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I've been expecting somebody to come up with this for years. I guess the HBO streaming announcement finally opened the floodgates. They still are bundling a pa

I've been expecting somebody to come up with this for years. I guess the HBO streaming announcement finally opened the floodgates. They still are bundling a package of channels, I guess wanted a-la-carte but broadcasters would have none of that. It's probably the smallest package they were able to negotiate. This is basically a TV cable provider using the internet as last-mile infrastructure. There will be lawsuits from big cable, they will lobby regulators to impose cable service fees into them.

wmf 12y ago
The Intel/Verizon OnCue project has been working on this for a few years and Aereo is planning to offer a similar service. There was some ambiguity about whether such services should be legally treated the same as cable/satellite companies, but a recent FCC rule change explicitly legalized the concept. http://www.fcc.gov/blog/tech-transitions-video-and-future http://www.fcc.gov/blog/tech-transitions-video-and-future
- smtddr 12y ago
  Didn't Aereo go out of business? This is what I see on www.aereo.com right now http://i.imgur.com/d6UBCPQ.png http://i.imgur.com/d6UBCPQ.png (SIDENOTE: Must be kinda annoying being forced out of business only to watch the law be changed to allow said business soon after)
  - wmf 12y ago
    At some point Aereo claimed that they wanted to relaunch as an online cable company if they have anything left after bankruptcy. A crucial aspect in Aereo's case is that their original business model (which was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court) paid nothing to TV stations, but under the new FCC MVPD rules they would probably have to pay retransmission fees to local TV stations, which would cut into their margins.
  - mikeryan 12y ago
    This wasn't Aereo's business (and yeah, they're dead). Dish has carriage agreements and pays retransmission fee's to the networks they carry via this service. This is directly contrary to Aereo's model. Aereo retransmitted over-the-air broadcast tv with individual subscriber antenna's and tried to skirt retransmission fees so they paid nothing to the content provider (I honestly thought they should have won their case).
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mikeryan 12y ago
This service actually has pre-dated the HBO annoucement in the industry. There will be lawsuits from big cable, they will lobby regulators to impose cable service fees into them. Actually I'm not sure this will be the case. Right now Comcast knows they're treading very close to the anti-trust line. They're actually being very careful on the net-neutrality issue particularly with their acquisition of Time Warner still under scrutiny while letting DISH provide service over their wires may be a bitter pill it might be a necessary evil for them to deal with. Its actually very good timing on Dish's part to get this out there now when new regulations may be forced down Comcast's throat as part of their expanding empire.
brazzledazzle 12y ago
Sony announced their offering a year ago at CES. It was simply a matter of time.

wmf 12y ago

The Intel/Verizon OnCue project has been working on this for a few years and Aereo is planning to offer a similar service. There was some ambiguity about whether such services should be legally treated the same as cable/satellite companies, but a recent FCC rule change explicitly legalized the concept. http://www.fcc.gov/blog/tech-transitions-video-and-future http://www.fcc.gov/blog/tech-transitions-video-and-future

smtddr 12y ago
Didn't Aereo go out of business? This is what I see on www.aereo.com right now http://i.imgur.com/d6UBCPQ.png http://i.imgur.com/d6UBCPQ.png (SIDENOTE: Must be kinda annoying being forced out of business only to watch the law be changed to allow said business soon after)
- wmf 12y ago
  At some point Aereo claimed that they wanted to relaunch as an online cable company if they have anything left after bankruptcy. A crucial aspect in Aereo's case is that their original business model (which was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court) paid nothing to TV stations, but under the new FCC MVPD rules they would probably have to pay retransmission fees to local TV stations, which would cut into their margins.
- mikeryan 12y ago
  This wasn't Aereo's business (and yeah, they're dead). Dish has carriage agreements and pays retransmission fee's to the networks they carry via this service. This is directly contrary to Aereo's model. Aereo retransmitted over-the-air broadcast tv with individual subscriber antenna's and tried to skirt retransmission fees so they paid nothing to the content provider (I honestly thought they should have won their case).

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mikeryan 12y ago

This service actually has pre-dated the HBO annoucement in the industry. There will be lawsuits from big cable, they will lobby regulators to impose cable service fees into them. Actually I'm not sure this will be the case. Right now Comcast knows they're treading very close to the anti-trust line. They're actually being very careful on the net-neutrality issue particularly with their acquisition of Time Warner still under scrutiny while letting DISH provide service over their wires may be a bitter pill it might be a necessary evil for them to deal with. Its actually very good timing on Dish's part to get this out there now when new regulations may be forced down Comcast's throat as part of their expanding empire.

brazzledazzle 12y ago

Sony announced their offering a year ago at CES. It was simply a matter of time.