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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

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To: mylife
Hell, I just miss the farm report. LOL

I used to enjoy the ag reports on radio as a way to keep some connection to the real world of hard work, weather, markets, business, farm life, and (the ugly part) getting up at dawn. Used to hear Terri Rae Elmer on KFBK in Sacramento until she went to lala land. Ag reports became history at that point. Sad.

I still admire the farmers of California that hang in there despite the state government insanity and the insane federal limits on water distribution. Along I-5, seeing miles of dead almond trees and land going back to desert next to a canal brimming with water drives home the insanity of idiot legislators and urban enviros who think loving the delta smelt will get them re-elected or laid or both.

41 posted on 08/05/2013 11:28:59 PM PDT by SFConservative
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To: Patriot Babe

Netflix has those shows, plus Breaking Bad and many others like that. Also, they have a lot of foreign stuff that’s really good. I got rid of my Comcast and have never regretted it.


42 posted on 08/05/2013 11:32:15 PM PDT by gattaca ("Empty heads are fond of long titles" Old German Proverb.)
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To: gattaca
Breaking Bad is very good. Netflix is LOADED with content.

And, if you can be patient, it is much more enjoyable to watch series on Netflix, with no weekly (or commercial) interruption. You won't be disappointed with the experience.
43 posted on 08/06/2013 12:46:59 AM PDT by 867V309
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To: 867V309
And, if you can be patient, it is much more enjoyable to watch series on Netflix, with no weekly (or commercial) interruption.

If you play NetFlix through your Browser it auto plays the series. Not sure if it plays all of them with out stopping, maybe only 3 or 4.

I view TV mostly through my Mac Mini, just easier for me since I spend most of my time browsing, reading and editing profanity both visual and audio from a few TV shows to make them viewable for my wife.

44 posted on 08/06/2013 1:06:45 AM PDT by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: itsahoot

I watch Netflix on my tv using roku. It auto-advances to the next episode, but you must push OK on your roku remote to start play.


45 posted on 08/06/2013 1:15:39 AM PDT by 867V309
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To: 867V309

Netflix also has several series of their own. House of Cards is excellent if you like political dramas. They also have Masterpiece Theater from PBS.


46 posted on 08/06/2013 1:26:17 AM PDT by gattaca ("Empty heads are fond of long titles" Old German Proverb.)
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To: gattaca
Thanks for the tip on Masterpiece Theater.

Haven't watched House of Cards, any leftist cr*p?
47 posted on 08/06/2013 2:06:45 AM PDT by 867V309
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To: 867V309

No surprisingly. It stars Kevin Spacey playing a ruthless democrat who plans revenge on the administration that he helped elect because he was passed over for an appointment as Secretary of State.

There is also a British version from the 90s.


48 posted on 08/06/2013 2:47:12 AM PDT by gattaca ("Empty heads are fond of long titles" Old German Proverb.)
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To: gattaca

OK, will take a look. Thanks for the info.


49 posted on 08/06/2013 3:20:32 AM PDT by 867V309
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To: Patriot Babe
"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?"

Not sure about HGTV stuff and Sons but the Walking Dead can be had from Amazon as a pay for digital download and you can watch each new episode within hours of it being shown on AMC. (I think after the west coast watches it.)

50 posted on 08/06/2013 3:26:18 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: 867V309
"Haven't watched House of Cards, any leftist cr*p?"

Its definitely leftist crap AND rightist crap and everything else BUT it is delivered without the hypocrisy. IOW they show Washington as it really is and how deals and back channel stuff takes places and it shows how everyone in the government is vying for power and/or money.

IOW they show every gruesome detail of how the sausage is made.

It is definitely worth your time.

51 posted on 08/06/2013 3:34:02 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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Thanks for the review, now it’s a must see.


52 posted on 08/06/2013 3:47:32 AM PDT by 867V309
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Netflix, YouTube, hulu, iTunes. We primarily use Netflix. We don’t watch shows right away, opting for a whole season to come out and then watching through. And we have discovered a whole world of series, especially if you can handle subtitles.

