Watching TV on web is disrupting cable, broadcast worlds

Miami Herald ^ | January 26, 2013 | Glenn Garvin

[mrsmith]

Drudge and Breitbart are in a great position to do that.

I’d guess they could get scripts, the scripts reviewed, and rewritten by pros if they looked good -all for a pittance.
They’d have regular production costs, though maybe they can bypass the unions- maybe not. Then broadcast them on their sites.

[bigheadfred]

Thanks for the link. I hope you don’t mind, but I HAD TO replace the soundtrack with some Led Zeppelin.

[marygam]

They can’t control the content. You watch what you want and pay for what you want. I pay $41 a month for internet service. I was paying 41+91 and I didn’t have any pay channels. Now I still get Fox(however I have disconnected mentally from the news) and movie channels. I pay $7.99 for Netflix. That’s it. We have hooked up an antenae so we get all the local channels. Bam! Total outlay was $120. Oh and relatively NO COMMERCIALS!!! Downside is sports channels are not up to snuff yet.

[re_nortex]

It was colorful, with nice scenery at least.

Indeed...I just couldn't take my eyes off the beautiful sunset vistas in the video and the horses galloping in the background. :-) <- As of I really needed that?

[editor-surveyor]

But what are you using for an internet conection?

[RegulatorCountry]

The singer was a little too unaffected by the beauty of his surroundings. He had all the engagement of Barack and Michelle Obama kissing.

[Domandred]

I honestly can’t remember the last time I turned my tv onto cable, satellite, or even digital over the air broadcast.

I’ve been all internet streaming for at least 2 years now.

[al_c]

I’ve got a Roku ... love it. Lots of channels available ... Netflix, JustIn TV, lots of news channels, Hulu, etc. Dropping Uverse this week. Gotta lose that and a couple of other things to make up for my smaller paychecks (thanks, Obama).

[billorites]

"Korea has stricter content standards, so they actually have to have a story"

Thank God for that.

[Wiggins]

If I could get my local sports channels over the web I would cancel my TV package in a heart beat and save over a thousand dollars a year.

[TomGuy]

That is similar to my set-up: Roku and WD TV.

The newest version of WD TV is wireless.

I also added the WD NAS 3TB hard drive, which is wireless, too. With it, I can broadcast movies/tv programs stored on it directly to the WD TV and my LCD TV.

WD TV handles most common video and audio formats.

[Revolting cat!]

My first introduction to cable TV life experience (is that what they call it?) came rather late and involved getting free cable into my house, I don’t remember how it happened, something to do with the neighbours, though I’ve never done anything illegal (except ________ off my dog, as Robert Mitchum once said). This went on for a while, until the cable company caught it, probably by driving one of their sniffing trucks past my house, and sent me a letter with an offer I couldn’t refuse. But I never watched much TV, so I didn’t think I was stealing (”Yeah!”, I anticipate an answer from Harper Valley PTA, “taking a packet of chewing gum without paying is stealing too!”) In any case, TV sucks. Big time. Under the bus with it!

[conservativefreak]

Three alternatives you can look into to cut cable (from least to most expensive):
1) XBMC [Cost: Free]
2) Roku [Cost: $50]
3) Boxee [Cost: $99]

1)XBMC
Download XBMC on basically any modern computer/Operating system , then download install the repository installer here, then enable the BlueCop repository, then go to Video Add-ons, and install the "Free Cable" addon.
Here's a tutorial.
Xbmc also has plugins for Youtube, Hulu (for free, you don't need to pay for Hulu Plus), Podcasts (Apple's itunes podcast library). The World news Live Plugin, which you can download here gives you Al Jazeera, CNN, BBC, CNBC, France24, Russia Today, Euronews all as a 24/7 live stream.

There's also a Fox News plugin that you can install, installation instructions are here.

2)Roku
Buy a Roku Box, use Netflix ($7.99/month) Hulu Plus $7, Amazon Prime $75/year to watch your TV programs on demand.

3)Boxee
Buy a Boxee box (which lets you watch over-the-air channels) use Netflix ($7.99/month) Hulu Plus $7 to watch your TV programs on demand.

[Washi]

Both COMCAST and Satellite TV have good deals at first but then after about 6 months they jack their prices way up.

That is true for Comcast and DirectTV, but I haven't experienced that with Dish Network.

That said, I have a Roku, am converting my DVD/Bluray collection to mp4, running a Plex server, and subscribe to Netflix.

I'm getting close to 'cutting the cord'.

[truth_seeker]

Love my Roku with Netflix.

Gives me more enjoyment per dollar spent, than any other option.

[Dallas59]

AT&T Elite.

[KevinDavis]

Me, I have been watching a lot of British shows on Torrent.. Besides most of the programming here is based on British shows..

[GOPJ]

It’s not just lower rates - I don’t want 500 channels - many that are leftist propaganda outlets... other culturally offensive. If cable wants to keep me they need to sell by the channel...

[dfwgator]

Watching TV on web is disrupting cable, broadcast worlds

[Maigret]

The newest Roku plays HD very well, we get terrific sound and pics with it.