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Originally Posted by Villages Audio Video
Free TV? Are you referring to ABC, CBS, NBC, Etc? Those channels are free to end users with an antenna but the Cable TV providers pay big bucks for redistribution rights to those channels.
Here is something new Comcast is launching that will have cord cutters dancing in the streets. How about all the broadcast network Feeds and HBO for $15 per month for Comcast Internet subscribers. It will be here in 2016
"'"For an extra $15 a month added to a Comcast Internet subscription, viewers will have access to live and on-demand programming on computers and mobile devices from about a dozen networks, along with cloud DVR storage and Streampix, Comcast’s movie offering. Called Stream, the new service will be available in Boston, Chicago and Seattle later this year and across the company’s coverage areas in the United States in 2016.
“Clearly, there are changes that are happening in the market,” said Matthew Strauss, Comcast Cable’s executive vice president and general manager of video services. “Not everybody is going to want a full pay-TV bundle.”""
http://nyti.ms/1JdcS9l |
I read that article, it also stated it would be a beta rolled out in very limited markets. But if they are actually going to do it then more power to them! Maybe more will follow!
Small issue though: a great deal of television cost to the customer comes from the actual content providers if they are losing money streaming then they will just put a stop to it and make the cable companies play ball. Also there is no mention of whether this content will be standard def, if it will have commercials, or what the limitations will be.
There is always fine print.