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Roku Bans XTV - Why & Will it Come Back? We Answer Your Questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9re6jMFT-J8 ^ | 9/1917 | Staff

Posted on 10/22/2017 9:38:21 AM PDT by V K Lee

You can learn more about what happened to XTV here: http://cordcuttersnews.com/roku-just-...

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: roku; xtv
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ROKU USERS

TUBI TV is now showing Judi Dench in "MRS. BROWN" JD stars as Queen Victoria.

PLUTO is now showing the movie "RED DAWN" with Patrick Swayze and Lea Thompson

"Mrs. Brown. A

1 posted on 10/22/2017 9:38:21 AM PDT by V K Lee
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To: V K Lee

TUBI TV sucks. IF you can get it to work, all it ever plays is old 3rd rate movies. KODI is all but dead. There are numerous better alternatives, plenty of APKs that work well. And a few low cost paid services that work excellent for around $20/month and provide 100s of working channel links


2 posted on 10/22/2017 10:32:10 AM PDT by WP Lonestar (No matter where you go, there you are)
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To: V K Lee

XTV was, from what I can tell, a piracy station. Tubi TV appears legit - some IPTV offshoot of Lionsgate (so they understand the need to properly license their offerings).

(Saying the following to pirates, not to you, V K Lee):

If you want to see content...
...PAY FOR IT!!!

Remember the Ten Commandments?!?


3 posted on 10/22/2017 10:39:19 AM PDT by Yossarian
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To: Yossarian

Nothing from Hollywood these days is worth my time nor my money.


4 posted on 10/22/2017 10:42:32 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Nothing from Hollywood these days is worth my time nor my money.

True!

I turned on my TV for the first time in a month, and watched a bit of "The Grand Tour" (Jeremy Clarkson's car show on Amazon Prime after he broke free of the Beeb). Had good political incorrectness, but two episodes was enough.

After that, I looked at what else was being offered, either on broadcast (no cable for me) or other Amazon Prime shows... and said "eh". Turned it back off for a month.

(Note: Amazon Prime's show on the 24 Hours of LeMans was very good. "The Man in the High Castle" had its moments, but was too slowly paced.)

5 posted on 10/22/2017 10:49:26 AM PDT by Yossarian
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To: WP Lonestar

Covenant replaced Exodus. KODI is just fine.


6 posted on 10/22/2017 10:52:12 AM PDT by deadrock
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To: deadrock
Covenant replaced Exodus. KODI is just fine.

Come on, man - Covenant is a website scraper that works to serve up pirated content. Its streams are often blocked by ISPs for just that reason.

7 posted on 10/22/2017 10:58:26 AM PDT by Yossarian
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To: deadrock

We also use Zen and 1Channel through Kodi and haven’t had trouble with it.


8 posted on 10/22/2017 11:03:56 AM PDT by davandbar
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To: Yossarian

All good points. Still, KODI is far from dead. As long as there are VPNs, KODI and PLEX will thrive.


9 posted on 10/22/2017 11:05:48 AM PDT by deadrock
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To: Yossarian
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of similar add-ons. Kodi is open source, after all. Social media spreads the word.

ISPs are going to be playing whack-a-mole for the foreseeable future.

10 posted on 10/22/2017 11:07:50 AM PDT by Company Man
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To: deadrock

I can’t find anything to PUT on Kodi :/


11 posted on 10/22/2017 11:08:01 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: V K Lee

Bkmrk.


12 posted on 10/22/2017 11:09:19 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
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To: davandbar

Nice.


13 posted on 10/22/2017 11:10:33 AM PDT by deadrock
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To: dfwgator

Yeah, I’m actually finding “alternative TV” to be just as worthless as network TV. Rather than cutting the cord, just turning the TV off entirely seems a better option.


15 posted on 10/22/2017 11:18:20 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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So, you admit that this is a system for piracy, but you guide fellow FReepers on how to get started with said piracy?

A lot of us make our home payments and pay our bills by creating electronic content - be it movies, TV shows, software, photography, whatever.

Guiding people on how to pirate content - on a website dedicated to doing the right and moral thing, of all places - is reprehensible.

16 posted on 10/22/2017 11:24:22 AM PDT by Yossarian
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To: Yossarian

There are legit addons as well.


17 posted on 10/22/2017 11:26:36 AM PDT by deadrock
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To: deadrock

But that’s not what you’re pushing, is it?


18 posted on 10/22/2017 11:27:30 AM PDT by Yossarian
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To: Yossarian

The website I posted was a legit addon website.


19 posted on 10/22/2017 11:30:42 AM PDT by deadrock
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To: deadrock
These add-ons are constantly shape-shifting, renaming and tossing around responsibility for the coding and maintenance, explicitly because they support piracy, and hence keep on getting sued and shut down.

You know that, as is obvious from your approving post regarding new sources appearing that a quick web search shows are piracy scrapers. I know about the general subject area, because my - quite expensive to develop - software often gets cracked and stolen by morally repugnant turds.

20 posted on 10/22/2017 11:37:40 AM PDT by Yossarian
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