The downfall begins! Sony strikes deal to stream Viacom stations

[stevestevens]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100967342

Now just get Disney/abc on board and I am done with cable/dish for good

[Ray McKigney]

Time Warner sucks.

[gotbeer]

Once people realize that they are overpaying for sports stations, it will change.  Of course it would depend on the companies finally entering into the 21st century and not relying on 20th century business.  Notice how the company with no sports is the first to realize that there is a whole new world out there.  

[mrwicked]

wow.

the dominos should fall after this.

 

if i'm AAPL i go and buy HBO.

and then i would also make disney an offer for ESPN they can't refuse.

or hell, just buy disney.

[red321]

I imagine the provider of the bandwidth...for a lot of people in Orange County, that would be Time Warner...will suddenly start dropping some bandwidth caps on folks. They're already experimenting with it in some locales.

[hk47]

The chick in that video through the link is so dumb.

[notherhalo]

wow.

the dominos should fall after this.

 

if i'm AAPL i go and buy HBO.

and then i would also make disney an offer for ESPN they can't refuse.

or hell, just buy disney.

 

After hearing this suggestion multiple times, Ive now adopted it and told people (hope you dont mind)

 

perhaps you will end up being patient zero

[2002_halos_II]

I read COX cable was testing streaming in the OC market.

[Schildog]

this is awesome news.

[gotbeer]

Oh and BTW.  This may be the first strike of the Playstation > Xbox wars.  A redefinition again of what a gaming console could do.  The first redefinition being Playstation put blue ray into the hands of the masses.  

[HaloMagic]

I imagine the provider of the bandwidth...for a lot of people in Orange County, that would be Time Warner...will suddenly start dropping some bandwidth caps on folks. They're already experimenting with it in some locales.

Yep. Your TV bill might only be $15/mo but your new internet bill will shoot to $100/mo. And they might add a hard cap after a certain amount of data, too. Then if you max out you won't be able to see anymore Duck Dynasty until next month.

[mrwicked]

Oh and BTW.  This may be the first strike of the Playstation > Xbox wars.  A redefinition again of what a gaming console could do.  The first redefinition being Playstation put blue ray into the hands of the masses.  

 

perhaps but both are on sinking ship.

that industry wont be around much longer.

my guess is that this is the last iteration of gaming consoles.

[Count Orlok]

Once people realize that they are overpaying for sports stations, it will change.  Of course it would depend on the companies finally entering into the 21st century and not relying on 20th century business.  Notice how the company with no sports is the first to realize that there is a whole new world out there.  

Once people realize they're overpaying for sports stations the cable companies will go broke because they can't pay back the ridiculous TV deals they gave the leagues and the leagues will go broke without the free money from TV.

[nate]

I have no problem paying for cable. Ease of use and quality of broadcast make it a no brained for me. Add in the DVR and you can't go wrong.

[stevestevens]

Of course you don't have a problem paying for cable, you just bum people's passwords off them when you want to stream something.

[mrwicked]

After hearing this suggestion multiple times, Ive now adopted it and told people (hope you dont mind)

 

perhaps you will end up being patient zero

 

im OK with this.

but i want film and animation rights.

[gotbeer]

im OK with this.

but i want film and animation rights.

 

I'm going to make a TV show about this, not give you any rights, and replace you with a shark that eats Cable wire and dish's.  It'll probably come knocking on your door too.  

 

Sci Fi will love it.

[Jay]

one way or another, you'll pay

[Tank]

I'm going to make a TV show about this, not give you any rights, and replace you with a shark that eats Cable wire and dish's.  It'll probably come knocking on your door too.  

 

Sci Fi will love it.

knock knock

who's there?

candy gram

 

[nate]

Of course you don't have a problem paying for cable, you just bum people's passwords off them when you want to stream something.

 

I have yet to successfully do it for P12 nets.  That is my only problem but overall I still prefer this system.

[mrwicked]

google in talks to buy the next deal for NFL sunday ticket.

last one was $1b a year, i see it going up to $1.5b a year.

 

that's a big win for whomever gets it.

[halobob]

I hope google gets it, that'd be amazing and would hurt direct tv big time!

[mrwicked]

wow.

the dominos should fall after this.

 

if i'm AAPL i go and buy HBO.

and then i would also make disney an offer for ESPN they can't refuse.

or hell, just buy disney.

 

oh snap.

those fools should put me on the payroll.

 

Apple reportedly blows off cable companies, talks directly with HBO, ESPN for iTV service

http://news.yahoo.com/apple-reportedly-blows-off-cable-companies-talks-directly-160047431.html