum will be auctioned off to Google, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and others who want it for wireless internet service.

It will be the end of an era, but the buyout money will at least partially compensate station licensees for the cash they had to invest in converting from analog to digital broadcasting a couple of years ago as mandated by the FCC.


8 posted on 08/05/2013 9:50:38 PM PDT by bigbob
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Ok I have a question. My Comcast cable is now above 60 bucks. If I were to cut my service where can I able to view shows I like for example: Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, and I do enjoy watching HGTV? Now would I be able to view my shows like TWD on the same day or the day after?


9 posted on 08/05/2013 9:51:40 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: mylife
You do know about this:

http://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio
10 posted on 08/05/2013 9:59:43 PM PDT by 867V309
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Comcast is pulling a fast one with this “remote access” service. So not happy with them.


11 posted on 08/05/2013 9:59:59 PM PDT by diamond6 (Behold this Heart which has so loved men!" Jesus to St. Margaret Mary)
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I mean live.


12 posted on 08/05/2013 10:00:19 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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I miss the good old days when I got my news from shortwave radio.

Nothing much left now, except for the religious stations.


13 posted on 08/05/2013 10:02:27 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Nowadays you are lucky if they broadcast the baseball game on radio.


14 posted on 08/05/2013 10:02:44 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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I hear ya brother.


15 posted on 08/05/2013 10:03:14 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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http://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio

old time radio


16 posted on 08/05/2013 10:06:18 PM PDT by GeronL
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lol

I had the same idea


17 posted on 08/05/2013 10:07:26 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: mylife

true


18 posted on 08/05/2013 10:07:54 PM PDT by GeronL
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Yes, I know, but I mean live classic radio.

Now radio is just canned crap, the same set list from sea to shining sea.

Even Talk radio is getting boring. AWW is one of the only real radio shows left

19 posted on 08/05/2013 10:12:25 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: mylife
Then you need this:


20 posted on 08/05/2013 10:14:42 PM PDT by 867V309
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