YosemiteSam
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This content providers need to wake up. Soon Internet television is probably going to be the majority of broadcasting. Instead of fighting this, they need to learn to embrace it.
Get Google, Apple, Hulu or whoever producing Internet broadcasting channel that is paid for like people do now for Cable. (no ala carte, you just subscribe to the channel) Cable and Satellite TV are going to end up for the most part going the way of the land line telephone or regular radio. Most people only listen to over the air radio in their cars now. Mobile broadband is the future and that will go away too in favor of Pandora, Last.fm and others like that.
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Time Warner Cable is facing litigation from at least one of Hollywood's majors in a matter of days over its iPad app that transmits live TV channels within a subscriber's home, according to a programming executive with knowledge of the situation.
"I think it's just days away," said the source, who added that Time Warner Cable is no longer in discussions with programmers. "If we allow this without litigation, everyone will do it tomorrow. If we litigate, we have a chance to win."
Time Warner Cable did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
The imminent legal action is the latest escalation of tensions since the cable operator launched an app last week on Apple's popular tablet that delivers 32 cable networks including Discovery Channel and Fox News Channel.
Cablevision is also planning to launch an iPad app that goes a step further than Time Warner by making a subscriber's entire channel package -- including broadcast networks, VOD and content stored on DVR -- available on the app.
Distributors believe that as long as the app is restricted to viewing within the subscriber's residence, the iPad is no different than any other TV in the house.
But programmers believe tablets aren't covered under existing carriage agreements and will require a new set of rights to be negotiated. Revenues are a sore subject since iPad viewing isn't measured, meaning it won't be factored into a program's rating (for those Time Warner Cable subscribers who happen to be Nielsen family members).
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Get Google, Apple, Hulu or whoever producing Internet broadcasting channel that is paid for like people do now for Cable. (no ala carte, you just subscribe to the channel) Cable and Satellite TV are going to end up for the most part going the way of the land line telephone or regular radio. Most people only listen to over the air radio in their cars now. Mobile broadband is the future and that will go away too in favor of Pandora, Last.fm and others like that.
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Time Warner Cable is facing litigation from at least one of Hollywood's majors in a matter of days over its iPad app that transmits live TV channels within a subscriber's home, according to a programming executive with knowledge of the situation.
"I think it's just days away," said the source, who added that Time Warner Cable is no longer in discussions with programmers. "If we allow this without litigation, everyone will do it tomorrow. If we litigate, we have a chance to win."
Time Warner Cable did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
The imminent legal action is the latest escalation of tensions since the cable operator launched an app last week on Apple's popular tablet that delivers 32 cable networks including Discovery Channel and Fox News Channel.
Cablevision is also planning to launch an iPad app that goes a step further than Time Warner by making a subscriber's entire channel package -- including broadcast networks, VOD and content stored on DVR -- available on the app.
Distributors believe that as long as the app is restricted to viewing within the subscriber's residence, the iPad is no different than any other TV in the house.
But programmers believe tablets aren't covered under existing carriage agreements and will require a new set of rights to be negotiated. Revenues are a sore subject since iPad viewing isn't measured, meaning it won't be factored into a program's rating (for those Time Warner Cable subscribers who happen to be Nielsen family members).
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