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In reply to the discussion: Watching TV on web is disrupting cable, broadcast worlds [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)54. Not unless the RIAA corporate types win forever. If that happens, and they manage to wrest
control of the network away from the people, like they are with their proprietary networks (4G for example), we're screwed for a long time.
Imagine American cell phone service, but the cabal controls everything from news to books.
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Just today I had someone beg me to find an online stream for Downton Abbey Season 2
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#1
What will disrupt the industry is the ability to pay for only the channels you want. n/t
PoliticAverse
Jan 2013
#2
Intel's a la carte TV is going to destroy the cable monopolies. And about time, too.
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#8
Not unless the RIAA corporate types win forever. If that happens, and they manage to wrest
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#54
And the Catholic Church has been replaced by the Corporate Church. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#75
Roku's still a little glitchy but quite adequate & so much boring regressive JUNK on network tv.
patrice
Jan 2013
#10
Not completely. You can browse streaming content like Youtube and Pandora though.
Initech
Jan 2013
#58
Comcast might want to try lowering their rates... when it hit $80/month, I downgraded, big time!
reformist2
Jan 2013
#25
I have no cable or even antenna yet I have thousands of hours of programming available for streaming
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#26
Remember when you had to buy the album to get the one or two songs you wanted?
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#34
What irritates me to no end is the way infomercials have appeared to take over....
OldDem2012
Jan 2013
#44
Bundling is their issue. They should have gone to a la carte years ago.
distantearlywarning
Jan 2013
#45
They quit offering basic in my area. Now you have to get a package, I think. They offer a cheaper
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#67