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Do You Really Have To Pay For TV?
Digital TV, Internet offer alternative to cable and satelliteBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsAugust 15, 2010Once upon a time there were just three or four television stations most consumers could...
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Internet offers do-it-yourself home entertainment for a lot less than cableBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsSeptember 23, 2010Anyone who doubts that video streaming is where the world is going need...
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Sales are up for television sets offering Internet connectionsBy Fred Yager of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 4, 2011Internet-connected TVs accounted for one in every five (21%) television sold in 2010 and...
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Tired of Paying for All Those TV Channels You Never Watch?
There could be another way -- or, for that matter, several other waysBy Zac Carman of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 19, 2011Television history was made this week on two opposing sides of the television...
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TV networks threaten to pull the plug on themselves
A little start-up called Aereo has TV executives threatening to sign off for goodBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsMay 3, 2013When cable TV was invented way back in the mid-20th Century, it was called...
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McCain introduces 'a la carte' TV satellite-cable bill
The measure would require the unbundling of programming By James Limbach of ConsumerAffairsMay 10, 2013How would you like to be able to select only the channels you want when you sign up for cable or...
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ABC-TV goes live on the Internet ... sort of
The network will start live-streaming in some citiesBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsMay 13, 2013ABC is becoming the first over-the-air TV network to start live-streaming its programming on the...
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Broadcasters want Supreme Court to shut down Aereo
The Internet TV service is "transforming the industry," the broadcasters whineBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsOctober 14, 2013Once you throw message in a bottle into the water, you have no control...
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Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in Aereo-broadcasters dispute
TV broadcasters say online TV distribution violates their rightsBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 13, 2014Network-approved antennaIf you can put an antenna on your roof to pull in television...
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Roku takes orders for new streaming stick
Shipping scheduled for AprilBy Jennifer Abel of ConsumerAffairsMarch 6, 2014Here's potentially great news for streaming video fans (or anyone who'd rather watch Internet content on their big-screen TV...
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AT&T gets the message: the Internet needs big pipes
Cable and telecoms racing to upgrade their networks to meet the need for speedBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsApril 21, 2014It wasn't too long ago that the big telephone companies were racing to...
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More consumers are getting their TV from the Internet
New products and services encourage "cord-cutting"By Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsApril 25, 2014Several years ago there was a lot of talk about media “convergence,” a time when a television screen...
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Aereo: Where does it go from here?
The Supreme Court's ruling doesn't necessarily mean Aereo is doomedBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsJune 26, 2014Photo source: AereoUPDATE (6/29): On Sunday, Aereo emailed its customers saying it was...
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TiVo launches a DVR to capture Aereo customers
TiVo Roamio records over-the-air content as well as streaming Internet videoBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsAugust 25, 2014Photo: TiVoAereo was a good idea. It offered over-the-air TV -- you know,...
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Rule change could open the Web to more TV shows
FCC would require networks to negotiate with online video streaming channelsBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsDecember 22, 2014Forget about net neutrality for a minute. The Federal Communications...
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More consumers cut the cable cord last year
Nielsen finds dramatic increase in homes with streaming servicesBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsMarch 17, 2015To be clear, most U.S. households get their video content from one of the pay-TV...
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Telecoms challenge FCC's new Internet rules while big video streamers ask for...
HBO, Sony, Showtime all seeking "managed" services that help them get around congestionBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsMarch 24, 2015To no one's surprise, telecommunications companies are...
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Study finds TV sets quickly becoming old technology
Consumers would rather "watch TV" on their phones and computersBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsApril 21, 2015Recently my cousin and his family came for a visit and we encamped his two pre-teen...
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Are cable TV's days numbered?
Maybe not, but cable companies will have to quickly evolveBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsAugust 13, 2015Last week an innocuous document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rocked...
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FCC may begin process of unbundling cable
Why can't Aereo and other streamers be treated like cable systems?. By James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsOctober 29, 2014Azteca America You say you never watch Azteca America? How about truTV? We're not...
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Netflix rates going up 25% next month
The increase was announced last October and is now being appliedBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsApril 11, 2016Netflix is raising its standard subscriptionrateby $2 next month. Starting in May, the...
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Google putting together a 'skinny' streaming video bundle
'Unplugged' will offer network shows that make it easier to dump cableBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsOctober 20, 2016In the race to own the streaming video space, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and other...
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