Streaming TV

[ladymoreta]

Sports is why DH won't consider dropping cable. It also means we pay for premium cable. We have a smart TV, and I love it.

[Vishenka69]

Just hooked up Chromecast. Love.

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[OrionGrad]

This article made me think of this thread. For $20/month people will soon be able to stream live sports from ESPN (and other networks). It's called Sling TV. I'm assuming that's different from Slingbox, which has been around for a long time.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/b...able-required/

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

I saw that too. We can't get DISH in our area (too many trees) - it's v annoying. Hopefully TWC goes this way too.

[Thirteen]

Streaming TV

This article made me think of this thread. For $20/month people will soon be able to stream live sports from ESPN (and other networks). It's called Sling TV. I'm assuming that's different from Slingbox, which has been around for a long time.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/b...able-required/

Interesting: it's a plug in device like Chromecast or Roku?
It would be wonderful if they made a "channel" and allowed existing devices to stream it. There's already an ESPN channel on Roku, but it won't let you access content unless you are a provider subscriber (which we are not).
Even with a $20/mo subscription, it would still be more than 50% less than the basic cable package offering out here! What a racket!

(We pay for Internet only, currently).


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[Sheherezade]

Maybe they are making money on the device as well - and using the hardware to control login to a single subscription per location. Anyway, you could plug it in to a different hdmi slot on a single TV I guess.

I'm excited that HBO is considering offering HBO Go as a standalone next year too. Now....if MLB would just eliminate their blackout rules and let me stream local games legally, we will have arrived in the post cable era.


Angie