I discovered Japanese Dramas (and Korean Dramas later) online. And I was pleasantly surprised to see that their shows are essentially mini-series. A season of 11-13 hour long episodes is most common. Besides the interesting facet of being exposed to other cultures (YMMV, but I think it's fun) the format is better than American TV. It's a relatively concise (compared to American TV series that just go on and on until they get canceled) and when it's over you have seen the whole story....Beginning, middle and end. Netflix carries Kdramas along with HULU. Jdramas, I use torrents.
53 posted on 08/06/2013 4:19:06 AM PDT by BJ1
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To: 867V309

I cut the cable over two years ago and never looked back. Netflix, Roku, Amazon have enough content to last a lifetime. And if you want some of the new shows that you can’t get immediately through those services, you can always get a VPN and use bit torrent.


54 posted on 08/06/2013 4:23:21 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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To: 867V309

At the end of the day nothing is or will be free. The advertiser supported programming model will continue for quite some time. When that goes away it will become a subscription model where you have to buy a lineup of your choosing to be delivered to your TV. You may be able to buy individual shows - or have to buy a lineup for something like a month at a time. However your costs won’t go down.

The most economical delivery method for content is right now cable TV - despite the cost. Do the math - lets say you can buy any show you want for a buck. You only watch that show once a week - so you are at 4 bucks per month. But wait - you want to watch the Daytona 500 which is now pay per view - so that is $69.95. Throw in a few others and pretty soon you are paying $150 bucks for a month of entertainment that you currently get for $125. NO programming will cost you less than a dollar a show - ever despite what everyone is led to believe.

Costs of entertainment will continue to rise until people stop buying entertainment - which will be never.


55 posted on 08/06/2013 4:53:47 AM PDT by msrngtp2002 (Just my opinion.)
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Costs of entertainment will continue to rise until people stop buying entertainment - which will be never

That worked real well for the record industry. Right up until it didn't. Napster was a kick to the crotch of an industry that made fortunes by charging people $15 for a CD with maybe one or two decent songs on it. When the music cartel changed their business model to let me buy only what I wanted, I started buying their product again. Now I get what I want and pay a lot less. Cable tv will adapt or die.

Now all you sports fans...you're going to get screwed because the cable tv industry will wring every sent out of you. And I have a hard time feeling sorry for you. All those years I had to pay inflated cable bills to help subsidize a half dozen ESPN channels and three or four golf channels.

56 posted on 08/06/2013 5:16:21 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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To: BJ1

We used to watch quite a few Asian horror movies (the basis of so many US horrors). But, I have currently be working my way through quite a few European series on Netflix. Just finished Ripper Street. Have watched quite a few of the UK series. Need to get back to a Swedish series about a female crime reporter.

I think I like them better because the actors aren’t all glamorous, regular looking people. Their acting is years ahead of what America puts out week after week.


57 posted on 08/06/2013 5:22:21 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: Orangedog

I notice there is no shortage of recording companies. In fact I can’t think of a single one that went out of business.

Cable TV will adapt to changes in the marketplace. And the content providers will adapt as well. The most reliable delivery method for the content people watch is via a wire into the home - your cell phone probably can’t deliver the bandwidth needed on a consistent basis to replace that wire.

So who one buys the content from will change, but it is doubtful that you will pay someone else for that wire into your home. HFC Cable plants can and do deliver 50 megs per second - that will stream an awful lot of content. So instead of a cable company paying for TV shows then charging the consumer they will just charge you for the required bandwidth to get those shows to your home via IP delivery. So instead of paying the cable company 125 bucks for TV you will pay 60 bucks for 30 megs per second, then buy your content direct from the creator. The Cable company will not lose any money.

And all those shows on Netflix - when the cable companies stop paying ABC for content, ABC won’t get by with less money - they will start charging Netflix more - which will of course pass those charges on to the consumer.

So when all these wonderful changes happen and everyone gets to cut their cable TV feed everyone will be paying relatively MORE for the same viewing that they have today.


58 posted on 08/06/2013 6:10:47 AM PDT by msrngtp2002 (Just my opinion.)
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To: msrngtp2002

Considering that the $55 I was paying for cable TV service was cut and replaced with $8 for Netflix and the rest I get for free as I have a PC that I built cabled into my home theater, I’m still way ahead. But I wish the cable industry and it’s networks the best of luck. I’m sure they still have lots of people who love paying for a science fiction channel that plays professional wrestling, 5 McHistory channels that take turns playing the same programs reminding us that the US won WWII and a smattering of faked “reality” tv shows.


59 posted on 08/06/2013 7:12:18 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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To: 867V309
But then nobody will get BET!


60 posted on 08/06/2013 8:19:44 AM PDT by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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