saint Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Two cable powerhouses announced an ambitious pilot program Wednesday that aims to convince their customers that, actually, TV on the web should not be free. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/06/time-warner-comcast-depart-from-hulu-model-with-tv-everywhere/ How many times will these Media Corporations keep shooting themselves in the foot. This is totally beyond Brain Dead. I guess normal over the air TV broadcasters will soon come to the profound conclusion that they are missing out on money and start requiring subscriptions next. When will the Insanity ever end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relaxing Entertainment For The World - - www.ScenicRadio.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBVoice Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 There will always be free tv. It's not like they can take over YouTube or Hulu. The most they can really do is flood the internet tv with commercials which they already have too many. Thats my input -jb Jon Bova "Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs. - Jim Rohn" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MixStream.net Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 British Telecom are the same, they're starting to say that the BBC should pay them for the amount of bandwidth their on demand service (iPlayer) uses. In my opinion, this is just BT trying to rob the taxpayer (the BBC of course is funded by the TV tax... err, I mean license). BT are accusing BBC and other video services of getting a 'free ride' on their network. The way I see it is that the broadband customer (the public) pays their ISP to get access to the Internet. This normally includes a monthly transfer limit of some description and a max speed (normally 'up to' 8Mbps). It's complete rubbish that both the Internet user AND content provider should pay ISPs. BT actually throttle bandwidth during peak times with the intention of making video impossible to watch. I also know that BT throttle uploads, making it impossible for people to stream - even streams as low as 80k are unlistenable. It seems to me like BT have come up with an unsustainable business model and are just starting to realise it. Their networks are very overloaded and they are unable to invest so are trying to get paid twice (by the user and content provider) for the same bandwidth to make some money. I'd personally rather pay a little more for genuine access to the Internet without caps and traffic shaping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutish Sailor Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 5 star post! Archiving this info in the streamer revolutionary logs. KNSJ.org / 89.1 FM San Diego Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voiceoverwizard Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Two cable powerhouses announced an ambitious pilot program Wednesday that aims to convince their customers that, actually, TV on the web should not be free. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/06/time-warner-comcast-depart-from-hulu-model-with-tv-everywhere/ How many times will these Media Corporations keep shooting themselves in the foot. This is totally beyond Brain Dead. I guess normal over the air TV broadcasters will soon come to the profound conclusion that they are missing out on money and start requiring subscriptions next. When will the Insanity ever end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The insanity will never end!.... That said the over the air networks are using the airwaves which, in America, have been decided to be owned by the USA. Therefore they can not require subscriptions. Put that together with the unprecedented power the federal gov't has been throwing around lately and who knows they might start charging for it. Let'sface it is there anything that we as a people do as much as TV watching that they don't tax? http://vowizard.com/ http://seanwisner.com/ http://cheapvoiceguy.com/ http://radioimagingwizard.com/ http://cheapradioimaging.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yidso Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Isn't there such a thing as a free press - this surely covers TV and radio as well? Kieran Lewis Tune in to the Kieran Lewis Show Fridays 7pm - 9pm (UK time) www.lovemusicfm.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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