More ways to cut the cord.

https://www.aereo.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/business/media/aereo-wins-in-appeals-court-setting-stage-for-trial-on-streaming-broadcast-tv.html?_r=0

A federal appeals court in New York on Monday upheld a ruling in favor of Aereo, the start-up Internet service that streams broadcast stations without compensation, setting the stage for a full-blown trial between Aereo and major media companies.

4/1/2013 7:22:16 PM

I don't think "live cable" over the internet is the trend of the future. It's on-demand commercial free (or choose when to play commercials) content. Watching online TV is just a gimmick and eventually everything is going to be the Netflix / online streaming based model.

Not to mention most of what aereo does is over the air anyway. It's a very small population that doesn't have cable and isn't within range of a station to pick it up OTA. Not to mention TV quality of OTA HD broadcasts is way better than you're going to get from some online streaming solution. OTA tops out at 20-30mbps I believe and you'll be lucky to get half that with some ISPs.

4/1/2013 7:47:18 PM

^Personally I think it will be some sort of hybrid smart tv setup. You still need to appease old folks and people who like channel surfing but I think there could be a smart menu to show other data, more info etc.

See the xbox espn app for kinda along the lines of what I'm thinking.

4/1/2013 8:16:50 PM

heck, i LIKE the current model...when i work from home, i watch all kinds of crappy natgeo/discovery/history/comedy central/whatever happens to be on

4/1/2013 8:34:11 PM

^Yeah I think scheduled programming will be around for a long time. You always need ways to expose a new audience through channel surfing and browsing. I just think they'll get smarter about it like only having that data down the pipe when you need it instead of just spamming every frequency 24/7.

4/1/2013 8:37:49 PM

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"I don't think "live cable" over the internet is the trend of the future. It's on-demand commercial free "

couldn't disagree more, its a combination of the two that is the future, but we won't ever have a TV revolution until we have "live cable" options.

Most people don't sit down and watch specific shows, they sit down and watch many (or any) shows. They flip endlessly through the channels enjoying the narcotizing effects of watching television, trying to find their next television high. We need streaming options that allow people to sit down, press one button, and have programming playing. Only on-demand doesn't accomplish that, it doesn't fulfill one of the biggest uses of tv.

4/1/2013 8:51:11 PM

^completely disagree. Almost all my friends and even my parents now watch on demand Netflix or streaming. They still watch cable shows but they're almost always dvr'd and watched on their own schedule. It's rare that I'll see someone 'channel surf' any more. Then again I haven't had cable since I lived with my parents in high school. TV of the future is on demand. TV show on-boarding will (and is) coming from online ads and ads during streaming shows.

4/2/2013 5:33:52 AM

Google some viewing statistics, that's not most people

4/2/2013 6:57:58 AM

^^I for one haven't had cable for 4 and a half years and I rarely even turn on the rabbit-ears, therefore Internet TV is obvs. the wave of the future.

4/2/2013 8:40:51 AM

But the question is that more a function of cost/value or watching habits? If someone could provide, lets call it "enhanced cable", for cheap would your watching habits still all be on demand or would you want to watch more traditionally?

4/2/2013 10:01:29 AM

wait wait wait. its just broadcast tv? like, you pay to watch free broadcast channels on your computer?

4/2/2013 12:52:14 PM

and also for a DVR-style functionality

4/2/2013 6:41:35 PM

And also they expect to have other premium channels sign on that you can pay for too.

4/2/2013 7:29:34 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/want-to-cut-the-cable-cord-time-warner-cable-may-help-you/2013/05/02/f6b43b84-b27b-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html?hpid=z3

TWC looking at snapping up the technology.

5/2/2013 6:00:08 PM

http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=633967

5/2/2013 10:56:51 PM