Cord cutting

[DaImmaculateONe]

Re: Cord cutting

that because there not providing any base options for users to choose from like slingtv. 15 dollar increase for 8 viacoms channels, no thanks. Content providers keep charging more and more and you have to take the whole bundle of channels. I guess that why Ps Vue gave up because they didnt want keep raising prices.

[lowpaiddonkey10]

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I was trying to recall from memory but was wrong. I just looked it up again and YTTV already had their price increase in July and it's $64.99. Hulu is $55, so yes the gap is $10. I have enough DVR space with Hulu (50 Hours). Don't need to save some stuff because a lot of Hulu is already on-demand anyway. Regardless, these streaming services are getting ridiculous with price increases. They were forecast to be a bargain when they started as there was no infastructure and should have stayed cheaper. Especially when you have to pay for high speed internet anyway to use them.

Reminds me of how digital downloads were supposed to bring down game prices because there was no disc or box to be produced. Howd that go?

Yep. YTTV was a bargain at $40 not at $70 after tax but where else can you go? Local Spectrum TV is around that price if not more so for the time being I guess I will stick with YTTV or maybe switch back to Hulu Live at some point. Direct TV I tried not a fan among other reasons in my area you got a little rain or even the threat of rain say good bye to TV.

[DocHolliday]

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Google should have told Viacom/Sinclair to pound sand, I mean I enjoy the MTV challenge and all but the negativity of the price increase was not worth it.


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[RoyalBoyle78]

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Theres a new Chromecast that's out.

It has a remote and all, but I don't get why the remote can't have a skip ahead or go back feature.

The one thing I don't like about streaming any show on chromecast is that you can't skip ahead or go back unless you manually do it on a phone or laptop.

And I'm not sure what other TVs are like, but my TV has a feature built in where I can use the regular TV remote to pause, play, and change the volume of other devices such as chromecast. So that new chromecast doesn't seem to be as innovative imo.

It's Chromecast with Google TV, and that circle on the remote I believe acts just as my apple Tv remote, press the circle on the right and its forwards, and press the circle on that left and it rewinds.

[lowpaiddonkey10]

Re: Cord cutting

If I have one complaint with YTTV it is that most of the seasons and episodes can't be watched on a lot of shows really pretty much all of them. For instance Killing Eve only has a few older episodes available. For those of you with Hulu With Live TV is this the same with that TV option?

[The Kid 24]

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If I have one complaint with YTTV it is that most of the seasons and episodes can't be watched on a lot of shows really pretty much all of them. For instance Killing Eve only has a few older episodes available. For those of you with Hulu With Live TV is this the same with that TV option?

Yea I notice that as well.

I want to start watching FTWD but it starts at Season 3... And the AMC app doesnt start at the beginning either.

[dickey1331]

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If I have one complaint with YTTV it is that most of the seasons and episodes can't be watched on a lot of shows really pretty much all of them. For instance Killing Eve only has a few older episodes available. For those of you with Hulu With Live TV is this the same with that TV option?

It kinda depends on the show. I have regular Hulu as well so a lot of the shows I watch has all the seasons.


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[p_rushing]

Re: Cord cutting

If I have one complaint with YTTV it is that most of the seasons and episodes can't be watched on a lot of shows really pretty much all of them. For instance Killing Eve only has a few older episodes available. For those of you with Hulu With Live TV is this the same with that TV option?

Yea I notice that as well.

I want to start watching FTWD but it starts at Season 3... And the AMC app doesnt start at the beginning either.

Someone owns the streaming rights, so you will find it somewhere. AMC may not own the rights to the earlier seasons because of contracts. Generally it makes no sense why some episodes are available and others aren't but there is some contract that controls it.

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[DaImmaculateONe]

Re: Cord cutting

It just VOD or catchup service for live tv. Episodes that have recently aired and that the networks allows replaying for a certain amount of time. That why with some services you see episode expiring in so many days.

[lowpaiddonkey10]

Re: Cord cutting

It kinda depends on the show. I have regular Hulu as well so a lot of the shows I watch has all the seasons.


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I got an email for another 30 day free Hulu. Surprising all the stuff they have that I can't watch on YTTV.

[Majingir]

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Apple TV announces they've gotten the rights to the Charlie Brown holiday specials. Halloween, Christmas and so on.

So it won't be airing on ABC anymore.

Charlie Brown Christmas is a classic. One thing about cable that I feel streaming services cant replicate that regular tv has is christmas specials with christmas commercials, special holiday graphics on the network and so on.

And you could find stuff on every channel. Having rights to a classic stuck on 1 service will limit the people who could watch it.

Hopefully that's not where we're headed, that if someone wants to watch various Christmas classics, they need to pay for multiple streaming services to do so rather than them airing on the basic networks.

[DieHardYankee26]

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You’re saying hopefully we’re not headed into the exact situation that you’ve described as us being in?

[baconbits11]

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Apple TV announces they've gotten the rights to the Charlie Brown holiday specials. Halloween, Christmas and so on.

So it won't be airing on ABC anymore.

Charlie Brown Christmas is a classic. One thing about cable that I feel streaming services cant replicate that regular tv has is christmas specials with christmas commercials, special holiday graphics on the network and so on.

And you could find stuff on every channel. Having rights to a classic stuck on 1 service will limit the people who could watch it.

Hopefully that's not where we're headed, that if someone wants to watch various Christmas classics, they need to pay for multiple streaming services to do so rather than them airing on the basic networks.

Sad to see this is off over the air TV, but I will give Apple TV credit that there will be a period of free viewing of these specials:

https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2020/10/snoopy-charlie-brown-and-friends-land-at-apple-tv-in-expanded-partnership-with-wildbrain-for-new-original-shows-andspecials/

[Majingir]

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You’re saying hopefully we’re not headed into the exact situation that you’ve described as us being in?

If its 1 or 2 things its fine, but if everything starts shifting over and all rights on tv are lost, that's the part that sucks.

For example, a show like Friends or Seinfeld is on streaming services, but doesn't mean you cant catch reruns on many diff networks still.

Or a movie might be on a service, but it can still air on tv.

But a show being exclusive to the streaming service to the point where it cant even air on tv, that's the part I'm hoping doesn't become the trend. I'm not referring to exclusive shows created by the service, I mean ones which are made for TV but end up being removed from TV.

[lowpaiddonkey10]

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If its 1 or 2 things its fine, but if everything starts shifting over and all rights on tv are lost, that's the part that sucks.

For example, a show like Friends or Seinfeld is on streaming services, but doesn't mean you cant catch reruns on many diff networks still.

Or a movie might be on a service, but it can still air on tv.

But a show being exclusive to the streaming service to the point where it cant even air on tv, that's the part I'm hoping doesn't become the trend. I'm not referring to exclusive shows created by the service, I mean ones which are made for TV but end up being removed from TV.

People cried for a la carte who had cable and satellite. I think we are about to get it in spades. All 4 networks and the paids like HBO et al will begin bringing everything they own into their small pay for play services. CBS and all the others.