Glenn Beck announced today that he is launching an online TV channel.
Looks like he is supporting all the Apple iOS devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod) & Roku.
Will enough people be willing to pay for this?
Posted on 06/07/2011 8:15:07 AM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
Glenn Beck announced today that he is launching an online TV channel.
Looks like he is supporting all the Apple iOS devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod) & Roku.
Will enough people be willing to pay for this?
I’m one of the millions of Americans STILL on dial-up (as our only viable option)
Question. What is your load speed of a thread here on FR with all the graphics that now are a part of the chatter? Is it a slow process?
The text loads fast. Pics take a bit, depending. FR is about the only site I visit nowadays. All others are so app heavy and vid heavy. I’m running at about 26 kbps on a good day.
Wouldn’t it make sense to offer a free trial..say two weeks...of would that make the servers crash..alternatively..offer a one month subscription...and say that he’ll refund your money if you don’t like it..
Give the ‘Opera’ browser a try - it has a ‘turbo’ feature that could speed you up a bit too.
I’m on an old XP and the sites get slower and slower to load - I’m on DSL. Also, ‘Chrome’ seems to be faster for me too.. (using it now- once Firefox 4 came out that was it for me over there- had to move to other browsers)
Not me!
I find Glen Beck very irritating. How can a man literally cry over the Constitution and then **MOCK** and **INSULT** those who defend Article 2, Section 1.
Glen Beck only cares about the parts of the Constitution that are convenient.
It’s not just going to be Beck...he’ll only have one show per day. He’s featuring documentaries and other programing, will be available much like Netflix is available for instant viewing. We watch very little on TV anymore, we plug in the iPad to the TV and watch stuff off Netflix, so I have no doubt we’ll use the service (4.95 a month not a bad price.)
I never could get much more than him rambling and talking with his cohost about stuff that had no general interest.
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It will have history programs, children’s programs, comedy programs, documentaries.
No PC.
I will join.
I dunno what ‘enough’ means,
But I signed up today.
He is staying with Radio.
And a 2 hour show on his new network from 5-7 p.m.
Free show tomorrow night, and many events free over the summer...and a discount until 9-12...
And a 15% discount for a years subscription...
Actually, Beck is very smart to leave FOX right now.
FOX is old and crumbling. Everyone there is old (50 >) and out of touch. O’Reilly & Krauthammer for example.
They have drifted to the left. They are no longer conservative.
The problem is the lack of advertising. ——
I agree with most of your post...but a major problem is they are lefties, just not as far over as CNN and MSNBC, yet.
This ain’t gonna hurt Beck, it is going to hurt FOX, and OReilly and Greta...
I have Opera...can’t stand it. Don’t use it. I’m having no trouble with the new Firefox. And don’t even get me started about Chrome. : ) I’m just part of the Doomed, I guess.
June 30th, I think, is his last show on FNC.
I suppose he'll reach many young people, as he wanted, but he will be shutting out thousands, if not millions, of seniors and other non tech-savvy people (like my in-laws who worship Glenn Beck). They are going to miss Glenn's daily 5pm show each day.
Why can't he just keep his FNC TV show, and maybe launch a 2nd hour on one of his websites? Right now watching our TV is far more convenient than watching "TV" online. I highly doubt we'll be subscribing to Beck's new "TV" network.
You can still watch it on your TV.
Oh crap... I thought he was on FNC through the end of December 2011. :-(
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