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canadians also dumping pay TV for off-the-air HDTV 69 views [1] posted by nir on May 31 2009 4:44am tags: news tv antennas canada
| | i like the part of the article that mentions private networks missing something by not jumping on the off-the-air bandwagon. basic cable channels like comedy central or discovery could only benefit from selling their advertising to a larger audience by broadcasting over the air. i can even imagine specialty networks like showtime, HBO or starz broadcasting encrypted content to be decrypted by a set top box or additional tivo software modules for a monthly subscription fee, which would allow people to get these channels by paying for them, and only for them -- circumventing the virtually redundant 50-60$ base price tag attached to almost every cable or dish service out there. 0 comments | |
antenna makers put free TV on radar of a pay-TV society 76 views [1] posted by nir on May 18 2009 12:13am tags: tv antennas tivo
| | i've just recently ditched DirecTV and their crummy DVR in favor of a Tivo HD hooked to a ClearStream 4 antenna and i couldn't be happier. glorious uncompressed HD network television for the sum total of 13$ a month for Tivo service and an additional flat 9$ a month for Netflix on demand. you can even get movies from various on-demand providers like Amazon, which is a pretty good substitute for pay-per-view. 0 comments | |
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