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mia

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73. "...what happened to the former will happen to the latter."

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #34)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 11:32 PM

Jan 2013

Succinct and true.

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Watching TV on web is disrupting cable, broadcast worlds [View all] mia Jan 2013 OP

Just today I had someone beg me to find an online stream for Downton Abbey Season 2 Fumesucker Jan 2013 #1

Where do I go? DURHAM D Jan 2013 #3

Try this Fumesucker Jan 2013 #5

Thank you. DURHAM D Jan 2013 #9

Thanks. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #43

PBS is running the current season, full episodes Warpy Jan 2013 #13

Wish I could give some brownies... mia Jan 2013 #4

Here Fumesucker Jan 2013 #6

Thanks! n/t mia Jan 2013 #7

What will disrupt the industry is the ability to pay for only the channels you want. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #2

There won't be channels. Try just paying for the shows you want. TransitJohn Jan 2013 #27

EBooks are doing likewise to the publishing industry daleo Jan 2013 #53

Intel's a la carte TV is going to destroy the cable monopolies. And about time, too. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #8

Could this "single industry" have one owner? n/t mia Jan 2013 #49

Not unless the RIAA corporate types win forever. If that happens, and they manage to wrest Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #54

I imagined it. mia Jan 2013 #66

And the Catholic Church has been replaced by the Corporate Church.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

I use ROKU on two tv's. ananda Jan 2013 #16

I use Roku + OTA DTV, couldn't be more pleased. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #30

We love our ROKU and we have basic Cable which we hardly watch KoKo Jan 2013 #36

We did. And with the new booster antenna, we get all the networks and PBS plus tsuki Jan 2013 #68

yeah, I noticed that mockmonkey Jan 2013 #65

Broadcast and cable will always have places in rural or semi rural areas Warpy Jan 2013 #11

Satellite Has Become Very Popular In Rural Areas... KharmaTrain Jan 2013 #14

Oh you poor souls! longship Jan 2013 #12

I get good reception for major networks with rabbit ears. mia Jan 2013 #17

I have no bandwidth for YouTube. longship Jan 2013 #18

Living in a national forest makes it all worthwhile! mia Jan 2013 #19

Except for today, when I am snowed in. longship Jan 2013 #21

Using Opera? green for victory Jan 2013 #31

I'm in the suburbs of Detroit.... llmart Jan 2013 #22

I am watching Commissario Brunetti (in subtitled German) on MHz longship Jan 2013 #23

We only got about an inch or so last night..... llmart Jan 2013 #24

You can get Brunetti on MHZ? KoKo Jan 2013 #35

It is set, and filmed in Venice. longship Jan 2013 #38

Sadly...they MHz wants $4.99 an episode to watch Brunetti. It's a bit steep KoKo Jan 2013 #79

Let Me Wax Nostalgic. It's Kind of Sad in A Way. dballance Jan 2013 #15

anyone have apple tv 2? shanti Jan 2013 #20

I do actually. They're great little devices. Initech Jan 2013 #37

question: shanti Jan 2013 #56

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

If they don't like people ditching broadcast maybe they could find kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #28

When over half of TV (cable or OTA) is nothing but reality shows DJ13 Jan 2013 #29

I watch lots of Roku and Amazon Prime streaming Lex Jan 2013 #32

Funny how "remake" actually means "destroy." WinkyDink Jan 2013 #33

Remember when you had to buy the album to get the one or two songs you wanted? Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #34

"...what happened to the former will happen to the latter." mia Jan 2013 #73

When cable first went in, Le Taz Hot Jan 2013 #39

Yes, cable seems to have more commercial time than I notice on my regular TV. mia Jan 2013 #40

Network decay littleswan Jan 2013 #41

Interesting... mia Jan 2013 #42

Discovery and TLC started going to hell around 2000. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #59

What irritates me to no end is the way infomercials have appeared to take over.... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #44

Some infomercials still pass for news. mia Jan 2013 #48

Some pass for programing tabbycat31 Jan 2013 #57

Thanks for the example. mia Jan 2013 #70

Bundling is their issue. They should have gone to a la carte years ago. distantearlywarning Jan 2013 #45

This. Earth_First Jan 2013 #46

Starve the Beast. Cut your cable today. Berlum Jan 2013 #47

That's just an awful shame tabasco Jan 2013 #50

Fuck cable DainBramaged Jan 2013 #51

+1. A vast realm of overpriced boring propaganda and marketing babble. nt bemildred Jan 2013 #52

No cable, no tears, no problem! RetroGamer1971 Jan 2013 #55

Great bumper sticker! n/t mia Jan 2013 #64

99.9% of Cable is shit. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #60

Haven't had cable in over 2 years. Don't miss it. NYC Liberal Jan 2013 #61

They quit offering basic in my area. Now you have to get a package, I think. They offer a cheaper Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #67

Thanks to TV shows on DVD and DVRs I haven't watched regularly scheduled programs in 10 years! Initech Jan 2013 #62

I used to love cable in the 1980s and 1990s Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #63

Hulu Plus mockmonkey Jan 2013 #69

Can do without Hulu Plus. mia Jan 2013 #71

They should be worried bhikkhu Jan 2013 #72

The public library has lots of videos too. mia Jan 2013 #74

Corporations hate the free market. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #76

cable is doing itself in with its ridiculous prices Skittles Jan 2013 #77

Haven't had cable for 8 years. MadrasT Jan 2013 #78